Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

Creamy Peanut Butter Easter Egg treats.

These Easter Eggs are so easy to make and the kids can help decorate them.

Home made treats always seem to taste so much better than the store bought snacks. These Eggs are so cute you can put them in cupcake wrappers or cellophane bags for gift giving.

These are so yummy, you might have to make several batches. They won’t last long!

PEANUT BUTTER EASTER EGGS

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 4 & 1/2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
• 2 Teaspoons Maple Syrup
• 1 & 1/4 Cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 (24 oz.) package White Almond Bark Coating
• Multi Colored Sprinkles

Directions:
1. In a medium size bowl, add the Peanut Butter and the Butter. Place the bowl in the microwave for about 1 minute to melt the Butter. Stir the Peanut Butter and Butter together until smooth.

2. Stir in the Maple Syrup.

3. Now stir in the Powdered Sugar. This will be the filling. It will be thick, as you see here.

4. Cover the bowl of Filling, and pop the bowl in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

5. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside.

6. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees.

7. After 15 minutes remove the Filling from the freezer. Take a portion of the dough about the size of a golf ball and form it into a flat egg shape. Continue with the remaining Filling. You should be able to make a dozen Egg shapes.

8. Now put the cookie sheet with the Egg shapes into the freezer for about 15-20 minutes to set up.

9. While the Egg shapes set up in the freezer, melt the Almond Bark. I like to use the oven method for this recipe. Simply place the Almond Bark in an oven safe bowl, then put the bowl into the preheated oven. Check the Bark every few minutes and give it a good stir until it is completely melted and smooth.

10. Once the Bark is completely melted, remove the bowl from the oven. Now remove the Egg shapes from the freezer.

11.  Carefully dip the Eggs into the melted Almond Bark. To do this just balance the Egg on a fork and lower it into the melted Bark, make sure to coat all sides of the Egg. Lift the fork and let the excess Almond Bark run off and back into the bowl, then place the dipped Egg back onto the parchment lined cookie sheet and add the Sprinkles on top. Continue until you have all the Eggs dipped with Sprinkles added on top.

12. Once all the Eggs are dipped and have Sprinkles on top, add a little drizzle of the melted Bark on top of the Sprinkles. To do this, dip a small spoon in the melted Bark and drizzle the melted Bark in back and forth motions over each Egg, as you see here.

13. Now put the tray of decorated Eggs back in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.

14. After 10 minutes, remove the tray of Eggs from the freezer. Any excess Bark will easily come off so you have the proper Egg shape as you see here.

Happy Easter!

Recipe by: Hot Dish Homemaker