Rich, Chewy, Satisfying
These bite-sized, caramel-filled eggs were conceived as the offspring of two of Maybird’s most popular confections: our
dark chocolate caramel pecan clusters, commonly known as turtles, and our bourbon barrel-aged dark chocolate. We
start by aging our Tumaco, Colombia cacao nibs in freshly emptied bourbon barrels from our friends at R.M. Rose
Distillery in Mt. Airy, Georgia until they have taken on the flavors of charred American oak and Georgia bourbon; then we
craft it into delicious dark chocolate. The eggs came about one late night when we noticed that two pecans placed
together formed an almost perfect egg shape, and because our caramel turtles have been so popular, this bite sized
option was a no brainer. To make our turtle eggs, we carefully place bourbon-infused caramel between and around two
Georgia pecan halves and roll it into an egg shape, then dip each one by hand in our barrel-aged chocolate. The result is
one of our most delicious confections to date, and it gives us the opportunity to use our passions for chocolate making,
Georgia distilled bourbon, and famously delicious Georgia pecans, to honor the beloved Loggerhead Sea Turtles who visit
the beaches of Georgia’s Golden Isles each summer to lay their eggs.
One food that’s the perfect pairing:
A glass of bourbon