{"id":22754,"date":"2024-03-29T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=22754"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:55:43","slug":"two-ways-to-make-some-vegan-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/29\/two-ways-to-make-some-vegan-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ways to Make Some Vegan Easter Eggs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3477014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3477014-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3477014.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3477014-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chef Nancy Berkoff shares these Easter egg recipes:<\/p>\n<h3>SPRINGTIME CHOCOLATE EGGS<\/h3>\n<p>(Makes approximately 24 pieces)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup softened vegan cream cheese<\/li>\n<li>3 cups vegan powdered sugar*<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups melted, cooled chocolate or carob chips<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd teaspoons vanilla<\/li>\n<li>Cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or shredded coconut for decoration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until cream cheese is pliable and airy. This can be done with a fork, but it will take some time.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually mix in sugar, beating until well combined. Add chocolate or carob and vanilla and mix until well combined.<\/p>\n<p>Refrigerate for 1 hour or until stiff enough to shape. Roll into small balls, approximately 1 teaspoon, and coat with selected decoration. Place on parchment or waxed paper and refrigerate until ready to serve.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>*Note<\/u><\/em>: If vegan powdered sugar is not available, granulated sugar can be processed in a food processor until powdered.<\/p>\n<h3>FAST CRISPED RICE EGGS<\/h3>\n<p>(Makes 8-10 small eggs)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc cup vegan chocolate or carob chips<\/li>\n<li>2 cups puffed rice cereal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt chocolate in a microwave or on the stove. Remove from heat, mix in cereal, and very quickly form into shapes. Store on a parchment- or waxed paper-lined tray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Nancy Berkoff shares these Easter egg recipes: SPRINGTIME CHOCOLATE EGGS (Makes approximately 24 pieces) 1 cup softened vegan cream cheese 3 cups vegan powdered sugar* 1\u00bd cups melted, cooled chocolate or carob chips 1\u00bd teaspoons vanilla Cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or shredded coconut for decoration Place the cream cheese in the bowl of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22756,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754\/revisions\/22756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}