Easter has passed and for many of you, it has left it’s remnants…candy.
Five years ago, easter candy was near to non-existent. The holidays were not celebrated with things that required extra expenses. Sure there was typical foods for the entire Holy Week, or I should say food…fish. The fish is widely consumed by families and for that reason the prices all go up so that everyone is essentially required to pay more. (I know, that whole “holiday sale” hasn’t quite caught on here.)
These days, there are a few Easter candies which have made their way into the stores. The main one is a hollow chocolate egg filled with a “surprise.” I have never bought one and have no idea what the surprise might be, which frightens me a bit. There are also wildly expensive ones like small bags of chocolate eggs which cost about $10. Mind you, they are not Cadbury.
This year, I treated myself to milk chocolate eggs with almond bits inside. They were delicious, but of course I could not eat them all myself. I decided to share by baking with them.
Easter Blondie Bites
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Makes 24
100 grams of butter
1 cup of azucar rubia (substitute half white & half brown)
1 eggs
1 teaspoons of almond extract
1 cups of flour
1/8 teaspoon of salt
12 chocolate almond Easter mini eggs, halved
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Melt butter and sugar in a medium sized saucepan, then remove from heat; stir to combine. Allow the mixture to cool; then add eggs and almond extract (tempering the eggs if necessary), stir to combine. Sprinkle flour and salt over the mixture, then stir until well combined.
3. Fill mini muffin cups, coated with cooking spray, with about 1 tablespoon each. Place a mini-egg half in the center of each, pressing down slightly.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350F, or until the blondie part is baked when tested. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes in the pan on a cooling rack.
5. Remove from the pan and allow blondie bites to cool completely. If you can…
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Easter Blondie Bites are my submission for Master Baker – Easter Candy hosted by Nikki from Crazy Delicious, also the creator of Master Baker.
Other Master Baking:
Spicy Apple Raspberry Crisps
Great idea, but no remnants here
So CUTE! Now I’m thinking how about inversing the white with the chocolaty and use white chocolate eggs and a cocoa dough.
Gretchen… these look fantastic! I love blondies!
These are adorable – and what a nice surprise in the middle!
What a cute idea! I love brownie bites because of the chocolate, but these look great because they are not only brownie-like, but they have a chocolate molten center~
What beautiful little bites!
These look wonderful! What a great idea!!
That looks like a good way to use chocolate easter eggs.
This is a great idea! And I bet they tasted fantastic!
What a good idea. We do get some of the little chocolate eggs left over and I usually force them down, even though they are not that nice tasting. But I’ll mark this recipe for the future, it’s a much better use. Thank you.
What a wonderful Idea. I have a load of mini eggs. Thank you for that. BTW This is a very nice Blog
Great way to use the last of our little chocolate eggs! Thanks for the idea.
These look truly delectable. I am very fnd of the chocolate found in Easter eggs, so I am sure that I would love these.
What a great idea Gretchen. Too bad I have no Easter chocolate leftover:( but ….it is on sale:D
Such a great idea! Now I wish I had some Easter candy left over!
they are so cute! What a great idea and I guess you could use other small choccies for the centres?
Oh my gosh i cant even tell you how much easter candy i have left!
my daughter will surely like this one:) the chocolate eggs inside makes a good surprise!
Recipe Girl – The candy is already gone?!
Lore – Thanks! Sure, brownie dough with another color candy would be great!
Aran – Thanks! These are the best I have tasted. I have made them several ways.
Amy – Thanks!
Anticiplate – I love the balance between the dough and the chocolate on these.
Deborah – Thanks!
SaraLynn – Thanks!
Kevin – Definitely a great way to use any kind of candy!
Caramella – These take care of the forcing them down issue. I have to restrain myself because they were so good!
Rhyleysgranny – Thanks for your visit! I hope you try these, they are delicious!
Lydia – You are welcome and these are delicious!
Cakelaw – Oh great, I hope you enjoy them then!
Bellini Valli – Ha! I suppose you could buy more in order to have leftovers!
LyB – Was a great and delicious idea!
Bev – Thanks! You could use any type of chocolate candy for the center. A candy bar cut up would be DELISH!
Jessy – I hope this gives you a good idea for all your candy!
Farida – These are a fun kind of surprise bite!
those are so cute!