Easter isn't Easter without chocolate eggs. Yes, you'll find them in the shops on Boxing Day, but as Easter approaches, you might want to think about making your own. Homemade chocolate Easter eggs take a bit of time and patience, but it's something you can involve the kids in during the holidays, especially if you have fun with easy ways to decorate the eggs.

Tempering Chocolate For Making Easter Eggs

Using An Easter Egg Mould For Homemade Chocolate Eggs

You'll find a variety of silicone and plastic egg moulds available at Craft Company. Save 25% when you buy our special Easter bundle, it includes egg moulds and an Easter bunny mould for all your Easter egg making needs!

Decorating Easter Eggs

Get creative decorating your chocolate eggs using sugar decorations, sweets or more chocolate. You can make cute characters or give eggs personality with eyes, or tailor your Easter egg to a theme.  Scroll down to the bottom of this page to watch the Creative Cakes & Bakes video showing step by step how to create these chocolate Easter goodies!

For elaborate designs, you'll need a bit of time to allow any melted chocolate to set so be patient and don't rush! PME Cool and Set Spray is also helpful to speed things up.

First up, these adorable chicks were made using white chocolate or candy melts, and the Cake Star Mini Egg Mould (it's part of the money saving bundle offer!)  Follow the egg making instructions above, fill with sweets and stick the halves together. Take 2 large milk chocolate buttons and join them together with a blog of melted chocolate to make the feet, then sit the egg body on the feet. Pop in the fridge to set.

Add the wings, beak and comb by carefully slicing white chocolate buttons and candy buttons in half. Again use a little melted chocolate to attach the features.

Finally, give your chick some character by adding candy eyes!

For more traditional Easter egg decorating, it's easy to accomplish a really pretty and embellished egg using sugar flower decorations. You can make your own using coloured modelling paste, or this egg was decorated with some of our bestsellers, beautiful bright yellow daffodil royal icing pipings. Click here to view the pack of 12 daffodil decorations.

The grass effect was made simply from colouring some white chocolate with a touch of green oil-based colouring, then drizzling whilst melted over the egg.

Easter eggs don't always have to be easter themed.  This also means they can be considered for unique year-round treats, or for decorating cakes for chocolate lovers in particular! See how this chocolate egg has been transformed into a fabulous space rocket! 

Again, you can see how chocolate buttons and chocolate shapes have been used to help construct the rocket shape. Space themed cake decorations have been added in the form of an astronaut, a Martian and the earth.

Adding a person's name is a great way to create a personalised Easter egg. It takes practice to be able to write using melted chocolate, but try painting it on using a brush, use melted chocolate in a piping bag, or consider a writing icing.  Alternatively, use a cutter and some modelling paste to cut the letters out.

Finally some star sprinkles and a spritz of metallic lustre help finish things off for a really out of this world take on an Easter egg!

If you feel like tackling a bigger project, why not add your Easter eggs to a cake? You can read the How to guide to making this amazing Easter drip cake here. 

If you just like decorating, choose a shop brought cake, or a ready made cake which leaves you to focus on the creative bit!

Whatever you choose to do with your home-made chocolate eggs, have fun, and have a very Happy Easter!