If you crave the taste of Cadbury Cream Eggs, but hate waiting all year for them to be available, wait no more! This amazing recipe tastes just like the delicious confectionery delight available in the store, but you don’t have to wait until spring to get some.
- 🍫 Ingredients
- 🥚 Instructions
- 🛠️ Tips
- 🎉 Serving Suggestions
- 🧊 Storage
- 💸 Price Breakdown
- 🛒 Walmart Grocery List
- ❓ FAQ
- 📌 Pin Recipe
- 🖨️ Printable Recipe Card
Ingredients for Cadbury Cream Eggs
You only need a handful of pantry staples to pull these off, and the payoff is worth every sugary bite. The filling gets its signature creamy texture from corn syrup, butter, and powdered sugar, while a little food coloring gives that faux yolk center the right look.
- 1/2 C. light corn syrup
- 1/4 C. butter, softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 C. powdered sugar
- 4 drops yellow food coloring
- 2 drops red food coloring
- 1 bag milk chocolate chips, 12 ounce
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening
How to Make Cadbury Cream Eggs
The trick here is chilling the filling long enough that you can shape it cleanly. Don’t rush that part or you’ll wind up wearing more filling than the eggs do.
- In a bowl blend the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt with an electric mixer or stand mixer. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, continue beating with a mixer until it’s smooth and creamy with each addition.
- Transfer 1/3 of the creamy mixture into a bowl and add both food colorings, stirring to combine. Tightly cover both bowls and refrigerate until firm to the touch.
- Once the filling has fully set and is firm, roll the yellowish orange filling into marble sized balls, then wrap it with the solid white filling. The white filling should be approximate twice the size of the colored center. As you add the filling, shape it into an egg and place on parchment paper. Repeat until all egg fillings have been created.
- Refrigerate these overnight.
- Melt the chocolate and shortening together in a double boiler.
- Dip the chilled centers. You can use a fork if you don’t have candy dipping utensils.
- Alternatively, you can purchase Easter egg molds online, fill the mold partway with chocolate, place the egg filling inside, then top with melted chocolate.
If you’d like another sweet homemade version to compare, take a look at Cadbury’s Cream Eggs for a similar candy fix.
Tips for Best Results
Chill the centers thoroughly. Cold filling is much easier to shape and dip. If the eggs start getting soft while you’re working, slide the tray back into the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes and continue.
Use parchment paper. It keeps the shaped centers from sticking and makes cleanup a whole lot less annoying.
Melt the chocolate gently. A double boiler keeps the chocolate smoother and reduces the risk of scorching. If the coating thickens too much, that little bit of shortening helps it stay dip-friendly.
Keep them refrigerated. Because the filling contains butter and stays soft, store the finished eggs chilled. For food safety, keep homemade candy with perishable ingredients refrigerated and don’t leave it at room temperature for more than 2 hours, which matches general guidance from the FDA’s egg safety recommendations.
Serving Suggestions
These are rich, sweet, and very much an eat-one-and-hide-the-rest kind of treat. Serve them chilled straight from the refrigerator, tuck them into Easter baskets, or package a few in treat bags for spring parties.
They also make a fun homemade candy tray addition alongside cookies, brownies, or a slice of Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake if you’re leaning fully into dessert chaos.
Storage and Shelf Life
Store the finished Cadbury cream eggs in an airtight container in the refrigerator. A conservative estimate is up to 4 days refrigerated for best quality and safety.
If you need to make them ahead, you can freeze the finished candies in a single layer until firm, then transfer them to a freezer-safe container with parchment between layers. Use them within 1 month for best texture. Thaw them in the refrigerator so the chocolate shell stays as neat as possible instead of sweating all over the container.
💸 Budget101® Price Breakdown: Cadbury Cream Eggs Copycat Recipe
Ingredient |
Walmart Item |
Pkg Price |
Amount Used |
Cost Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Light corn syrup |
$2.98 |
1/2 C. |
$0.75 |
|
Butter |
$2.98 |
1/4 C. |
$0.37 |
|
Vanilla |
$5.94 |
1 t. |
$0.50 |
|
Salt |
$0.62 |
1/4 t. |
$0.01 |
|
Powdered sugar |
$2.24 |
3 C. |
$0.89 |
|
Yellow food coloring |
$1.12 |
4 drops |
$0.01 |
|
Red food coloring |
$1.12 |
2 drops |
$0.01 |
|
Milk chocolate chips |
$2.32 |
1 bag ≈ package ≈ 2.001 cup(s) |
$2.32 |
|
Vegetable shortening |
$3.98 |
2 T. |
$0.07 |
💸 |
Cost |
|---|---|
🧾 Total Batch Cost |
$4.93 |
👨👩👧👦 Cost Per Serving |
$0.41 |
📅 Walmart prices last verified August 26, 2026. Prices may vary by location and are subject to change. Learn how to calculate the cost of a recipe on your own!
