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Easter Egg Nests
SUBMITTED BY:
prissycat
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CookieDough
"These candies are so cute and are also easy enough for small children to help prepare. Use tiny colored jelly beans or Easter colored candy-coated chocolate pieces to decorate nests."
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PREP TIME
30 Min
COOK TIME
5 Min
READY IN
35 Min
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3 drops green food coloring
1/2 teaspoon milk
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
6 ounces white confectioners' coating
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DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, mix food coloring with milk; add coconut and mix until evenly tinted; set aside.
Melt confectioners' coating over a double boiler or in the microwave, stirring every 15 to 30 seconds until smooth. Mix with coconut mixture and place by spoonfuls on waxed paper. Shape mixture like a bird's nest, making a slight indentation in the center of each one.
Cool completely and decorate by placing candies in the center of each nest.
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Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2005 by fennel
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Mar. 11, 2005
Confectioners coating is a product, a chocolate substitute made without cocoa butter. Makers can't sell it as chocolate because of the missing ingredient, so termed confectioners coating. It eliminates the need for tempering, making it easier to dip, or coat items, like the 'birds nest'. It is less expensive then real chocoalate.
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Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2007 by
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Apr. 10, 2007
I made the nests with the usual rice-crispy square recpipe with added coconut and green coloring - much more appetising than a hunk of coconut and ohhh so cute!
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I made the nests with the usual rice-crispy square recpipe with added coconut and green...
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Reviewed on Apr. 16, 2006 by CookieDough
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Apr. 16, 2006
I loved these! They were adorable and earned me the name "Martha" at a party. I used white chocolate chips which worked perfectly and they were really easy to shape into nests. I filled them with mini pastel jelly beans before they cooled completely just so they'd "stick" in the nests better. These may turn into an annual tradition!
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I loved these! They were adorable and earned me the name "Martha" at a party. I used white...
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Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2006 by
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TchrJrHi
Apr. 19, 2006
Too cute, but the kids didn't like the taste as much as I thought they would. Great for decoration. Might try again next year. Thanks for the post.
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Too cute, but the kids didn't like the taste as much as I thought they would. Great for...
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Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2007 by
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Mar. 31, 2007
I think these are better for "cute" appeal than taste appeal. They're okay in taste, but their "cute" rating is high. I doubled the recipe and had to put the mixture back in the microwave for about 15 seconds part way through making them, to keep it soft enough to shape. Don't squish the mixture together or you'll lose the rough nest look.
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I think these are better for "cute" appeal than taste appeal. They're okay in taste, but...
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Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2003 by prissycat
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Dec. 8, 2003
Very easy and fun for kids to make and eat!
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Very easy and fun for kids to make and eat!
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Reviewed on Apr. 6, 2007 by JILLN
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Apr. 6, 2007
Easy to make and so cute! I used white chocolate.
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Easy to make and so cute! I used white chocolate.
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Reviewed on Apr. 5, 2007 by MAGGIE MCGUIRE
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Apr. 5, 2007
Every year my SIL has Easter dinner at her house. She always hosts a huge Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. I told her about this recipe and we got together and made a bunch of these for the Baskets that we'll be hiding.They went together so easily....and of course we had to snitch a couple...they were delicious. Thanks for a wonderful idea, Carol. Russell Stover markets something similar looking, but they are very costly to buy for a large crowd. These were easy, delicious and inexpensive to make.
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Reviewed on Apr. 5, 2007 by
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BIRDIE73
Apr. 5, 2007
My mother used this recipe for years.She used the coconut or chow mein noodles its a matter of personal preference. Also Merkins chocolate if available in your area melts wonderfully, and you can usually already find green, though you might try the food coloring for a lighter shade.
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My mother used this recipe for years.She used the coconut or chow mein noodles its a matter of...
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Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2003 by dkafford
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dkafford
Dec. 8, 2003
really quick -chocolate bark was expensive - I think next time I would buy plain white chocolate.
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really quick -chocolate bark was expensive - I think next time I would buy plain white chocolate.
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