Easter Candy Bites

This month’s Master Baker theme is Easter candy. At first, it sounds like it might be easy to bake something with Easter candy, but I had a hard time coming up with something. I wanted to highlight one of my favorite Easter candies. I planned to use either Starburst Jelly Beans, Peeps, or Cadbury creme eggs. The creme eggs are my absolute favorites and I prefer the mini-eggs because they are bite size and less messy. The big eggs are also a lot of sugar to handle all at once.

Immediately I thought of putting a Cadbury egg in a cupcake. But since the eggs are so sweet, I thought it would be overkill. Instead, I came up with this idea. It was a trial and error effort. I found out that if you bake creme eggs, the inside gets hard. I wanted the creme filling to remain in it’s gooey goodness state. I found a solution on the third try.

Cadbury Egg Bites – Adapted from Allrecipes.com – makes 18
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup white sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
15 unwrapped mini Cadbury creme eggs

Preheat oven to 375F.

In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Stir in the flour and mix thoroughly. The dough should be somewhat firm. Roll into 18 small balls (I used a cookie scoop), place them on a plate and refrigerate for one hour.

While dough is chilling, unwrap creme eggs and put into a bowl in the fridge.

Press the chilled dough balls into the bottom and up the sides of tart pans or mini muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. IMMEDIATELY upon removing from oven, push one mini-egg into each cup. Push them in as far as you can.

Allow to cook 5 minutes in the pan before removing to a cooling rack. These are best enjoyed the same day they are prepared.

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10 Responses to “Double Chocolate Brownie Roll Out Cookies”

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    Carrie — March 16, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    Those are SOOOOO cute!

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    Jenn — March 16, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    You did such a good job decorating these!!!

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    Colleen — March 16, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    So cute! I love the little pots of gold!

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    Katie — March 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    The cookies are all SOOOOOO cute! I seriously love them! btw -thanks for the hsout out. You are too sweet. I’m so glad it could help. They look fantastic!

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    Erin — March 16, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    I love the Pot’O Gold. And I’ve been eyeing that brownie rollout recipe myself to make something special for a friend’s birthday!

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    Jen — March 16, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    They’re so good. You should definitely make them. I would also recommend not rolling them too thin. The thicker ones are much better. I wish mine had been about twice as thick as they were. Guess I’ll just have to make them again!

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    Stephanie Wagner — March 18, 2009 at 12:04 am

    These are too cute! You must have a steady hand for the detail around those clovers. Nice job!

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    Suzy — March 18, 2009 at 1:38 am

    So cute, love the pot of gold! You put in a lot of work for sure.
    Thanks for sharing!

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    Kerstin — March 19, 2009 at 2:59 am

    I just stumbled upon your blog and I’m really enjoying it (I’m from Boston too)!

    The pots of gold are adorable!

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    Jeremy — June 4, 2009 at 7:49 am

    I was looking for something creative and new like this. Then tried this awesome recipe . This recipe does not disappoint. It’s a snap to prepare and really tasty.

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