Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

Posted by Charelle 


3/4 lb. butter or margarine
1/2 lb. 10X sugar
1 8oz Jar marshmallow cream
1 lb. 10X sugar
1 jar (3lb) Peanut Butter
Cream butter, 1/2 lb. 10X sugar, and marshmallow cream. (This is the basic butter cream egg mix.) Add the peanut butter and the rest of the 10X sugar. Or add crushed fruit (drained).

Shape into eggs. Dip in melted chocolate.

For Chocolate coating melt together in a double boiler:
1 lb. chocolate chips or 2 12oz bags Nestles Bites
1 1/2 to 2 slabs of Paraffin wax

Note: the average proportions are 1/2 slab of wax for each 12oz bag of chocolate chips.