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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs

Homemade vegan and gluten free chocolate peanut butter eggs that taste just like the ones you remember!

Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 16 Eggs
Calories 210 kcal
Author Deborah Mesdag

Ingredients

  • 200 g (3/4 c) Natural Peanut Butter
  • 28 g (2 TBS) Earth Balance Spread
  • 5 g (1 tsp) Vanilla Extract
  • 0.8 g (1/8 tsp) Salt
  • 30 g (2 TBS ) Light Coconut Milk
  • 120 g (7/8 c DIY or 1 c store-bought) Powdered Sugar
  • 8 oz (1 1/3 c) Kroger Chocolatey Chips
  • 2 oz (1/3 c) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or Chunks
  • 7.5 g (1 3/4 tsp) Shortening
  • 2 oz (1/3 c) Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips

Instructions

  1. Get all of your ingredients ready, and have everything in place to use when needed. Be sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature.

  2. Melt the Earth Balance, add it to the peanut butter, and stir to combine.

  3. Add the salt, vanilla, and light coconut milk. Stir again until evenly blended.

  4. Add about a third of the powdered sugar, and stir again. Continue adding and stirring in the powdered sugar until the mixture gets too thick to stir, then add the rest of the powdered sugar and knead it in by hand. If your mixture is too thin, add more powdered sugar until the mixture is thick enough to shape into eggs.

  5. Let the filling mixture stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, then use an egg plate to mold the eggs. The eggs should unmold easily by gently pushing on one end. If they don’t, chill in the fridge for 10 minutes and try again. (You can also shape the filling by hand if you prefer).

  6. Chill the eggs in the fridge for 30 minutes, then follow these directions for How to Temper Chocolate.

  7. Dip each egg in the tempered chocolate, turn it over gently, lift it out, and then place it carefully onto a sheet of parchment paper. Repeat with the remaining eggs.

  8. Chill the dipped eggs in the fridge for 30 minutes before wrapping them as desired.