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These Chocolate Birds Nests are a favorite for Easter in our family. My kids love helping to make the little nests and adding little chocolate eggs to the middle. They are the perfect spring-time, no-bake treat.
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Your family will love these Chocolate Bird Nests! They are easy to make and who doesn’t love a no bake treat. These are rich, chocolatey birds nest cookies that are perfect Spring or Easter treats. There are many variations you can try with different flavors of chocolate chips and candies to use as eggs in the nests.
Ingredients in Chocolate Birds Nests
- Chow Mein Noodles: The crunchy kind that come in a tin. You can also use pretzel sticks, but chow mein noodles are easier to work with.
- Toasted Coconut: This adds great taste and an added nest-like look.
- White Chocolate Chips: You can use milk chocolate chips, vanilla chips, or butterscotch chips as well.
- Jelly Beans: Cadbury eggs, Reese’s mini eggs, or any other egg-shaped candy will do.
Tips for Making Chocolate Bird Nests
One warning…this recipe is a little messy. My hands were covered in melted chocolate before the process was done. However, it is totally worth it. When you are forming the chocolate bird nests, make sure that the edges come up enough that the eggs won’t roll off the sides. These will keep for a few days, just make sure to store them in an airtight container.
Substitutions for Jelly Beans
There are a lot of ways to make this chocolate bird nests recipe your own. You don’t have to use jelly beans. You can use the pastel colored Cadbury Mini Eggs. Try one of the candies listed below. You can also dye the coconut different colors to switch things up!
- Cadbury Mini Eggs
- Hershey’s Candy Coated Eggs
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
- M&M’s Peanut Butter Speckled Eggs
- M&M’s Easter Peanut Chocolate Candies
Frequently Asked Questions
Store leftovers in an airtight container or storage bag on the counter at room temperature. If your kitchen is really hot you can store them in the fridge so they don’t melt. You will want to let them sit on the counter for a bit before serving.
The easiest way is in the microwave, as detailed in the recipe below. However, if you are worried about burning, you can use a double boiler. Make your own double boiler by placing a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water.
Go to the Easter candy aisle at your grocery store to find multiple options for “eggs” to use in your bird nests. Any unwrapped candy in the shape of a mini egg will work.
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How to Make No-Bake Chocolate Bird Nests
White Chocolate Bird Nests
Ingredients
- 11 ounces white chocolate chips (you can substitute butterscotch or peanut butter chips)
- 1 cup crunchy chow mein noodles
- 1/2 cup toasted coconut
- 1 bag jelly beans
Instructions
- In a glass bowl, microwave white chocolate chips for 1 minute on 70% power. Stir. Microwave for 15 second intervals, stirring between each one, until chocolate is smooth.
- Add noodles and coconut and mix until coated.
- Put a sheet of wax paper onto a cookie sheet. Form nests with the noodle mixture and place on wax paper.
- Place 3 jelly beans in center of each nest.
Notes
- Hershey’s Candy Coated Eggs
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
- M&M’s Peanut Butter Speckled Eggs
- M&M’s Easter Peanut Chocolate Candies
- Jelly Beans
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We love birds nests! I love the addition of pb in this version, they are so good! PB & chocolate are I combo I never tire of!
What darling little Easter desserts! We make ours a little different but your recipe looks even better. Thanks for another great recipe!
Plan on making these with the following changes: thin pretzel sticks instead of chow mein noodles and shaved white chocolate tinted green in the place of the shredded coconut.
thats what im going to do too
Love how easy and delicious this recipe is. It’s perfect for a gathering or a party.
These are SO cute!! What a fun treat!
They look good recipies to try