Chocolate Overload

Today’s SCS CAS60 challenge was to use a sketch by Carly.  You can see the details here.  I wanted to make one more Easter card for my sale basket and I already had Mr Chocolate Bunny sitting on my desk so I put him to work.  I really wanted to doo-dad this card up, but since it is supposed to be CLEAN & SIMPLE, I had to let it go!

Truthfully, this card doesn’t do a thing for me….I love the image, love the Nook & Pantry DP, love the PTI sentiment, but it is just lacking something…..oh well!  I think I am in chocolate overload anyway after my attempt at making candy.  Here are a few pix of the disaster (Pioneer Woman, I am not!):

Eggs beginning to be formed……

The chocolate melting, waiting for said eggs to come take a swim……..

And the final messy result………

Oh, it is painful to even look at them.  This was the end of the batch, and I was running out of time and patience.  Truthfully, once they hardened and I scraped off the sloppy edges, they didn’t look TOO bad…at least they do taste delicious!  Even DH, who does not eat candy, liked the peanut butter ones.  My issue was trying to coat the eggs….the warm chocolate softened up the eggs so much they were getting mushy, even though they had been refrigerated.  The chocolate seemed too thick, and even after thinning, it was still a challenge.  Since I have NEVER made these before, I guess some sort of trial & error is to be expected.  Any hints from more experienced candy makers?  I don’t plan to do this every month….more like once or twice a year, so I don’t need to be an expert, but something a little less frustrating than this would be nice!  I guess I should just stick to making cards!