Jelly filled mini eggs?

[KungFuPanda]

My girlfriend has been going on about some small eggs she used to get at Easter time which had a crisp sugar outer shell but rather than being filled with chocolate, they were filled with jelly. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?

[Rowan138]

sounds improbable as the outer sugar coating is applied molten (hot) and it will melt the jelly inside. also the fairly thin sugar coating needs a hard substrate as it is pretty brittle.

[Heff]

Would it not melt the chocolate then?

[Tanguero]

Waitrose has these in their 'seasonal' section - at least the one in Canary Wharf does.

[KungFuPanda]

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317-100...

Woohoo!!! Cheers guys!

[Tanguero]

Rowan138 said:

sounds improbable as the outer sugar coating is applied molten (hot) and it will melt the jelly inside. also the fairly thin sugar coating needs a hard substrate as it is pretty brittle.

That's why jelly beans don't actually exist. They are just a marketing myth.

[KungFuPanda]

Turkish delight is also a mere mirage.

[Fas1975]

Rowan138 said:

sounds improbable as the outer sugar coating is applied molten (hot) and it will melt the jelly inside. also the fairly thin sugar coating needs a hard substrate as it is pretty brittle.

Sugar coatings are not applied molten. Dad worked for Mars for 20 years and I was lucky to take a factory tour. The process for any hard shell coating on jelly / chocolate is the same.

Centre is made on their own production line. Once the centres are made, they are put into a bin which looks and acts like a cement mixer. The bin rotates at about 20-3o RPM. The shell coating is inserted in powdered form and is basically tumble-dried onto the centres. Takes about an hour for the coating to be applied.

Once done, the newly covered sweets are put into polishing bins where a polishing spray is applied and they rub against each other to a high shine. Once the shine is applied, they're put onto another production line where letters such as M for M&M's are printed on them then packaging etc.

Coating / polishing process, the bins are kept at a steady < 50 degree C temperature. Friction does generate a little heat so the bins are cooled to the steady temperature. Nothing molten at any time.