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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Chocolate Humming Bird Nests for Easter & Earth Day

Here's a fun recipe you can make with your children or grandchildren. This is perfect for Easter and Earth Day (except maybe the jellybeans). And, if you omit the jelly bean eggs, it's also perfect for Passover. It's a Trifecta! Recipe adapted from the  Disney Family Fun site: Hummingbird Nests. I use dark chocolate about 60% cacao, but the original recipe calls for milk chocolate which would make the Bird Nests sweeter, since there's no added sugar.

CHOCOLATE HUMMING BIRD NESTS

Ingredients
1 cup chocolate (60%), broken (or chocolate chips)
1 cup shredded coconut (can be toasted coconut for a sharper taste)
Jelly bean eggs

Instructions
1. Melt the chocolate chips, following the directions on the bag. When the chocolate is smooth, stir in the coconut, then drop the mixture by the heaping tablespoon onto waxed-paper-lined cookie sheets.
2.While the nests are still warm, use your thumbs to poke an impression into the middle of each. Cool them, then fill with jelly bean eggs. Makes about a dozen.

If you make fewer of them and make them bigger, you can put Peeps inside. Fun for Easter. Great Kid-Friendly Recipe!

Photo: Disney Family Fun
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3 comments:

  1. ReeniApril 21, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    These are adorable! And so easy to make! Love it.

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  2. Kim French Garden HomeApril 22, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    I have made these with chow mein noodles and put the peep on the edge of the nest with jelly beans in the middle! So many ways to make them fun! Add peanuts or raisins for a healthy treat as well!!! FUN to make with the kids!

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  3. Janet RudolphApril 22, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    I've made them with chow mein noodles, too, but never thought about the Peeps...just in this one. Oh my..

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