Chocolate Easter Eggs

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages cook and serve chocolate pudding mix
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 5 -6 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (24 oz)
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• assorted decorating icings and small decorative candies

Recipe

• 1 combine pudding mixes, butter and milk in a saucepan.
• 2 cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil.
• 3 cook while stirring for 2 more minutes, or until thickened.
• 4 remove from heat, stir in the sugar and peanut butter.
• 5 cool slightly.
• 6 shape 1/2 cupfuls of the mixture into egg shapes.
• 7 place on a waxed paper lined bake sheet, and refrigerate until set.
• 8 in the microwave or a saucepan, melt the chocolate chips and the shortening, stirring until smooth.
• 9 dip the eggs in the chocolate, allwowing the excess to drip off.
• 10 put back on waxed paper to dry.
• 11 decorate as desired with icings and candies.