Chocolate Easter Egg Bowl Tutorial

This little chickie is sitting inside a homemade chocolate Easter egg bowl.
I looked up how to make a chocolate bowl on You Tube and found a really cute tutorial by Judie Byrd.

Click HERE to see it.

 I knew when I saw this that I wanted to make some egg shaped chocolate bowls for a neat family treat.  

Changing up what Judie Byrd did a bit, instead of a round bowl that she made I made an oval bowl to look like a chocolate egg. Here is what I did....

I got all my stuff ready.
- 5 small balloons blown up to desired size. I washed mine with a wet paper towel.
I played a little wrap song as I wiped the balloons to entertain my hubby.
- 1 cup dipping chocolate
- pastry brush
-cookie sheet covered with waxed paper
-scissors for popping balloon

After melting the chocolate (I melt it in the microwave for approx. 1 1/2 minutes. Do not over heat),

paint the bottom of the balloon generously with chocolate. I experimented painting the chocolate on in a couple different positions - the balloon upside down and right side up (like in picture) and the right side up worked best for me. Coat half the balloon with a thick layer of chocolate and place on waxed paper. Continue with the rest of balloons. I only did five at a time. I only needed three, but I made a few extra just in case something happened. This was my first time making these so I didn't know what to expect. Chocolate will harden within 10 minutes.

 The tutorial said to apply two coats of chocolate. This is what my egg shell looked like when I did a second  coat. The chocolate was nice and thick but I wasn't too crazy about the look of the shell. I found one generous coating of chocolate gave for the smoothest look.

"POP" the balloons. The first balloon I popped, I popped it in the middle - don't do that - the balloon pops too fast. Although my shell didn't break, I am thinking it would have if it was one of the balloons I didn't do a second coat with.  Pop the balloon by making a slit where you tied the balloon. That will help the balloon deflate slower. 

The balloons come out fairly easy.

 If you don't like how some of the eggs turned out you can break up the shell and reheat the chocolate and try again. The tutorial said that could be done - so I gave it a try and it worked!

Put some paper grass in your egg,  and some Easter goodies and you have a sweet little Easter treat! I am putting these at our place settings for our Easter theme dinner.
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