Homemade Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

# What You Need:

→ Peanut Butter Filling

01 - 1 cup creamy peanut butter

02 - 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

03 - 2 cups powdered sugar

04 - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

05 - 1/4 teaspoon salt

→ Chocolate Coating

06 - 2 cups semisweet or milk chocolate chips

07 - 2 teaspoons coconut oil or vegetable shortening

→ Decoration

08 - Sprinkles or colored candy melts

# How-To Steps:

01 - Combine peanut butter, softened butter, vanilla extract, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer or sturdy spoon until mixture is smooth and creamy.

02 - Gradually add powdered sugar to the peanut butter mixture, mixing until a thick, moldable dough forms.

03 - Scoop approximately 2 tablespoons of dough and form into egg shapes with your hands. Arrange eggs on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

04 - Freeze formed eggs for 30 minutes or until firm.

05 - In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips with coconut oil in 30-second increments, stirring between each until chocolate is smooth.

06 - Using a fork, dip each frozen peanut butter egg into melted chocolate. Allow excess chocolate to drip off, then return eggs to parchment-lined sheet.

07 - While chocolate is still wet, drizzle with colored candy melts or sprinkle with decorations as desired.

08 - Refrigerate coated eggs for at least 15 minutes to allow chocolate to set fully.

# Expert Suggestions:

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You get to customize every peanut butter egg, and making them feels like a kitchen secret only you know.
They taste fresher and creamier than anything wrapped in gold foil from the supermarket.

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If you try to dip eggs before freezing, the filling will soften and melt into the chocolate pool—been there, cleaned that.
Swapping coconut oil for vegetable shortening makes the coating set faster, but both work well depending on what you have.

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