Easily enjoy beautiful, no bake Easter treats with these decorated Milano Cookie Easter Eggs. The cookies are coated in chocolate and then piped with colorful chocolate designs.
Why you'll love this recipe
- Using packaged cookies makes this a no bake recipe!
- No special tools are required.
- Kids and adults will enjoy decorating these cookie eggs.
Milano cookies come in a variety of flavors. I used mint chocolate cookies and turned them into decorated Easter eggs using dark and white chocolate with colored white chocolate designs.
Milano Cookie Easter Eggs are a pretty addition to an Easter care package (cool weather locations only) or for Easter baskets and Easter dessert.
Making the squiggles and dots is easy and would be a fun project to do with children.
Ingredients
- There are 15 Milano cookies in each package.
- To coat 15 cookies I used 1 ½ - 2 cups total of melted chocolate.
- To make the cookies half white chocolate and half dark, I used about 1 cup of each.
- In addition, for decorating about 1 ½ cups of melted white chocolate (or colored candy melts) is needed.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Dip the cookies in the melted chocolate to coat completely then placed on a wax paper lined baking sheet. Chill the baking sheet of cookies in the refrigerator.
- When ready to decorate, divide the white chocolate for decorating into a separate small bowl for each color. Microwave on 50% power for about 1 minute until melted. Add oil based candy coloring to each bowl and mix to create an even color.
- Transfer the chocolate to piping bags or plastic sandwich bags. Cut off a tiny bit of the bottom tip of the bags to pipe the colored chocolate onto the coated Milanos. .
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Tips
- Be sure to keep weather in mind when shipping chocolate coated cookies. Milano Cookie Easter Eggs should only be mailed to and from cool weather locations.
- Usually, it is considered safe to send chocolate in military care packages to Afghanistan until the end of March.
- Wrapped the Milano Cookie Easter Eggs individually in a strip of wax paper, then in plastic wrap. Then place the wrapped cookies snuggly in plastic storage boxes.
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Milano Cookie Easter Eggs
Ingredients
- 15 Milano cookies 1 package
- 2 ½ cups white melting chocolate or candy melts
- 1 cup chocolate melting chocolate or candy melts
- oil based candy coloring for coloring white chocolate
Instructions
- Dip the cookies in the 1 cup melted chocolate and 1 cup melted white chocolate to coat completely then placed on a wax paper lined baking sheet.
- Chill the baking sheet of cookies in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes until the chocolate is set.
- When ready to decorate, divide the remaining 1 ½ cups of white chocolate for decorating into a separate small bowl for each color. Microwave on 50% power for about 1 minute until melted. Add oil based candy coloring to each bowl and mix to create an even color.
- Transfer the melted chocolate to piping bags or plastic sandwich bags. Cut off a tiny bit of the bottom tip of the bags to pipe the colored chocolate onto the coated Milanos. If the colored chocolate begins to cool and harden in the bag while you are decorating, re-melt it in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Refrigerate the cookies again, to set the decorating chocolate.
Notes
- Wrap the Milano Cookie Easter Eggs individually in a strip of wax paper, then in plastic wrap.
- Place the wrapped cookies snuggly in air tight plastic storage boxes.
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First Published: March 13, 2016. Last Updated: March 29, 2025. Updated for improved better reader experience.
April J Harris
I think it's wonderful how you do these wonderful boxes for those serving away from their families, Wendy! Your Milano Cookie Easter Eggs look absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing them, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Wishing you a lovely week!
Miz Helen
Lucky members to get this special box! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your great post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Jas @ All that's Jas
What a blessing for our troops! These are super cute and they made me smile too! How do you come up with so many cookie ideas? You're brilliant! 🙂
The Monday Box
Thank you so much, Jas! I am definitely not brilliant, just determined. 🙂 There seems to be an almost limitless number of cookies and cookie variations in the universe. Thank goodness! 😉
Carlee
They are all dressed up like Easter eggs! You always do such a beautiful job of decorating your cookies <3
Crystal
Milanos are my fav! You've made them look so festive and unrecognizable ? Thanks for shared with us at Family Joy Blog linky party ?
Smiling Notes
I really appreciate your thoughtfulness as well as your efforts. The cookies look really beautiful - better than any store bought cookies 🙂 Thanks for joining us at the Family Joy Blog link up party! Pinned. xoxo
Kimm at Reinvented
Love Milanos. Can't imagine how much better these are. Your decorating skills are on point.
Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday.
Miz Helen
These are very special Easter Cookies, just beautiful! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
The Monday Box
Thank you, Miz Helen! I'm glad you like these cookie "eggs". They are a lot of fun to make! Thanks for hosting Full Plate Thursday!