Chocolate Cream Candy Creation!
Vegan/dairy-free Cadbury-like chocolate cream-filled eggs
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup organic light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups sifted organic confectioner's sugar
- couple drops yellow food color or a pinch of turmeric for color
- 12 ounces vegan chocolate chips about 2 cups
- 2 teaspoons vegan shortening
- several pairs food-safe disposable gloves recommended for working with this sticky and colorful dough
Instructions
- 1.) In a large bowl, cream together the light corn syrup, vegan butter, vanilla, and salt. 2.) Stir in the sifted confectioner's sugar, one cup at a time, stirring until mixed together well. 3.) Remove about 1/3 cup of mix and place in a small bowl. Add food color or turmeric and mix well. Cover both bowls of filling, separately, and freeze for about 30 minutes. 4.) Remove yellow filling after 30 minutes and chop in half and then keep chopping halves in half until you have 20 small pieces of yellow filling roughly the same size. Roll quickly into balls and place on wax or parchment paper and re-chill in the freezer. (If it's hot in your kitchen, you may have to rechill more often as this is a very sticky dough at room temperature.) 5.) After about 20 more minutes of chill time, remove the white filling and chop it into evenly sized pieces to make 20 pieces. Flatten each piece into a roundish disc shape. (Once again, if the room temp is too warm you may need to rechill to make it easier to work with) 6.) Remove yellow balls from the freezer and place one in the center of each white disc. Wrap the white filling around the yellow to fully cover and then roll and work into an egg shape. Try not to hold it for long as the heat from your hand will warm it and may result in more freezer time needed. Next, chill your 20 egg-shaped dough pieces one last time. 7.) While chilling the dough, place the chocolate chips and shortening in a heatproof bowl and place on top of a pan of simmering water in a double boiler manner, stirring gently while melting together OR place ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave every 30 seconds up to 2 minutes total to melt together. Stir after every 30 seconds. 8.) When the chocolate mix is ready, remove 7 dough shapes from the freezer and dunk each into chocolate with two spoons. Work as quickly as possible before the shapes begin to melt. When coated, place on parchment or wax paper to set and harden. Then remove the next 7 dough shapes and repeat the process. Remove the last 6 dough balls and repeat the process. When all are done, place in fridge or freezer to set up well, then eat, serve, or wrap in cellophane to give as gifts! (If mailing, make sure the temperature will be under 70 degrees Fahrenheit or candies will melt.)
Notes
Make our Corn Syrup/Honey Substitute Recipe
Recommended brands we like:
Wholesome light corn syrup
Wholesome organic confectioner's sugar
Enjoy Life chocolate chips
Simply balanced semi-sweet chocolate chips
Spectrum organic shortening
Earth Balance organic vegan butter
Miyoko's European-style Vegan Butter
Watkins food coloring
Green direct latex disposable gloves