Easter Fun!!

So I know Easter has come and gone, but I wanted to share this fun recipe that I made for our family picnic.  It was really easy and looks great! I put a section at the bottom with links to the tools I used during this recipe.

Chocolate Bird Nests

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of unsalted butter, for greasing the muffin pan

6oz (1/2 bag) of semi-sweet chocolate chips

6oz (1/2 bag) of butterscotch chips

1 cup creamy peanut butter

6oz (1/2 of a large bag) of chow mein noodles

36 Cadbury eggs or jelly beans

Instructions:

1. Generously grease the wells of the muffin pan with the butter (this will help later when you are taking out the chilled nests)

2. In a large microwave-proof bowl, heat the chocolate and butterscotch chips in 30 second intervals until thoroughly melted, stirring after each increment.

3. Once melted, add the peanut butter to the chocolate/butterscotch mixture, mixing well until smooth and completely combined.

4. Carefully fold in the chow mein noodles using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, until completely coated.

5. Using a large spoon, mold the mixture into the wells of your muffin tin, indenting the tops slightly.

6. Chill the nests until hardened, about 1 hour in the fridge. ***I didn't have a lot of time, so I put mine in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

7. Once chilled, gently remove the nests from the muffin tin. ***I used a butter knife to pop them out but be careful if you are using a nonstick pan, it may scratch it!

8. Place three eggs or colored jelly beans on top of each nest.

Serve and enjoy! Be sure to have napkins handy, they can be a bit of a yummy sticky mess!

Tools I used making this recipe:

Pampered Chef Classic Batter Bowl

Pampered Chef Measure All Cup - for the peanut butter

Pampered Chef Small Mix 'N Scraper

Pampered Chef 12 cup Muffin Pan (Stoneware)

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