We made a batch of experimental Easter chocolates this year, using Callebaut white and a blend of Callebaut 811 (54%) and 70% dark.
The white chocolate was tempered first, drizzled into the moulds, then allowed to set up in the fridge. The tempered dark chocolate was then ladled over the white. We made two large eggs – I particularly love how the white and dark mingled in the bottom one to form a lighter shade of brown…
Two-toned lollipops were made by highlighting the design features in white chocolate first, using a small paintbrush…
The bows on these eggs took several coats of white chocolate…
And with all the leftover bits and pieces…
…I made a new cake! Recipe to follow soon…
Wishing you all a joyous, chocolate-filled Easter!
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You have done so well with your chocolate molds. I used to own a chocolate shop and your chocolates look great.
Karen, thank you so much! That means a lot to me – sometimes I look at how we make chocolate, with our heat mat and microwave and $2 moulds, and laugh at how basic it all is, compared to the tempering machines and coolrooms that the chocolate shops use.. :)
Oh gosh those are fantastic! I am so impressed!
Thanks Misk! Happy Easter!
Fabulous two-tone work there! The eggs at the top of the post are beautiful, really stunning. I hope you’re having a very Happy Easter – love to you and yours xx (I don’t know if I can stand the suspense of seeing what the cake is – looks good though!)
Thanks C! :) I didn’t mean to be a tease, I just didn’t have time to write up the cake recipe yet. It’s a white chocolate cake, with all the leftover bits and pieces thrown into it..
I love the look of that cake – waiting to see a slice….. I have made some choc chip muffins today with three colours of choc chips and we covered them with squirty cream – small tall nephew has already eaten two Easter eggs and is now playing Angry Birds downstairs. I do love it that you share your fantastic chocolate work with us, it all looks very pretty :) xx
Thank you dearheart! How nice that you have the family over for Easter, I hope you and B are having a most wonderful time! xxx
Gorgeous chocolates and now I’m curious about your cake.. such a tease! I can imagine you going door to door with little cello wrapped chocolates for your neighbors:) xoxo
ps.. I’ve added your hot cross buns links to my blog this morning.. I searched them up.. I knew you’d have done them, being the quintessential baker that you are:)
Smidge, thank you for the link – I haven’t made any HXBs this year, although my neighbour brought me the most amazing vegan ones! I really did go around to the neighbours with little cello wrapped boxes.. ;-)
And as I said to C, I didn’t mean to be a tease, I just ran out of time to write up the recipe! It’s a white choccy cake with all the leftover tempered chocolate thrown in for good measure. :)
Hope you’re having a wonderful Easter!
So far so good:) Same to you!! xo
Those first eggs are really the coolest!
Thanks Greg! Happy Easter to you and Katherine!
It just gets better! I’m looking forward to the cake recipe – it looks very smart!
Suelle, thank you! Hope you and the family are enjoying Easter!
The first eggs are AMAZING! Everything is awesome, but the marbled eggs, WOW!
Happy Easter, Celia! I guess it’s already Easter where you are, we are slowing closing in….
Thank you, darling friend! We had great fun experimenting, although I could use some more practice with a paintbrush, it’s been a few years.. :)
Happy Easter to you and Phil, Sally!
All that chocolate!
And so beautiful!
Thinking of the production line in your kitchen makes me smile- as a child, we used to work before Easter on all the corsages my mother made for the Florist business- and as a younger adult I was making bunny dinner rolls, hot cross buns and iced cut out sugar cookies for the Bake shop. Now I’m roasting onions and lamb for tomorrow’s meal and making a Pavlova for dessert. Life is easier- but I miss the production line. :)
Heidi, I’m glad you understand – in some ways I find the “production line” very comforting – I really enjoy the rhythm and the routine of each season. And even the failures are edible! :)
Happy Easter to you and your wonderful family, Heidi!
All of these look fantastic, I love the mottled egg, doing this type of technique is unique, each egg has its own design. Love them! Have a safe and Happy Easter Celia, Enjoy! x
Yvette, they could so easily have turned out a huge mess – we weren’t sure if the dark chocolate would completely melt away the white. :) Glad you like them! Happy Easter! :)
Those first eggs are fantastic… I bet they taste superb too! Love the look of your new cake, Celia, looking forward to the recipe. I have some multiple chocolate chip biscuits planned for today, my son is coming for Easter lunch, I think he will enjoy some chocolate in the form of his favourite choc chip biscuits. Wishing you a safe and joyful Easter xox
Lizzy, how nice! I bet your son will love all the cookies, especially if he gets to take some home! Happy Easter to you all!
Dear Celia,
Happy Easter to you and your family. That egg looks pretty cool and unique.
Chopinand, thank you! Happy Easter!
It’s all so pretty and gorgeous Celia. The eggs with the bows are my favourite. Happy Easter to you and your family xx
Charlie, thank you for saying that, because they were actually the most fiddly to do! I had to paint about three layers of white chocolate on to get it thick enough! Happy Easter – hope you and the family are having a wonderful long weekend! xx
The little chicks bursting out of their eggs are even cuter in two colours! I love the marble eggs they’re just gorgeous. Very artistic!
