Chocolate Detective Christmas Three French Hens

12 Chocolate Eggs filled with a fine hazelnut praline or salted caramel. A layer of dark and milk chocolate is filled and then given a thin speckled sugar shell. “The archetypal French Hen is actually a Faverolle, originally a cross between the Cochin and Houdan breeds. They are easily recognized by their fluffy feather mufflers, and the overall impression is one of excessive plumage and vanity – even their legs are feathered, and beneath the furry trousers each foot has 5 toes.” Words and illustrations by author and illustrator, Madeleine Floyd