Chocolate Mousse Easter Egg – Crowd Pleaser!
March 17, 2012 by Shelley
Easter Tradition – Chocolate Mousse Egg for Two
As much as I love all the ‘cutesy’ Easter baking going on, I decided to attempt an Easter treat with more of an ‘adult’ appeal.
WARNING!!!! Do not, I repeat DO NOT try to make these chocolate shells with ‘water bomb’ balloons!! I learned the hard way! I innocently thought, “I know I have water ballons in the closet somewhere,…they are the perfect size! Yay! This will save me a trip to the store.” 5 exploded water bombs later, a kitchen splattered in chocolate, and 3 changed shirts {yes I attempted it multiple times,..I’m a dork} I finally discovered it was the ‘BOMB’ part in water bomb that wasn’t working for me. {Ha Ha. Laugh it up}. 
Do yourself a favor,…get small, normal party balloons to try this. They work flawlessly.
Prepare melted chocolate (chocolate melting discs work best). Simply dip the balloon half way. To make full chocolate eggs,…tape down the top end of a similar sized balloon and dip the top end. Place on wax paper and let chocolate harden. I stuck them in the fridge to speed things up. These were super fun to make {once I got the right blasted balloons}! Enlist the help of your sweetie and make them together as a part of your Easter Tradition!
Once the chocolate has cooled, pop the balloon near the top. Gently remove the balloon from the chocolate shell…
Isn’t it pretty? The options are endless for what you could fill the chocolate egg with. Fresh Fruit? Baked Treats?
I filled my chocolate eggs with a decadent chocolate mousse found on ‘Sprinkle Bakes‘…
A little powdered sugar on top…
And a few more calories aren’t going to make that big of difference. Go ahead and add some whipped cream and a little more chocolate…
Heavenly. Impressive. Easy.
This is an Easter Tradition that will definitely be repeated yearly in our home. Possibly even monthly?! ;)
Ingredients
- Chocolate Melts
- Party Balloons (NOT water balloons)
Instructions
- Prepare melted chocolate (chocolate melting discs work best). Simply dip the balloon half way. To make full chocolate eggs,…tape down the top end of a similar sized balloon and dip the top end. Place on wax paper and let chocolate harden. I stuck them in the fridge to speed things up. These were super fun to make {once I got the right blasted balloons}! Enlist the help of your sweetie and make them together as a part of your Easter Tradition!
- Once the chocolate has cooled, pop the balloon near the top. Gently remove the balloon from the chocolate shell…
- The options are endless for what you could fill the chocolate egg with. Fresh Fruit? Baked Treats?
- I filled my chocolate eggs with a decadent chocolate mousse found on ‘Sprinkle Bakes‘…
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Cute! My mother actually told me about this idea once! But instead of using it for Easter, she sat the dipped chocolate balloon on a melting chocolate piece for a base, put some chocolate in a plastic bag, cut the corner off and on wax paper, drew out some handles with the chocolate. Then she attached the handles with a little melted chocolate, filled it up with chocolate mousse and whip cream and Ta-Da! You’ve got yourself a litle chocolate cup of (hot) cocoa. Very fun to make and so cute to look at!
Wow! I’m rolling on the floor! You & I should have been together yesterday when I was fighting with the chocolate eggs!LOL
Anyway…they are brilliant! And yes, I think we should make the Spring Hop a tradition! Heck, maybe we should do one in the Fall and Christmas too! What do ya think? You in?
Thanks so much for sharing these!
~Liz
That is freakin” adorable. I tried making choc cups with cupcake wrappers years ago BK (Before Kids). What a mess. I will have to try this.
Thanks again for all the great ideas. As well as keepin’ it real.
Oh my gosh i love it (i’m sure you get sick of hearing how fab you guys are right) lol this really is amazing
These look so good!! I want to try to make these, but I am not known to be the best cook. Does anyone have any advice on what Chocolate to use for the shell?
I use the wilton chocolate melting discs. You can also try the big chunks of chocolate found in the bulk section (if you have a winco). Melt for 30 sec,..then stir,…30 seconds,…then stir….REPEAT until the right consistency.
