Cherry Nut Easter Eggs

Cherry Nut Easter Eggs is a traditional American recipe for a classic Easter egg made from a vanilla pudding mix base thickened with sugar and containing cherries and nuts that are coated in chocolate. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Cherry Nut Easter Eggs.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Additional Time:

(+15 minutes cooling)

Makes:

Rating:

Tags : Milk Recipes Cake Recipes USA Recipes

Ingredients:

120ml milk
50g butter or margarine
180g vanilla pudding mix (or use two regular [90g] packages vanilla pudding and filling mixes)
250g Maraschino cherries, halved and drained on paper towels
150g finely-chopped pecan nuts or walnuts
500g to 1kg icing sugar
450g chocolate, melted

Method:

Combine the milk, butter and pudding mix in a medium saucepan over low heat and cook until well blended and nicley thickened. Take off the heat then add the cherries, nuts and enough sugar to give you a very thick almost paste-like consistency. Shape the mixture into between 8 and 10 egg shapes with hands liberally coated in butter (the mixture should be thick enough to allow this) then place on a baking tray covered with greaseproof (waxe) paper.

Transfer to a refrigerator and chill for several hours, or until completely firm. Meanwhile carefully melt the chocolate (ensure it does not scorch or split and cool slightly before use). Coat the eggs in the melted chocolate and set aside on greaseproof paper to set. If desired, the eggs can be decorated with buttercream icing.

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