This is a super fun and easy recipe to make with the kids this Easter. Using only a few ingredients and simple steps, you can make these in advance, store them in the fridge and have them ready to give as gifts to friends and family.
You can choose to fill them with your favourite mini Easter eggs. We went with speckled eggs for a more realistic look!
The edible nests are super tasty and will be loved by kids and adults alike! Scroll down for the recipe or you can try these alternatives:
- Healthy Chocolate Clusters… – this is a similar style recipe but is gluten and refined sugar free recipe. Instead of making them as a cluster you could shape them as a nest.
- Alternative To Easter Eggs Of The Chocolate Variety – a simple egg based activity you can create with your kids, that they will love, but not fill them up on sugar.
- Easter popcorn – a fun treat to make with the kids as a small gift to give to others and an excellent one if you need to make something in bulk.
- Easy no-bake bunny biscuits – basically decorating biscuits! But it looks fun and they are super cute.
Mini Easter Egg Nests
Ingredients
- 600 grams milk chocolate
- 300 grams fried noodles
- 400 grams speckled Easter eggs
Instructions
- You could use any size muffin tray for these nests; I used a larger muffin size where the top (largest part) of the muffin hole was 10cm wide. Measure out and cut baking paper squares of approximately 14cm x14cm or at least a couple of centimetres bigger than the width of the muffin hole.
- Break up the chocolate into single pieces and place in a heavy based microwave safe bowl. Heat on high for 60 seconds and then stir. If the chocolate is almost melted with a few lumps left, keep stirring until the chocolate is completely smooth. If your chocolate is still not fully melted, heat again for 15 second bursts and repeat this process until melted.
- Add the noodles to the chocolate, mix until they are completely covered in chocolate and well combined.
- Add two heaped tablespoons of the chocolate mixture to each muffin hole. Using the back of the spoon, push the noodles in an upward direction onto the baking paper to create the bowl shape of the nest. Continue this process until the mixture has been finished.
- Place the muffin trays into the fridge to set for at least two hours. They can be left overnight in the fridge.
- Remove from the fridge just before serving and place the nests on a serving tray, and add the speckled eggs to each nest. They can also be stored like this in an airtight container in the fridge.