Thank you!!
You are amazing Shelley! Thanks for the incredible ideas!
Love this! LOVE LOVE LOVE! I am for sure doing this! So awesome! Thank you!
I love this idea!! I’m going to try this IMMEDIATELY! : )
Shell, you left out the part about two toddler shirts being cut
Sorry, I just had to tease you! They look delicious!
Ha seriously!! Ill add it here,….I was watching my little boy and his friend,….well more like NOT watching them. During this ‘mess’ these two little boys found scissors and decided to cut each others shirts open!! I’m was so neglecting my motherhood duties (obviously)!
very cute.
This sounds like my valentine’s last year! I made these and filled them with fresh strawberries. Everything was going fine until the chocolate became to hot and my balloons began to pop!! Yes, I too, did it a few more times to figure out what was going on.
It is amazing how far chocolate splatter can go. 
Those are so awesome! Want to come over and make some for me?!?!
I’m so glad you kept trying! They look so delicious
Great job!!!
wow – these are amazing! love taking a ‘simple’ treat and turning it ‘gourmet’ with ease! ingenious!
So super cute!!! What a fun idea!
Oooo ~ I would have been soooooo mad about your beginning disasters, but since it wasn’t my kitchen, I couldn’t help but chuckle in hindsight. Thanks for takin’ one for the team. They’re awesome.
MMMMM Looks good thaks for the idea..
Mmmm….they look delicious! You are so creative. I’ll have to give it a try!
oh my, these are amazing! What a great idea.
Mercy…that looks awesome! Almost too good to eat…almost =)
This sounds like a fantastic idea. Does anyone know if there are latex allergies in the family is the chocolate going to be safe to eat after teh balloon has been removed?
Thanks
Alyssa
My daughter has HUGE latex allergies, so we don’t do latex balloons to do this for sure! We use a plastic large egg to do this. I tape a straw to the inside bottom of it, to put it in the chocolate, and, as soon as it’s done cooling, it pops right off
They also make metal egg tins that you can do it with as well 
It really is awesome, my kiddos LOVE doing these!
Those look really super! My family love mousse. What a wonderful presentation.
Oh my gosh!!! These are incredible!!!
OMG those are GREAT Shelley!! but I had to laugh at your multiple chocolate explosions! LOL……..I would love for you to link this up at my I’m Lovin’ Party!!
Have a HAPPY Easter!!♥
Thanks for linking up!! I’ll stumble this too!!
YUM!!! I am so glad you gave the water bomb warning. I have a ton of those around the house and would’ve tried it this afternoon. Yikes! Like I don’t already have enough to clean up around here.
I will DEFINITELY be trying this! So cool … I had to repost it on my blog! Thanks for sharing. It’s a sure way to impress. Happy Easter and happy I found your blog!
I love it! I’ll bet they’ll go great at a bake sale, too!
OK I have to say those are amazing! As I sit here cruising the web while babysitting my sleeping granddaughter… I am truly impressed! Looks like a lot of work but well worth it!!!
Happy Easter!
My husband LOVES chocolate mousse! I’ll have to try and make this for him!
I used white chocolate and am going to fill them with strawberries, cut up pound cake and whipped cream! YUM! I am so excited! Thanks for the great idea!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these! Thanks for sharing and working out all the kinks for all of us!
I tried these and all I could think of was … “HOW DOES SHE” make it look so simple! hahaha! I will have to try again with the chocolate discs like you suggested in an earlier comment. Chocolate chips didn’t quite melt properly for me or “stick” to the balloon! It was also 2am Easter morning when I tried, might not have been a good idea
I’ll try again though!
These are gorgeous for Easter, for a dinner party – for anything where you want to make a spectacular statement.
I made these and filled them with the Jello brand No-Bake cheesecake, with a couple of cherries from cherry pie filling on top. They were wonderful and everyone was amazed with them. Then I had to tell them how easy they really were. Oh Well!
