Cadbury's Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread

What's better than regular caramel shortbread? Cadbury's Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread, of course! A buttery biscuit base, smooth caramel centre, each slice is topped with half a Cadbury's Creme Egg and encased in Cadbury's milk chocolate.

Every bite is perfection, believe me.

I began thinking about Easter recipes in January. I plan the recipes for the blog well in advance because it gives me a chance to triple check that they work before I even think about videoing and photographing the process.

So I'm walking around the supermarket in early Jan, looking at the Cadbury's display and mulling over exactly how many Creme Eggs I'd need for my recipe. One of the check out girls walked past and actually said, "It's January" with a bemused look on her face.

"Yah, I know" I replied, embarrassed.

I'm ashamed to admit that I have probably been through 20 Cadbury's Creme Eggs since then

<blushes>

All in the name of research...for you, my dear readers. Well, when you taste this creation you will be thanking me because they taste so good!

Just DON'T think about the calories.

For this recipe, you will need: a square baking tin, shortbread biscuits, butter, condensed milk, light brown sugar, golden syrup, Cadbury's Creme Eggs and Cadbury's milk chocolate.

What is the best way to make caramel shortbread?

This recipe is almost a carbon copy of my Millionaire Caramel Shortbread so you can check out that recipe to answer all your shortbread and caramel questions.

I mention in that other post that it's important to make your caramel from scratch rather than using a tin because the weight of the topping would make tinned caramel ooze out and it would be way to runny for caramel shortbread.

I also address how to ensure you make perfect homemade caramel without burning it and also how to rescue crystallised caramel so do check that recipe out.

For this version, I've added Cadbury's Creme Eggs and used Cadbury's milk chocolate in place of the dark, white and pink chocolate.

What are Cadbury's Creme Eggs made of?

The Cadbury's Creme Egg has existed in its current form since 1963. It's egg-shaped (obviously!) with the outer shell made from Cadbury's chocolate, inside is white fondant with a yellow centre that mimics a chicken egg.

Cadbury's Creme Eggs are the best selling confectionery item between New Year's Day and Easter in the UK, with annual sales in excess of 200 million. - Wikipedia

That's a lot of Creme Eggs!

Let's put all those Creme Eggs to good use and make Cadbury's Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread, shall we?

How to make Cadbury's Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread

I made a short video of the steps for this recipe. You can see it in the recipe card below – hope it helps.

Time needed: 60 minutes (includes refrigeration time)

Making Cadbury's Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread couldn’t be easier, just follow these simple steps.

1. In a food processor, blitz 300g of shortbread biscuits. You can also do this by hand using a rolling pin.
2. Add 120g unsalted melted butter and mix to combine.
3. Pour the biscuit mixture into a lined 20cm square tin. Refrigerate until needed.
4. Add a 397g tin of condensed milk, 100g light brown sugar, 2 tbsp golden syrup and 100g of butter to a medium size saucepan.
5. Heat for around 5 minutes until a thick caramel sauce forms. Remember you need to stir the sauce constantly to ensure it doesn’t burn or crystalise.
6. Pour the caramel sauce over the biscuit base and refrigerate until completely set (around 30 minutes.)
7. Once the caramel has set, cut 6 Creme Eggs in half and place them on top of the Caramel base in rows of 3.
8. Place a bowl over a saucepan of hot water and add 300g of Cadbury's milk chocolate to the bowl.
9. When the chocolate has melted pour it over the top of the Creme Eggs. Refrigerate until the chocolate has set.
10. Once set, take the Creme Egg Caramel Shortbread out of the fridge and slice it into pieces using a sharp knife. Use the Creme Eggs to guide you.

Other Cadbury's Creme Egg recipes

Considering they are the most popular confectionary item at this time of year you might want to try Creme Eggs in other recipes. Here are a few ideas:

• Cadbury's Creme Egg Cake from Good To Know
• Cadbury's Creme Egg Brownie from BBC Good Food
• Cadbury's Creme Egg Traybake from Cadbury
• Cadbury's Creme Egg Cupcakes from Sarah Sibley
• Cadbury's Creme Egg Cheesecake from Good Housekeeping

More chocolate recipes I think you’ll love

• Fudgy Peanut Butter Brownies – Chocolatey, soft, gooey and fudgy brownies that melt in the mouth. A must for peanut butter lovers!
• Classic Chocolate Roulade – A really easy roulade with fresh cream and raspberries. Light as a feather yet oh so rich chocolate heaven.
• Double Chocolate Orange Hot Cross Buns – With Easter on the way these are a must but are so good they should be devoured at any time of year. A twist on a classic recipe that once you’ve tried you’ll never want traditional hot cross buns again!
• Tear and Share Pain Au Chocolat – It’s one of my most popular recipes for a very good reason. HEAVENLY.
• Healthy Fruit and Nut Dark Chocolate Thins – They really are healthy, promise! The most perfect afternoon pick me up chocolate fix.