🛒 Walmart Grocery List
- Light Corn Syrup, 16 fl oz
- Salted Butter, 16 oz
- Vanilla Extract, 2 fl oz
- Table Salt, 26 oz
- Powdered Sugar, 32 oz
- Yellow Food Coloring, 1 fl oz
- Red Food Coloring, 1 fl oz
- Milk Chocolate Chips, 11.5 oz
- Vegetable Shortening, 48 oz
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Frequently Asked Questions about Cadbury Cream Eggs
You can expect about 12 eggs, depending on how large you shape them. Since the centers start as marble-sized yolks wrapped in a layer of white filling, keeping them modest gives you the cleanest dip and the most even chocolate coating.
Absolutely. Milk chocolate tastes closest to the store version, but dark chocolate cuts the sweetness if you want less sugar shock in one bite. White chocolate works too, though it runs sweeter and can be a little fussier to melt smoothly.
It usually just needs more chilling time. The butter and corn syrup keep the filling soft, so if your kitchen is warm or you measured the sugar a little light, refrigerating it longer firms everything up enough to roll and wrap without a sticky mess.
Yes, and it’s actually the smarter move if you’re short on patience. Shape the centers, keep them covered on a parchment-lined tray, and refrigerate them overnight so they’re cold and firm when you dip.
A fork works just fine. Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl for a second or two, then slide the candy onto parchment with another fork or a butter knife so you don’t leave a thick chocolate foot on the bottom.
No, but it won’t look like a classic creme egg without it. The yellow and red drops only change the look, not the texture, so you can leave them out if you don’t mind a plain white center.
Yes, and that’s a neat way to get a more uniform shell. Add a layer of melted chocolate to the mold first, set the filling inside, then cover the top with more chocolate so the center stays completely enclosed.
Melt it gently and keep the shortening in the mix. That little bit of fat helps thin the chocolate so it flows around the cold center instead of clumping up like it took the afternoon off.
You can, but mix the filling in a large bowl or stand mixer so the powdered sugar stays contained and blends evenly. If you’re doubling the batch, work in smaller groups when dipping so the centers stay cold while you coat them.
Serve them chilled or slightly cool so the filling stays firm and the shell doesn’t smudge. For gifting, place each egg in a small candy cup or wrap them individually after the chocolate sets so they travel without sticking together.
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Cadbury Cream Eggs Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 4 drops yellow food coloring
- 2 drops red food coloring
- 1 bag milk chocolate chips 12 ounce
- 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Equipment
Instructions
- In a bowl blend the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt with an electric mixer or stand mixer.
- Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, continuing to beat with the mixer until smooth and creamy with each addition.
- Transfer 1/3 of the creamy mixture into a separate bowl and stir in the yellow and red food colorings.
- Tightly cover both bowls and refrigerate until firm to the touch.
- Roll the colored filling into marble-sized balls.
- Wrap each colored ball with white filling, using about twice as much white filling as colored center, then shape into eggs and place on parchment paper.
- Refrigerate the shaped centers overnight.
- Melt the chocolate and shortening together in a double boiler.
- Dip the chilled centers in the melted chocolate and place them back on parchment to set.
- Alternatively, fill Easter egg molds partway with chocolate, place the filling inside, and top with more melted chocolate.
Recipe Size Alteration
💡 If you altered the ingredients above by doubling or tripling the recipe, you may also need to change the pan/dish size and adjust the cook time.
Notes
Prep time is estimated and does not include the overnight chilling time.
Store finished eggs in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 4 days.
Freeze up to 1 month for best texture.
Estimated cost is based on current online retail pricing and normalized amount-used costs for each ingredient.
this will be a real pleaser in my house. thanx for sharing
my daughter love these. i think we will do some for close friends at christmas.
as expensive as these are to buy, i am looking forward to making my own. i even have the candy molds!
oh thank you, thank you, thank you! i know i will be adding this to my family’s easter goodies.
wow, i hope these are halfway as good as cadbury’s. i love those wonderful eggs! yummo!
I hope these are good, I’m going to try them. These are a hit in my family so if I can do it homemade I will be a popular person. LOL
My b/f loves these egg so i’m going to make them for him. I’m going to add some carmel also and see how that turns out because he is carmel lover
Ohhhh, that’s a really good idea! Never thought of doing that!