Healthy Cadbury Creme Eggs?!
Today, those ubiquitous Cadbury Creme Easter eggs are receiving a much-needed healthy makeover.
- Goodbye, high fructose corn syrup
- Goodbye, artificial flavors
- Goodbye, Yellow #6
By the way, if you google to try and find out what ingredients comprise Yellow #6, you get some creepy results…
Instead of stuffing the homemade vegan Cadbury Creme eggs with a gloppy mess of powdered sugar, corn syrup, and butter, I decided on something way better…
Filling them with ice cream! Have you ever tried a Cadbury Creme egg? My childhood Easter baskets were filled with so many chocolate bunnies that I guess there just wasn’t room for any egg-shaped confections, and I’ve actually never tried a non-vegan Cadbury Creme egg. I’m curious as to what they taste like… Might have to order a vegan Cadbury Creme egg online to see how these healthy Cadbury Creme eggs compare.
If you don’t want to do the ice-cream thing, I’m also including an option below that does not need to stay frozen. Both ways are delicious and perfect for Easter!
Healthy Cadbury Creme Eggs
(Completely vegan!)
Yolks & Cream Filling:
- 1 bag frozen mango or peaches (240g)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice (60g)
- pinch stevia extract OR 1-2 tsp sugar
- ice cream of choice, such as my Healthy Ice Cream Recipe, OR coconut butter or cream cheese, such as TJ vegan
Chocolate:
(Or you can skip the chocolate recipe below and simply melt a bowl of chocolate chips)
- 1/4 cup cocoa or cacao powder (20g)
- 2 tbsp virgin coconut oil, liquid (20g)
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup or agave (15g)
*If you don’t want to keep the eggs frozen, you can skip the yolk recipe and simply use more cream cheese or coconut butter, naturally colored by mixing in a small pinch turmeric.
First, get out an egg-shaped mold (available at places like Michaels, for about $1, in the cake-decorating section) and put it in the freezer to chill. To make the yolks, combine the first three ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend until completely smooth. Scoop out and freeze while you make the chocolate. Combine chocolate ingredients and stir to form a thin sauce, then take out the chilled candy mold and paint chocolate in a thin layer around the bottom and up the sides of each egg, using a small spoon. Freeze five minutes, then do another layer. Fill with the ice cream or cream cheese that has been warmed to a spreadable consistency, then add a tiny scoop of the yellow filling to the middles. You’ll have leftover yolk filling, as the larger recipe is necessary for smooth blending. I made “deviled” eggs by leaving them open, but you can meld two together by coating the seal with extra chocolate sauce if you’d prefer.
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I’ve never had one but they’ve never appealed to me- there’s better chocolate out there 😉
Wow, those eggs might be too much for this little vegan… I got this “yuck” feeling by looking at them 😉
(but, looking at the ingredients, I bet they taste good! =D )
http://www.lagustasluscious.com/shop/chocolate-of-the-month/april-2012-english-cream-egg i found a vegan version to buy. They were always my favorite growing up and now with my dairy allergy i can’t eat them. I just ordered some, and now my son can try them too! He also has a dairy allergy. Love this recipe too, can’t wait to try it, have try lots of your others too! Great stuff! 🙂 thanks for sharing your recipes!
I typically let myself have 1 Cadbury Egg a year now that I watch what I eat. I just wish my sisters would stop buying them for me thinking that I want them!
I would have thought you’d fill them with a coconut butter concoction. But this sounds good too.
Just watched a Dr. Oz show where they were speaking specifically about yellow 5 and yellow 6. Banned in Europe but not here. A knowledgeable gentleman pointed out that a study from 2 YEARS AGO connected these colors to sensitive people reacting with ADHD…and the two ladies presenting their attempt to get Kraft Foods to remove said yellow from the Mac and Cheese product here had reams of letters from people thanking them for their efforts. The few excerpts read were astounding. Wild outbursts ceased. Ezcema went away. Etc. Kraft uses REAL FOOD to color the Mac and Cheese sold over there…turmeric and the like…and could certainly do the same here, if it didn’t come down to the almighty dollar. There is a petition online somewhere to get this change to happen. I have to find it….. Also, both yellows are a petroleum derivative, as most artificial colors appear to be… After a quick search, I pat myself on the back to have kept my children away from artificial colors. Of course, they’re grown now and do what they want…..
Thank you, Katie. Maybe not for this specific recipe but for many many others. Ignore the nay-sayers, please. The rest of us NEED you!
I didn’t see the Dr Oz show, but I know she’s talking about the blogger at 100daysofrealfood.com.
Awesome! Thanks! Going over there now!
To all you haters out there who are clearly just jealous of her creativity, I am actually very glad these taste NOTHING like creme eggs. I HATE creme eggs the first time I ate one I gagged and wanted to throw up I think they are one of the nastiest easter treats ever made. I do however LOVE chocolate, ice cream (even though I’m DF for health reasons) and currently living in Africa where mangoes are plenty, I can’t wait to make these Katie, you are the best 🙂
lol glad to know I’m not missing anything by not having tried a real one! 🙂
This is brilliant!
And yes, I’ve had (a love affair with) Cadbury Creme Eggs … and Cadbury Mini Eggs!
That’s clever, but ice cream is not a cadbury cream egg. I happen to love them and I was very excited to see a ‘healthy’ version, but I’m afraid ice cream in an egg shaped chocolate shell won’t do it for me.
I LOVE this idea, so inventive! These are definitely going to be on my Easter to do list! Thank you so much!
So I’d like to let you know that you have CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. I absolutely love your blog, it has become my life. Never have I loved being vegan and g-free this much. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been making food constantly and everything has turned out deliciously!
Thank you for trying the recipes! 🙂