3 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs

Pastel Piped Hens Eggs

Ingredients

• 4 cups (520g) icing sugar, sifted
• ½ cup (125ml) water
• 4 colours liquid food colouring
• 3 packets (6 each) Beacon Hens Eggs

Method

1. Combine icing and water in a bowl and whisk until smooth. (The mixture should be thick consistency. Add an extra teaspoon of water if the mixture is too dry to get it smooth.)
2. Divide mixture between 4 bowls and a drop of food colouring to each. Whisk to combine, creating 4 pastel colours.
3. Place each colour of icing in its own piping bag.
4. Pipe any shape you’d like on Hens Eggs, leaving the bottom clear. Place eggs back into packaging to dry out and set for about 15-30 minutes.
5. Store in a cool, dark place until eating.

Bright Painted Hens Eggs

Ingredients

• 2–6 colours liquid food colouring
• 3 packets (6 each) Beacon Hens Eggs

Method

1. Place a drop or two of each food colouring in a tiny bowl or side plate.
2. Dip a thin craft or paint brush into food colouring, dab off excess and paint a few stripes on Hens Eggs. Repeat with remaining colours.
3. Place eggs back into packaging to dry for about 15 minutes.
4. Store in a cool, dark place until eating.

Sprinkled Marshmallow Eggs

Ingredients

• 1 slab (80g) Heavenly Ivory Cream chocolate, broken into blocks
• 1 slab (80g) Heavenly Milk or Midnight Velvet chocolate, broken into blocks
• ½ box (18) Beacon Original Milk marshmallow eggs
• 1-3 cake decorating sprinkles

Method

1. Melt Ivory Cream chocolate in the microwave for about 1–1½ minutes, stirring every 20 seconds, until smooth. Repeat with Milk or Midnight Velvet chocolate.
2. Place Beacon marshmallow eggs on a wire cooling rack.
3. Drizzle one half of each egg with chocolate using a spoon or a piping bag.
4. Decorate with baking sprinkles to your liking.
5. Leave to set for about 10 minutes. Store in a cool, dark place until eating.