I made these cute treats for the guests at Jamie’s Bridal Shower.
Ingredients:
2 bags of Candy Melts
1 bag of Chow Mein Noodles
Cocoa Riced Cereal
1 Bag Cadbury Mini Eggs
These are the ingredients I gathered. I had no idea how much I would need. What I have was way too much!
I poured in about 4 cups of the cocoa cereal, and about a half of the bag of chow mein noodles. (I didn’t use all of these dry ingredients)
I melted the candy melts in a makeshift double boiler. (a bowl over a pan of water on the stove) I then poured most of the chocolate into the smaller mixing bowl. Gradually adding the cereal mix until a nice consistency was formed.
This was my first experience with these candy melts. I was shocked how quick this chocolate hardens back up. After the nests firmed, I used a plastic spoon to loosen them from the tin.
I had left some of the chocolate in the bowl so that I could “glue” my eggs in the nests. I carefully dipped each egg into the chocolate then put them into the nest. I resisted eating any of the Cadbury eggs, and it’s a good thing I did! After putting 3 eggs in each nest, there was ONE egg left over! I got 30 nests from my 2 bags of candy melts. I chose to use cocoa cereal because I thought it would blend in better with the chocolate.
gail
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These are absolutely beautiful and delicious! I can't wait to make them for my kids Easter party at school. I bought Easter themed cello bags from Box and Wrap so I can wrap each one individually for the kids. They'll love them!
So cute
How cute and I bet they taste great!! And confession: I have already ate an entire bag of Cadbury eggs!! They are sooo good!
These are so cute Gail. They look yummy too. I love the little tags with them. I don't think they'd last long around here.
This is great idea and so cute!!! I am sure the guest loved them!
These are so darn cute! I love that you added cocoa crispies!
Too cute!
What a WONDERFUL idea!
Gail, I was thinking about these just the other day. I remember them from when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing the recipe since I've never made them myself! 🙂
Jen
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Love it! Awesome idea!
They're wonderful! I bet they taste fantastic too! I was looking for those little Cadbury eggs everywhere last year, to no avail. Hope I can find them this year. Your nests would make adorable cupcake toppers too!
What a great idea! And perfect for spring! Love it!
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I saw those in your bridal shower post and wondered how you made them, or if you bought them. They're really cute, and they do look yummy! The tags were the perfect finishing touch!
That is so cute!!
How springy!!!
Thank you so much for linking up to Eats and Treats!
These are so adorable!! I love the favor idea and you cute tag!!
those are really cute,, love the little tags. Thinking they would be nice to make for my coworkers for Easter. Thanks for sharing.
Adorable. Those would be fun to make with the kiddos for sure!
Hi Gail - the nests/eggs are so clever. Thanks for the clear instructions. Each post you write is a tweet (I mean treat).
- Joy
Oh, so very sweet!
I have never seen this before... going to copy for Easter..
Thanks for showing us how...
What a lovely Spring idea and too perfect for Easter!
Really cute idea and fit in with the theme so well. love it
These are cute! look delicious too.
Can I ask a question about the label? Black card and chalk? or board, chalk paint and chalk? I like them too.
Ok, I haven't seen this one before. I love chow mein noodles with chocolate and I guess I'll eat the eggs too. Someone has to do it 😀
Very nice!
Deb
How cute! Those look adorable and delicious! I love those little eggs!!
yummy! mini eggs are my favorite! How tragic that you only ended up with one egg to munch. I would have gone out and bought a bag just for myself.
Those favors turned out so cute. Love the chalkboard and bird tags. So cute!