These are adorable! I attempted to make them last evening, but when I went to peel away the balloon from the chocolate, the chocolate stuck to the balloon and the shell cracked!! Am I using the wrong chocolate? Is there some secret non-stick spray that I should coat the balloon with before dipping in the chocolate?
Oh No! I didn’t seem to have that problem. I’d think that non stick spray would help. Maybe try another go around with a different brand of balloons? Let me know how it goes.
I was searching for an elegant way to make Buckeyes and came across this post and your website! I’m addicted to dipping chocolate (because there is more left over to eat than what I produce)??? How do you girls stay so thin?
I actually did the water bomb ballons like this last fall with a pumpkin mousse in them. They worked fine for me but I think the trik was to melt your chocolate without getting it too hot. It was fun and very yummy. I’m looking forward to trying it with the Chocolate Mousse! Thanks for all the fun ideas!!
It is hard to tell by the pics, how big are these eggs?
Hello! I’m wondering if you have another mousse recipe without coffee and rum that you love? That looks AMAZING!
Thanks for sharing!
Shelley, thank you for providing this great recipe! It will be our newest tradition for Easter…..always looking for ways to improve and wow my family. Have a Blessed Easter! Deb
I am featuring this idea tomorrow! Thanks for the idea!!!
These are absolutely fabulous – and will be duplicated in my home! And thanks for the heads up on the water balloons … I know that is what I would have dug out of my cabinets.
Love these! And such great pictures!! I’m featuring this post on my blog today, http://www.SomethingSwanky.com. Feel free to grab a featured button!
let the chocolate cool for a bit, I had it covered in chocolate and it exploded everywhere… it took a while to clean up, but was super worth it at the end when the others turned out.
I made these for our Easter brunch. Everyone was really impressed. I used two bags of white chocolate discs and dyed them with gel food coloring. I had some pink, some blue and some purple. They looked like cute little Easter eggs sitting on the platter. I filled them with 4 different kinds of berries and topped with whipped cream. They were delicious! Would definitely do these again.
The pumpkin mouse that someone else mentioned sounds yummy.
This is a very cute idea but I have to ask. Is there any residual “balloon latex” taste in the chocolate? I also wonder if you serve this and a person had a latex allergy if there would be a problem. Let me know what you think, thanks.
There was no balloon taste, or residue at all.
–I have no idea about the latex allergy problem though… hope that helps. 
Wow! Perfect perfect perfect
That is SO perfect. Thank you so much, my kids (and me) will love to try these.
Can’t wait to try this!! Maybe it will be our new tradition!
i will definitely try this for a different Easter treat! i love chocolates and i love having Easter eggs! this post can make the two combined!!!thanks so much.
I once had mouse in a chocolate shell at a fancy restaurant and always wondered how they made the shell. Thanks for all the awesome tricks you share!
YUM! That mousse looks incredible!! I think I need some of these for my Easter! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
WOW so awesome! What a great idea. Perfect for Easter
Hi, this is so cute and pretty. I might try it out and if it turn out I’ll post in my blog.
Thank you for sharing. Have a lovely weekend. *Hugs*
Hi, I’m planning on making these this afternoon and was wondering how much the mousse recipe makes? I am going to make 14-16 eggs, do you think that there would be enough mousse to fill all of those?
Thank you!
P.S. They look amazing! I’m so excited to get started.
It’s been a while since I made the mousse. I kind of don’t think that recipe will be enough for 14-16 eggs. Another option is to buy a mousse mix (there are some delicious ones in the pudding aisle). I’m sure there is serving sizes on the box. Good Luck! I hope everyone loves them!
I LOVED this idea so much I decided to make them this weekend for Easter! But….I’m just wondering about something….
Will the eggs break once people are trying to eat the mousse from them!?!? They seemed so fragile when I was removing the balloons….which left empty holes in the bottom which I filled with melted chocolate from a piping bag. So I know the bottoms are stable but what about the sides???
I’ve made the shells so far but haven’t added the mousse as the unveiling isn’t until tomorrow nights dinner
Gosh, it’s been a while since I made these, but if I remember correctly, the bowls were fairly sturdy. Of course the will break with a spoon if you want to eat bowl. That’s part of the fun.