Mounds Coconut Cream Eggs With Hershey's Chocolate Coating

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter, melted, no substitutes
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 1/4 cups coconut
• additional powdered sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) boxes semisweet baking chocolate
• 3 tablespoons shortening, no substitutes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons shortening, no substitutes

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, stir together butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt.
• 2 gradually add powdered sugar and coconut, beating until blended.
• 3 sprinkle about 1 tbsp additional powdered sugar on flat surface; knead 5 minutes.
• 4 using 1 1/2 tsp mixture for each candy, shape into egg shapes.
• 5 place on waxed paper-lined trays or cookie sheets.
• 6 refrigerate 1-2 hours before dipping into chocolate coating.
• 7 after coating, loosely cover. store in a cool dry place.
• 8 coating:.
• 9 in a saucepan over medium heat, melt chocolate and shortening.
• 10 whatever you do - do not add any water. it will ruin the coating.