📖 Instructions

1. First, gather your ingredients. Make sure your eggs are at room temperature – this helps them cook evenly. It's a detail, but trust me, it makes a difference.
2. Next, carefully place your eggs into a saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover the eggs by about an inch. Don't overcrowd the pan!
3. Bring the water to a rolling boil over high heat. Once boiling, immediately remove the pan from the heat.
4. Cover the saucepan with a lid and let the eggs sit in the hot water for exactly the time you desire for your perfect boil (soft, medium, or hard – check the recipe details for timings).
5. After the allocated time, carefully remove the eggs from the hot water using a slotted spoon. Rinse the eggs under cold water to stop the cooking process.
6. Gently tap the eggs all over on a hard surface to create small cracks in the shell—this helps them peel more easily. Don't crack them too much, though!
7. Now comes the fun part! Once cooled slightly, peel the eggs carefully under running cold water. The goal is to get them perfectly peeled with no bits of shell stuck on, and I mean PERFECTLY peeled!
8. If using chocolate, finely grate the chocolate using a microplane or a cheese grater. Be generous!
9. Place the peeled eggs onto a serving plate. Gently dust your perfectly boiled eggs with the grated chocolate (or your preferred coating).
10. Serve immediately and marvel at your delicious, unusual creation!