Chocolate Eggs – Brittle – 5 pcs

Sawade Chocolate Flaky Brittle Eggs with a Brittle Core

Sawade Chocolate Flaky Brittle Eggs are filled Easter eggs made of milk chocolate with a center of whipped almond brittle. The core remains dry and crunchy, which is why this egg can lie in a nest for an entire Easter morning without losing any of its quality.

Chocolate Flaky Brittle Eggs are filled Easter eggs from Sawade in Berlin-Reinickendorf, featuring a milk chocolate exterior and a brittle interior made of sugar, fresh butter, and almonds. Each egg is wrapped in apple-green foil, and we place five of them in a cellophane bag with a satin ribbon.

The core breaks along its layers

Ordinary brittle is a hard slab that splinters when bitten and remains in the mouth for a long time. This version consists of fine layers and falls apart exactly along those layers.

It therefore dissolves faster and tastes less of sugar and more of roasted almond. Flaky, buttery, almondy—the flavor lingers for a while even after the egg has long been eaten.

The milk chocolate shell is kept mild so that the almond remains at the forefront and the cocoa does not interfere. The sugar is only caramelized enough to provide color and a warm tone, and the fresh butter rounds it off. The bright green of the foil next to the satin ribbon looks like springtime that someone has intentionally arranged.

A dry core in a thin shell

A liquid filling requires a wall without any weak spots, whereas a dry core is more forgiving, and that is precisely the practical advantage of this variety.

Sawade spins the shells in-house, fills them with the brittle once cooled, and wraps each egg individually in its foil. Because nothing can leak, the bag remains clean even after hours in the nest.

Brittle only becomes flaky if the hot mass of sugar, butter, and almonds is whipped for the right amount of time at the perfect moment. The more patiently this is done, the finer the layers become and the more delicately the core breaks later on.

At Sawade in Reinickendorf, the whipping is still done by hand, and with the first egg, you can taste what this effort is for. Anyone who has ever cooked sugar also knows how fine the line is between amber and bitter smoke.

The egg that lasts all morning

Because the core remains dry, this egg withstands a nest in the garden without softening, and it does not stick to your fingers even after hours. This makes it the variety you should hide first in the morning. If you only find one again in the evening, it is still perfectly edible.

Alcohol is not included in the recipe, so the eggs can be passed around the children's table without anyone needing to ask first. The brittle really comes into its own after a strong coffee, and a slice of apple on the side never hurts.

Stored cool, dark, and dry, the core remains crunchy, while heat will cause it to soften and a refrigerator will cause condensation on the shell. Therefore, store the bag in the cupboard and not on the windowsill.

The same brittle is available in round form as Chocolate Flaky Brittle Balls; it is softer in the Vanilla Caramel version; and eight pieces are included in the alcohol-free mixed egg selection. All varieties for the Easter nest can be found at Sawade Berlin Easter. Everything here remains crunchy until someone takes a bite.