Chocolate Cheesecake Easter Eggs

That’s right! These little eggs are filled with a cheesecake filling and the “yolk” is a passion fruit & clementine mixture to add that perfect bit of tang! They remind me of Cadbury Cream Eggs, but to be honest I’m not really a fan. So with easter around the corner, I was super excited to make these. I mean after all, who doesn’t like cheesecake?! These treats were a huge hit for one of my close friend’s birthday celebration instead of a traditional cake, and everyone was able to have one of their own to enjoy.

A few useful tips:

• Buy a few extra eggs, a few of mine over hatched (pun intended!)
• Don’t over whisk the whipping cream, it will turn hard and won’t be easy to fold into the mixture
• Instead of using piping bags, I use a ziplock bag to put the cheesecake mixture in instead of using a spoon to fill the eggs. It makes it SO much easier to fill, and it ends up being a lot less cleaning too; win-win!

Ingredients

Yolk

• 1 fresh passion fruit
• 2 clementines
• 1 tbsp butter

Cheesecake eggs 

• 16 – 20 hollow chocolate eggs
• 1 pkg (8 oz) room temperature cream cheese
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice

Directions

Yolk 

1. In a small saucepan, melt butter
2. Remove skin from the clementines and add in pulp to the saucepan
3. Add in passion fruit to the mixture and continue to stir until simmering
4. Mash the pulp and remove from heat
5. Using a sieve, drain the liquid from the mixture and keep aside
6. Place in liquid in the fridge for at least an hour to thicken

Cheesecake eggs 

1. With a sharp knife, make a whole in each of the eggs and peel off tops of the egg
2. Pour whipping cream into mixing bowl and use whist attachment, turn on medium speed and allow to whip into medium peaks (approx 3-5 minutes)
3. Set whipping cream mixture aside
4. In a mixing bowl add cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice, icing sugar and whisk on medium speed until smooth (approx 1 minute)
5. Fold in whipping cream mixture into the cream cheese mixture in three sections until just combined
6. Transfer mixture into a piping bag or a ziplock (refer to useful tips) and fill chocolate eggs with cheesecake filling
7. Place in the fridge for at least 1 hour to cool and set
8. Remove from the fridge and make dent in the cheesecake with a small spoon or your finger
9. Add the “yolk” mixture to the dent and place in fridge for half an hour to set
10. Remove from fridge & enjoy your chocolate cheesecake eggs!

3-Way Chocolate Truffles

With Valentines Day around the corner what better time to whip up come delicious chocolate truffles! It’s perfect for a DIY gift, or just to satisfy that chocolatey craving you may have!

And if nothing else, a little secret I like to do it drop a truffle or two in some milk and you have yourself a decadent hot chocolate! Yes, I am sipping on this as I write this post! (Side note, at Christmas time I add some candy cane garnish on top and you have the most amazing peppermint hot chocolate I’ve ever had!)

SO lets sip right into it

A few useful tips:

• Use chocolate that is 70% dark or higher for best results
• Use room temperature butter

Ingredients

• 1 bar 70% or higher dark chocolate
• 1 tsp butter (I used grass fed butter)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• a few drops of extract (vanilla, peppermint, lavender etc)

Directions

1. Cut the bar of chocolate coursly and place into a glass bowl
2. Heat the cream in a saucepan on the stove until simmering
3. Add teaspoon of butter into the chocolate
4. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and butter and cover for one minute to keep in the heat
5. Remove cover, add in extract of choice and stir chocolate until smooth
6. Place chocolate in the fridge for at least 2 hours (I kept mine overnight)
7. Remove chocolate from fridge, take a spoonful of chocolate in your hands and roll into a ball
8. Roll the truffles around in condiments of choice and place on parchment paper (I used cacao nibs, cashews, & cocoa powder)
9. Optional: place truffles in the freezer for two hours to ‘set’ remove and enjoy!

These are incredible little treats, super rich and creamy! I find that one is enough to satisfy my sweet tooth anytime of the day! I hope you enjoy them as much as me & my loved ones did & Happy Valentines Day to you! ❤