Candy Easter Eggs

Description

These are good and they will disappear quickly. Makes 13 small eggs or 2 (1 pound) eggs or 3 small.

• Contributed by World Recipes Y-Group

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• ¾ cup white Karo syrup
• ¾ cup water
• 2 egg whites

Cherry eggs

• ½ tablespoon cherry juice

Fruit and Nut eggs

• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Coconut eggs

• coconut

Maple eggs

• ½ tablespoon maple syrup

Chocolate coating

• 1 can Eagle brand milk
• 1 pkg. (12 oz) chocolate chips

Procedures

1. Bring to a 254 °F boil, cook ½ minute.
2. Meantime, beat 2 egg whites until stiff.
3. Add boiled mixture, slow and beat until stiff and up in beaters.
4. Add flavoring depending on desired eggs: see Cherry eggs, Fruit and Nut eggs, Coconut eggs or Maple eggs
5. Then beat by hand until gloss is gone and holds to spoon.
6. Add: drained cherries for cherry eggs; nuts for nut eggs; fruit and nuts for the same eggs; coconut (flaked) for coconut eggs.

Chocolate coating

1. Melt in double boiler.
2. Ice as a cake.