The internet is full of Easter recipes at the moment. Mini chocolate Eggs and Creme Eggs have never been used as creatively. I still want to share with you, my Mini Egg Chocolate Pavlovas though. The Mini Eggs are not just used for decoration – there are actually loads of them crushed inside the meringues, giving them a rich chocolately flavour.
The key to making any pavlovas is to really take your time – This is especially important when you are adding extra ingredients such as the Mini Eggs and the extra vanilla extract that go into this recipe. I increase the amount of vanilla that goes into these pavlovas to reflect the sweetness and vanilla that is is in the Mini Eggs – You can really taste them!
MINI EGG CHOCOLATE PAVLOVAS
| Serves | 10 |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 1 hours, 30 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hours, 50 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Birthday Party, Casual Party, Easter, Valentines day |
INGREDIENTS
- 3 Egg Whites (Keep at room temperature for 20 minutes before using)
- 175g Caster Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
- 1.5 teaspoons Cornflour
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 100g Mini Eggs (Plus more for decoration)
- 284ml Double Cream (Whisked until stiff)
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment and preheat the oven to 140C | |
| 2. | |
| Whisk the eggs thoroughly on a medium speed until you have stiff peaks | |
| 3. | |
| Very slowly, add the caster sugar 1 teaspoon at a time whilst still whisking | |
| 4. | |
| Remove the whisk and add the Cream of Tartar, Cornflour and Vanilla Extract – Again do this really slowly and fold in extremely gently with a metal dessert spoon | |
| 5. | |
| Crush the Mini Eggs – I do this by putting them between 2 chopping boards and pressing down. I like to leave some chunks larger than others | |
| 6. | |
| Spoon out the pavlovas onto the baking trays, evenly spread apart. I get a maximum of 6 on each tray. I normally like to pipe my pavlovas but due the chunks of mini eggs that would get stuck in the nozzle, i use 2 dessert spoons to distribute. | |
| 7. | |
| Using a teaspoon, gently press an indentation in the middle of each pavlova | |
| 8. | |
| Bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave the door ajar, keeping the pavlovas inside the oven for at least another hour or until the oven is completely cooled | |
| 9. | |
| Fill with double cream and arrange more mini eggs on top as decoration | |
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Oh my gosh, two of my favourite things into one – pavlovas are my absolute favourite dessert, and mini eggs one of my all time favourite chocolates – they’re even good in America and they have terrible chocolate! I’m a little smitten by these haha. Will be sharing these tomorrow when a few more people are awake 😉
Thank you for the shout outs!
ooooh what a great idea! meringue nests for mini eggs love it x
Helen – your mini pavlovas are looking sooooooooo wonderful!!
Delicious and cute 🙂
I have no idea why but I’ve never made pavlovas, although I always(!) have egg-whites in the freezer (I make Challahs every week, and prefer using only the yolks for them so I freeze the whites)
They could even be a great dessert during Passover as the recipe contains no flour
Thank you for hosting another party and enjoy the weekend
I usually put fresh fruit in Pavlova so I don’t usually make them until the summer. I’m sure my daughter would love the thought of putting mini eggs in them.
Wow! Sort of wish I hadn’t clicked as now I NEED Mini Eggs in my life lol! Some yummy looking bakes there. 🙂 x
What a brilliant idea of adding crushed mini eggs into meringue, they look wonderful. Thanks so much for the features and for hosting this great party!!
Love these mini egg pavlovas! Mini egg meringue nests are one of my favourite parts of Easter! Yum!
Oh my gosh, drooling! Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts x
Yum, mini egg IN meringue, how delicious! Must try this 🙂
I have to try those carrot cake cookies, they look lovely! x
OMG Carrot cake gets it’s own celebration! This makes me utterly happy. It’s one of my faves – not to be outshined by your pavlova. That looks equally delish!
Found ya on #recipeoftheweek and happy to participate in your link party!
.:Marta:.
Oooh these look like lovely treats for Easter x
I love pavlova but have only ever tried it with a fruit topping before. This is a great idea for Easter, the kids will love it!
#bakeoftheweek
Oh, Helen, my theme for the Biscuit Barrel this month is candy–your pavlovas would be perfect!
Love the mini egg pavlovas, I missed out on having many mini eggs this year as they’d sold out in the run up to Easter!