Carol's Coconut Cream Easter Eggs

Total Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 3/4 cup butter (no substitutes)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 (1 ounce) bottles coconut extract
• 9 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 (14 ounce) bags sweetened flaked coconut
• chocolate chips, for coating

Recipe

• 1 cream butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• 2 add condensed milk, vanilla and coconut extract and mix until well blended.
• 3 add 2 cups of confectioner's sugar and beat well.
• 4 mix in remaining sugar throughly. mixture will be very stiff.
• 5 mix in coconut very well. if mixture is not quite stiff enough add more confectioner's sugar.
• 6 shape into egg shapes and place on a cookie sheet. refrigerate until very cold.
• 7 melt chocolate chips, dip eggs in chocolate and place on a wax paper. refrigerate until set.