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Ingredients:

• 5 pounds powdered sugar
• 24 ounces cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks), softened
• 1 tablespoon coconut extract
• 1/3 cup light karo syrup
• 28 ounces shredded coconut
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Chocolate wafers (melting chocolate used for candy making)
• Paraffin wax (Baker’s wax, cooking wax)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl until well combined. Scoop mixture using a medium cookie scooper (1 1/2 tablespoons), and roll into an egg shape. Allow to dry on wax paper or parchment paper before dipping in chocolate.

Melt chocolate and wax over a double boiler. Roll eggs in melted chocolate and allow to harden on wax paper or parchment paper. You will need 1 pound of chocolate and 2 ounces of wax per 100 eggs.

Makes 9 dozen eggs.

Nutrition:

Substitutions:

Add some chopped and drained maraschino cherries for coconut cherry eggs!

Recipe courtesy of Sharon Gibbons.