Have a very Happy Easter! x
Thanks Claire! Happy Easter to you and Will too! x
WOW! Happy Easter dear Celia these are so beautiful and so delicious, I can die for them but I can not eat just keep them for to watch… so beautiful… Thanks and Love, nia
Thank you, Nia! Happy Easter! x
haha WOW. So awesome.
Happy Easter! :D
much love x
Thanks darling. See you very soon! :) xx
two words Celia… chocolate shop. Oh maybe three words… please!
Brydie, let me know next time Mr Chocolate is over this way, and I’ll pass him chocolate to take home to you. I’ll make him promise not to eat them on the way.. :D
Six words… Chocolate shop, next door to ME.
:-)
Ha! You and Brydie are very kind, but I’ve never been really good at doing the same thing over and over again. Now, if I could get a job being a designer for a chocolate company, maybe that would be fun.. ;-)
Wow, those look proper pro!
Thanks Kavey, oh how I wish I could drop some over to your place.. xx
Happy Easter Celia, Your chocolate looks amazing…. So talented. I love the look of the white-dark eggs, and the bow-tie eggs especially. Best of all, unlike most easter eggs – yours are actually nice chocolate!
Craig
Craig, you’re very kind, we’ll make a committed chocolate eater out of you yet! :) xx
When I am brave enough to start tempering chocolate I will invite you over to teach me! Skype cooking lessons could be the way of the future :)
Tandy, once you start, it’s hard to stop! :)
Those Easter treats are stunning Celia :)
Thanks Jane! Hope you’re having a lovely Easter!
You make some truly exquisite chocolate treats. I’m buying my moulds today :D
Nick, have fun! We rarely buy presents any more – we usually give homemade chocolates! :)
Will you be eating those first 2 eggs? They look too pretty to bite into. How large were they? Another amazing chocolate post, thanks for sharing.
Norma, thank you! We ate the first one yesterday, it was delicious actually – the white chocolate sweetened the dark just a little bit. They’re a fairly big eggs, about 5″ tall…
I love the texture on the eggs, it makes them very tempting. Celia, your Easters must be memorable occasions for your family and friends.
Thanks Christine, don’t know about memorable, but they’re certainly lots of fun! :)
Hello Celia, I came through the wonderful Cecilia from the kitchen’s garden and I am really glad I did
You are really talented when it comes to chocolate, all your creations look beautiful but I especially like the first one..
Thanks for stopping by! I love Cecilia’s blog! :)
‘celia and the chocolate factory’ has been at it again making her awesome easter creations..
hope you had a lovely easter..x
ps home made gifts are the best sort
Thanks Jane! That is just so true about homemade gifts! :)
Very pretty!
Thanks Cosmo! :) Hope you’re having a great long weekend!
Happy belated Easter, Celia! I hope your day was fabulous.
You inspired me to make some chocolate lollypops this year..or rather get the ingredients and have the daughters make them..the only thing is, where do you get lollypop sticks from? I tried a couple of kitchen shops to no avail and ended up going with bamboo skewers which had the pointy end cut off.
I’m loving the drizzle effect on your eggs..very swishy! :)
Chris, I bought mine en masse from Candyland Crafts, but you can also order them from http://robertsconfectionery.com.au. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them in kitchen stores! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!
Hi Celia
Your chocolate always looks amazing. I tried tempering chocolate using your technique but it didn’t work. I will try again.
I’m sorry to hear that, Glenda! It takes a bit of fiddling, and holding the chocolate at the right temp to work it can be tricky too. Hope you figure it out! :)
Here’s David Lebovitz’s method – mine is a variation on that:
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2005/08/tempering-choco/
Just stunning!! remind me to pay you a visit next Easter ;)
It would be lovely to see you.. :D
The chocolates look too pretty to eat! Happy Easter!
Thanks Manuela! Hope you and the family had a lovely day!
Happy Easter, and thanks for all your cheery recipes and fun in the kitchen and life!
Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful Easter too! :)
Again , with the perfect chocolates!!!!!. Hope you had a delicious Easter and did not get Callebaut poisoning
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Hehehe…thankfully teenages can handle far more chocolate than toddlers can, so we don’t end up with anyone bouncing off the walls from chocolate overdose anymore.. :)
Very impressive Celia. Next year I am placing an order with you for all our chocolate easter eggs! :)
Those eggs are gorgeous! You must be very patient to do the detail work on the other chocolates, I bet they were very appreciated!
Speckled eggs have always been my favourites!
We’ve eaten the first one and still have the second one to go – they’re hard to crack open! :)
Celia the Chocolatier just gets better and better. Everything looks fabulous. The three tone effect of the white and dark is fun. I know it’s a while ago now, but I hope you had a good Easter.
Thanks love – it was a great Easter!