Saturday, April 7, 2012

Nesting

Pip and I want to show you an easy treat that we made today!





Chocolate Birds' Nests!


If you want to make some, here's what you'll need:



Just kidding! Here's what you'll need:



Crunchy chinese noodles + Milk chocolate morsels + Candy robin's eggs (or jelly beans)

Here's what you do:


1. Melt a bag of milk chocolate morsels in the microwave and stir.

2. Add 5 ounces of noodles and stir until covered well.

3. To make a nest, spoon out a large heaping spoonful of the mixture onto a waxed paper covered tray or pan, making sure to leave a well in the middle for the eggs. They pretty much look like nests on their own. Repeat until nests are complete.

4. Put eggs in the nests.

5. Leave on waxed paper and refrigerate to firm up. Ready in minutes!

Make sure that they're not refrigerator cold when you serve as they'll be very hard and you'll actually believe that you are eating twigs. Room temperature and not melting is perfect. I wanted to use large eggs so I made six big nests. If you make smaller ones that might hold jelly beans or smaller eggs, you can probably get eight nests out of the recipe. Super easy and no-fail. They probably took ten minutes tops. And cute! You can also put little Peeps chicks in your nests instead of eggs.


Oh Easter Eve! The wait is torture!



Until next time,
x's and o's,
Eartha

12 comments:

Georgie Horn said...

These are so cute. do you deliver? You got our birthday right, I just didn't get around to posting until today.

Miriam said...

Pip is too darn cute. I love how he sneaks into your pictures. :)

Barbara said...

I want to be your neighbor so badly!

Rae - Say It Aint So said...

those are so cute! i wish my grandma had let me bring dessert to easter lunch tomorrow! my family would have made fun of me for making those, but i love them!
and pip in that last photo! killing me!

Jamie@OwlReally.com said...

love these! my mom made these for my bridal shower last year! they're so yummy and fun!

Unknown said...

I too love begging kitty.

Averyl said...

Pip standing/peering over the table is adorable. I think if you offered your creative creations for sale or took custom orders that you'd make a mint!

Sarah K. said...

I'll have to find a reason to make these after Easter, I don't know if I can wait till next year, they look so yummy!

That cat looks like he (or she?) is having some seriously naughty thoughts.

Sara In AZ said...

hee! Hi Pip!!! Gosh, those do look FAB I will put those on my to-do list and make them soon!

A Day in the Life of One Girl said...

Pip's like "plllllease fall in the floor and then I'll act like I didn't want you anyway"

SUZY8-TRACK said...

Awwww...Pip is helping!

Jen said...

Oh, I laughed SO hard when I saw you holding an actual bird's nest...lol lol And the expression on Pip's face in the last photo is PRICELESS! LOL!