I love food with a sense of humor — the kind of playful snack that makes you smile and cry out, “Eat me!”
*Unless something is literally screaming “eat me,” which would be slightly alarming.
These tiny “Bacon and Eggs” candies are about as cute as candy gets. I first spotted them years ago in Taste of Home and later on What Megan’s Making. The best part? They require just three ingredients and take only minutes to assemble. A big, adorable payoff for very little effort.
Ingredient choices are flexible. I’ve seen versions made with white chocolate or white baking chips, but I prefer yogurt candy chips. You can often find them in the bulk section of well-stocked groceries or in the candy-making aisle at craft stores. If you love white chocolate, by all means use that — the finished candies look just as sweet and charming.
Warning: these are dangerously easy to snack on. Consider making them for an event like Easter baskets or fellowship hour so you’ll have someone else around to tempt you. I know myself well enough to bag mine immediately and tie them shut tight.
Partway through assembly I had a fun idea: use orange M&M’s for a “pastured egg” look. They resemble the deeper yolks we get from our backyard hens and add a little color variety to the tray.
If you keep chickens, that’s two egg jokes in one. Okay, I’ll stop — but only after one more pun: shell you go make yourself some candy? One, two, three: SCRAMBLE!
Bacon and Eggs Candy
Rebecca Lindamood
Ingredients
- 1 bag thin pretzel sticks
- 1 bag yogurt candy baking chips or discs about 1 pound, or white chocolate chips or white baking chips
- About 40–50 yellow and orange M&Ms
Instructions
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Line three cookie sheets with silpats, parchment, or waxed paper.
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Place pretzel sticks in pairs, side by side, leaving a small gap between each pair.
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Put the yogurt candy baking chips (or white chocolate/baking chips) in a microwave-safe bowl.
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Heat at about 70% power for 1 minute, then stir.
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Continue heating in 30-second bursts at 70% power, stirring between bursts, until smooth.
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Use a spoon or piping bag to spread roughly 2 teaspoons of the melted candy over each pair of pretzels in the shape of an egg white.
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Press a yellow or orange M&M into the center of each “egg” to form the yolk.
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Allow to cool and firm completely, then store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
Nutritional information is an estimate. Calculate nutrition using the exact ingredients you use if you need precise values.
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