An Egg-cellent Easter Candy

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This egg-shaped candy is all that it’s cracked up to be? it’s filled with an Easter staple! The Silicone Mini Decorated Egg Mold is the base for your candy Easter egg.

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Each candy serves 1.

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Instructions:

Step 1

Using candy colors, tint portions of melted white candy blue, yellow, pink and violet. With parchment triangles, pipe tinted candy into design sections in egg mold. Chill to set.

Step 2

Spoon 2 tablespoons of melted white candy into the bottom of egg mold. Brush candy up the sides. Chill to set. Repeat process until shell is 1/4 in. thick.

Step 3

Remove eggs from pan by pulling egg mold away from candy. Smooth edge of eggs by rubbing on a heated cookie sheet.

Step 4

Fill half of the egg with jelly beans. Pipe candy on edge of egg; attach egg halves together. Chill to set.

Step 5

For grass base, tint white candy with green candy color with yellow for green shade shown. Fill bottom of baking cup 3/8 in. deep. Tap to level out candy. Using cut bag, pipe up side of cup 1/2 in. to 3/4 in. Chill firm. Peel baking cup off and remove candy grass cup.

Step 6

Tint coconut by placing desired amount of coconut in plastic bag, add a little color with toothpick and knead until color is evenly blended. Sprinkle in grass in base. Position egg.