Method
1. Using a needle, make a small hole by poking the the needle in the egg.
2. Make a larger hole at the other side.
3. Carefully blow the insides of the egg out by blowing through the small hole so it comes out of the bigger hole.
4. Pour running water through the egg so it is clean on the inside (remember to shake)
5. Boil the egg shells in a saucepan of boiling water for 5-10 mins. If you want food colouring add it to the water now.
6. Dry the shells in a low heated oven for 5 mins.
7. Boil the cream and stir it into the melted chocolate if you wish to add rum stir it into the cream and chocolate mixture.
8. Put a small piece of sticking tape or plaster over the smallest hole an each egg shell.
9. Fill a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle with the chocolate cream mixture.
10. Fit the nozzle into the bigger hole in one of the shells and pipe in the chocolate cream mixture until the shell is full.
11. Clean off any chocolate cream mixture on the shell and repeat for all shells.
12. Chill all the shells.
13. When set remove all the sticking tape or plaster.

These eggs are good to give to close ones at easter or as jokes.

Note: make sure you crack the egg open before you eat it.

Thanks to
Danni Lawson-Kirby from the United Kingdom for submitting this Chocolate Eggs recipe.

Added on 23 May 2008.