Easter is getting closer – and when it comes to Easter candy one of my favorites is Cadbury Creme Eggs. This recipe makes a fun Cadbury Creme Egg dessert by baking the chocolate eggs into a hand pie for a quick and easy Easter dessert that is both flaky and creamy.
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Cadbury Creme Egg Desserts
Easter will be here before you know it, and that means it is time to start thinking about candy! My kids love almost any kind of Easter candy, and so do I. Chocolate candy is my favorite, and Cadbury Creme Eggs are both delicious and one of the most iconic of all Easter candies. The thick chocolate “egg” shell encases a sweet gooey filling that looks like a raw egg, even though it is basically sugar.
Cadbury Easter Creme Egg, 1.2-Ounce Eggs (Pack of 48)
Nordicware Natural Aluminum Commercial Baker’s Half Sheet (2 Pack), Silver
Candy is not just fun to eat, it is also enjoyable to bake with, as a way to make something yummy even better. I’ve seen recipes for other Cadbury Creme Egg desserts, like brownies, milkshakes and more, and I decided to see what would happen if I baked a Cadbury Creme Egg into a hand pie.
Now if you are like my daughter the question you are asking is, “Why? That is such a weird combination of flavors!?!” Well why not? I will agree that it is a surprising combination, but that is what makes it good, because it is so unexpected. You are combining a crispy flakey pie crust with an ooey, gooey chocolate egg. This makes for a total contrast in texture and taste!
How to Make Cadbury Creme Egg Pies
In addition to being unexpected this Cadbury Creme Egg dessert is also super easy to make and has only 4 ingredients. In fact you could make it with only two ingredients, refrigerated pie crust and Cadbury Creme Eggs. The first step is to take the pie crusts out of the refrigerator for half an hour so they come to room temperature. Preventing my husband from eating the Creme Eggs while the pie crust warmed up turned out to be the most difficult part of making the pies!
Once the dough was at room temperature I unrolled the pie crusts and used a cereal bowl to cut two 5 inch circles out of the dough. Then I re-rolled the dough that was left for another circle. Then I repeated this with the other pie crust for a total of six 5 inch circles from one box of pie crust. Anything circular that you have in the kitchen between 5 and 6 inches in diameter would work as a pattern for the pies.
Then I unwrapped my Cadbury Creme Eggs and put one in the middle of each pie crust. I dabbed water around the edge, flipped it in half and sealed the edge with a fork. The little turnovers looked just like mini apple or cherry pies.
To make the hand pies prettier, I brushed the pie crust with egg white and sprinkled it with coarse sugar. The egg white helps the pies brown nicely, but you could skip this step without effecting the essential nature of this Cadbury Creme Egg dessert.
I baked the pies for 10 minutes and let them cool a little bit before breaking into them and eating. As the pies baked one of my hand pies leaked and the Cadbury Egg contents ran out all over the cookie sheet. So maybe parchment paper on the cookie sheets would be a good idea for easier clean up.
But the resulting Cadbury Creme Egg pies were delicious. Weird, yes, but deliciously weird and completely unexpected when you bite into the pies expecting a soft fruity filling and get gooey chocolate and cream instead. And despite her initial doubts my daughter agreed they were worth making and enjoyed eating hers!
So if you are looking for a fun and easy Easter dessert that is completely different give these Cadbury Creme Egg pies a try!
Cadbury Creme Egg Pies
An unexpected chocolate Easter treat with a combination of flaky pie crust and gooey filling that you need to try to appreciate!
Ingredients
- 1 box Refrigerated Pie Dough
- 8 Cadbury Creme Egg
- 1 egg white
- 2 T. sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Roll the pie dough out and cut into 5-6 inch rounds.
- Unwrap the eggs and put one in the middle of a circle of dough.
- Seal the pie by brushing the edge with water and crimping with a fork.
- Brush egg white on top of the pie and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool a little bit before eating because the filling will be hot.
Notes
Nutrition facts are estimates.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Sodium: 6mg
I love me some Cadbury Creme Eggs and this just makes them look even more delicious!
Ohhhh Cadbury cream eggs are my absolute favorite!!! These little pies sound AMAZING!!! What a great idea!!
Saw this on Show Stopper Saturday and I just had to say that this looks so delicious! I love the combination of the chocolate Cadbury Easter eggs with a buttery crust!
What a fun and easy dessert idea to do with kids!
Pie crust and Cadbury Eggs?! Sounds like heaven in a neat little packet! Pinning and making!
I’m so excited to see your project on Show-Licious Craft & Recipe Party! Thanks for linking up with us!
~ Ashley
Oh my gosh, what a good idea! These look amazing! I bet your kids were in heaven!!
Yay another excuse to buy Cadbury eggs! How delightful, what a great Easter dessert.
Annie, now this is very creative! I love using pie crust for things like this… I actually have a sheet in the refrigerator from when I did some fried cookie dough. Thanks for sharing at the party today!
I’m speechless on this one. I’m going to the store tomorrow to buy pie crust (because I already have Cadbury Cream Eggs)! I can’t wait.
You had me at Cadbury Egg! This looks really interesting and I think I’m going to have to give it a try. Yum!
This is an interesting idea. Over here in Scotland we dip chocolate bars in batter and deep fry them, this seems like a slightly healthier version.
Oh yum! I love Cadbury Eggs! I wonder how the carmel ones would work…I just might have to try it. Found you over at The Dedicated House Make It Pretty Monday.
Wow, what a fab idea! That looks like it would be SO good! I found you via Time to Sparkle linkup 🙂
Oh. My. Gawd. These look ridiculous AND beautiful! So simple, why didn’t I think of this? I have got to try these immediately if not sooner. Thanks so much for the recipe 🙂
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing this at the Friday Frenzy. I just posted this on my FB page.
Oh, I love Cadbury Creme Eggs; this is so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing on Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in next week’s issue.
These are so clever! I might be giving this recipe a try this weekend. My boys would love it! Thanks for sharing this with us at Saturday Night Fever 🙂
What a lovely surprise in the center of that little pie. Your Cadbury Creme Egg Pie is a great idea and a delicious treat! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday today, it is great to have you at the party. Hope you have a very special week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
What a great way to use cream eggs. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great weekend!!
I’m really drawn to the different textures here. Flakey, crispy crust and then a ooey, gooey, melty center. That’s pretty much my favorite thing! Easter is really sneaking up on me–I need to sit down and do some planning today.
Thank you for sharing this fun treat at See Ya in the Gumbo. Hope to see you when the party goes live tonight!