Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins March 17
Chocolate is a staple in any baker’s kitchen. Chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, white chocolate - and from the standard baking fare, it is not a big leap to move onto other chocolate candies. I’ve used chocolate malt balls, peanut butter cups and chocolate covered toffees before, amongst other things. While you can cook with a lot of different types of candies, some are always overlooked for baking purposes. Perhaps they’re simply meant to be enjoyed as they are. Perhaps they just haven’t had the right opportunity.
I took a recent opportunity to do a little baking with some Mini Cadbury Creme Eggs, embedding them right in the center of a muffin. It seemed like a fun Easter baking experiment to use the eggs as a filling in one of my basic muffin recipes. I opted for muffins, rather than cupcakes, because muffin batter is thicker and I wanted something that would support the weight of the Creme Egg. Also, since the eggs have a very sweet fondant filling, I figured that a sweet cupcake with a sweet frosting would be too much to pair with the egg. The mini eggs are about 1/4 the size of a typical Cadbury Creme Egg, with a fairly thick chocolate shell and not too much filling. They are the perfect size to fit into a muffin tin and be covered with batter.
I was surprised with how well the muffins turned out, and even more impressed with how good the center looked after baking. The eggs held their shape very well and the sugary fondant inside cooked to a firmer consistency than it had when it went into the oven. This meant that I didn’t get the oozing I anticipated when I cut into a muffin, but it did make the whole thing much easier to eat. The muffin itself is tender and moist, with a good vanilla flavor. It is sweet, but not so sweet that it would be mistaken for a cupcake. The egg center is like a prize - a sweet, chocolaty, edible prize - inside of the muffin, since you don’t expect it until you bite right into it.
Overall? I wouldn’t trot these out at just any Sunday brunch, but they’re definitely a fun way to celebrate Easter. And also not a bad way to prevent yourself from eating a whole batch of Cadbury Mini Creme Eggs in one go, since you’ll have to eat through each muffin to get to them first.
Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
12 mini Cadbury creme eggs (not full size)
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, melted butter and vanilla until smooth. Whisk in milk.
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Evenly distribute muffin batter into prepared pan. Place 1 mini Cadbury creme egg in the center of each muffin. You can use a small knife to pull a bit of batter over the top of the mufin, if you like.
Bake for 14-16 minutes, until the top of the muffin springs back when lightly pressed and the edges are a light gold.
Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
Makes 12.
Kathryn Mar 17
The Cadbury Creme Egg Muffins are so creative, great idea. My children would adore it.
Joy the Baker Mar 17
I Love Cadbury Creme Eggs and can’t buy them during the holiday because I’ll just eat them all! What a creative way to bake with them! Very cool!
Kitt Mar 17
I have to say, they look a little frightening! But tasty …
Christie Mar 18
This combines two of my great loves - genius!
Kiriel Mar 18
Breakfast maybe not… but how totally wickedly indulgent a tea time snack!
Ashley Mar 18
What a fun idea! I love how they look.
Bree Mar 19
It’s breakfast for my Easter weekend! These look great! Thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to try them!
Jessica “Su Good Sweets” Mar 19
You are a genius! Ha ha!
Katie Mar 20
We have a great cupcake baker locally who made cupcakes with these in - they were actually pretty good, she does quite a lot of cupcakes with bits in e.g. chunks of Mars bars.
Sophie Mar 21
Now THESE are cute!
What a great idea!
Sophie
Paper Dolls for Boys (Tracey) Mar 22
I can’t decide if these are obscene like a fried Twinkie or total genius like a Rice Krispy treat on a stick!!!
Chris Mar 23
I made these for an Easter dinner today, and they were a big hit (and they aren’t at all bad looking, either)! Quite a sturdy muffin, too, with a tasty vanilla flavor–this will, Cadbury eggs or not, probably be my basic muffin recipe from now on.
Vic Mar 26
These are going to be huge. I can tell! You should sell your idea to Cadburys. Definitely going to give them a go. thanks for sharing.
Drakin Apr 15
WOW, they look awesome, and the best part is, I’m an Aussie, I can get Creme Eggs all year round, so I don’t have to wait for holiday time to have tis lil indulgence.
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