Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg

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Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg

Easter is here and it’s officially acceptable for us to eat our body weight in chocolate. The lovely team at Doughlicious have the most perfect Easter egg dish, which is beautifully rich and makes an excellent dessert for Easter weekend or a wonderful way to use up any leftover chocolate eggs after.

Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe

Ingredients

  • Favourite Easter Egg
  • 1 Pack Salted Caramel Cookie Dough
  • 250g heavy whipping cream (cold)
  • 230g cream cheese, softened
  • 80g ounces semi-sweet chocolate squares
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • Pinch of salt

Method

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 165c, top and bottom heat
  2. Divide some of the cookie dough pucks into halves and bake mini cookies 
  3. Bake the normal dough pucks for 12 minutes and the mini cookies for 5 minutes
  4. It may help to put the smaller cookie dough pucks on a separate sheet of parchment 
    Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe
  5. Melt chocolate using a double-boiler or a microwave
  6. Whip the cold whipping cream on high speed until the cream holds a stiff peak 
  7. Add the softened cream cheese and beat on medium speed until combined and smooth
  8. Gradually pour in the melted chocolate followed by the vanilla 
    Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe
  9. Finally, add the maple syrup until it all comes together
  10. Use a hot knife to cut open your Easter egg 
    Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe
  11. Layer some baked cookies in the bottom of the egg 
  12. Fill with mousse 
    Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe
  13. Decorate with melted chocolate, baked cookies, and any chocolate-y toppings 
    Sophie Allport Chocolate Mousse Filled Easter Egg Recipe

Have you tried this delicious Easter egg recipe? It pairs perfectly with our Spring designs! Let us know how you got on in the comments below. 

 

1 comment

  • Err – “80g ounces semi-sweet chocolate squares”..?

    Lee Newsum on


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