chocolate peanut butter bunny eggs

well, it's that time of year again. the time when all the rite-aids are carrying chocolate peanut butter approximations of avian reproductive vessels and i drool all over myself despite my better judgment. i can't help it! they're so much better than regular reese's and everyone knows it. i used to wait for them all year and buy them in illogically large quantities, making myself sick and also a little crazy. now what i do is remind myself to make my own at home without using too much terrible stuff. don't get me wrong, there's nothing healthy about these, but hey! at least fewer chemicals and no animal secretions. ugh, anyway...

soundtrack;

the lumineers: ho hey

you guys can't know how infatuated i've been with the lumineers lately. i took the train up to vancouver to see them last weekend and they are just so full of love and light and passion for what they do. i'm serious, you want in on this. aside from that though, their whole album is great sunny springtime music and perfect for making & eating delicious chocolate to.

(please note the springy dress and freshly-painted fingernails)

chocolate peanut butter bunny eggs

makes about 16, i usually half it for my own safety

4 cups powdered sugar

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (i like it salted)

1/4 cup earth balance

2-3 tablespoons almond/soy/rice milk

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

3 tablespoons coconut oil (or more earth balance)

1. mix together the powdered sugar, peanut butter, and earth balance. 

2. add the milk one tablespoon at a time until it becomes a nice workable dough. 

3. form the dough into egg shapes, and put them in the freezer for about an hour.

4. stir the chocolate chips and coconut oil together in a double boiler (boil water in a big sauce pan, put everything else in a little one and put inside. you can also use a microwave if you wanna)

5. dip each egg in the melted chocolate. this is kind of a bitch with a fork, but you can make it happen. probably better if you have a skewer around though.

6. stick 'em in the fridge on some wax paper. they hold up best a little chilled, but having chocolate melting all over your fingers is really not the worst scenario in the world, is it.

xo m