Cream Cheese Coconut Easter Eggs
Comments: Using colored icing, decorate top of hardened eggs to taste.
  • 227 g [8 ounces] cream cheese, softened
  • 227 g [8 ounces] butter
  • 15 mL [3 teaspoons] vanilla
  • 2 1/2 pounds [1,13 kg] icing sugar
  • 750 mL [3 cups] coconut flakes
Chocolate Coating
  • 227 g [1/2 pound] baking chocolate
  • 1/4 block paraffine wax, chopped or shaved
  • Well mix together softened cream cheese, butter, vanilla, icing sugar and coconut flakes until smooth.
  • Shape mixture into small eggs; arrange onto waxed paper.
  • Refrigerate eggs for 2 to 3 hours.
  • Then, into the top part of a double boiler over hot not boiling water, melt together baking chocolate and chopped or shaved paraffine wax.
  • Dip cold eggs into melted chocolate until well coated; arrange onto waxed paper and refrigerate until hardened.