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17 ways to use up Easter chocolate

Normally, I could quite easily sit and eat a whole bar of chocolate or a whole Easter egg, but for some reason, this year, I’m quite sick of the sight of chocolate and to be honest, I think my kids are too. This is a good opportunity to stash it away and use it in my day to day baking. Not that I make everything I bake with chocolate but here’s a few ideas for a special weekly or fortnightly treat. Even though the cheap Easter chocolate isn’t the greatest tasting. Using it in these recipes might be a way to boost the flavour into something a little more decadent.

Soft-centred chocolate Easter egg puddings

Soft-centred Chocolate Easter Egg puddings

Caramel Easter-egg muffins

Caramel Easter Egg Muffins

Easter egg caramel slice

Easter Egg Caramel Slice


Rocky Road Crunch Bars

Caramel Easter friands

Caramel Easter Friands

Rocky road slice

Rocky Road Slice

 

Rough Road Slice

 

Choc Malt Crunch Slice

No Bake Chocolate Peppermint Slice

Oat Choc Chip Slice (with Olive Oil)

 

Quick Mix Choc Chunk Cookies

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lessthan300kcal: Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffin Knock-Offs of Whole Food’s 6 Dollar per 4 Chocolate Chunk VitaTop Muffins Ingredients: 1 3/4 c oats 3 egg whites 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (or regular plain low fat yogurt) 1/2 tsp cream of tartar (or 1-1/2 Tbsp. vinegar) 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder 1-1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup hot water 1 cup sugar substitute (like Splenda granular) OR 1/4 cup + 2 tbs stevia 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or use white chocolate or peanut butter chips!) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with foil cupcake liners, or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.In a blender, (or food processor), mix all of the ingredients together, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and mixture is smooth.Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared muffin pans.Place muffins tins in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove muffins from the oven (but don’t shut oven off), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin.Place the muffins back into the oven and bake for an additional 2-5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. *Note, you could skip this step by putting all of the chips in the batter, and baking the muffins for 12-15 min straight, but this method gives the muffins the traditional ‘VitaTop Muffin’ look with the chocolate chips on top!Cool muffins before removing from pan. ENJOY!!! Servings: 12 Big Muffins or 24 Smaller MuffinsCalories: 116 Calories Per Muffin or 58 Calories Per Muffin *drooling* THERE HAS BEEN SUCH WONDERFUL FOOD ON MY DASH

Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Scones

Peanut Butter Choc Chunk Cookie Cake

Churros with cinnamon sugar and hot chocolate?

Comments

  1. Nicola says

    What a great collection of chocolate recipes! I still have a load of Easter eggs left over – I think some will definitely be going into these recipes!

  3. Monique says

    We make fonue out of eggs some years, depending how many we have…we showed restraint this year. My Dh and DD also like to melt them inside croissants for a quick chocolate croissant.

  7. Heather says

    What a timely post Anne! I was just thinking this morning how many Easter eggs are still sitting in the cupboard…my youngest has no idea they're his and he doesn't need to know, so I'll be making use of them in some of these recipes for sure, thanks for the ideas!
    And yes, I've been overwhelmed by chocolate too this year – I'm feeling it just thinking about it!
    Heather xo