crispy chocolate nests

Name: Crispy Chocolate Nests
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5-6 ounce(s) flake coconut; 5-10 dash(es) green food dye; 2 jar(s) 7.5 oz marshmallow fluff; 6 cup(s) rice krispies; 1 cup(s) semi-sweet chocolate chips; 12 - cupcake liners; 36 - robins eggs candy

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Carol Junkins

Hanson, MA

Updated on Mar 6, 2012

Been making these for years this is the best recipe I found for them, kids love to help!

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prep time 10 Min

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method No-Cook or Other

yield 12 nests

Ingredients

5-6 ounces flake coconut
5-10 dashes green food dye
2 jars 7.5 oz marshmallow fluff
6 cups rice krispies
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
12 - cupcake liners
36 - robins eggs candy

How To Make crispy chocolate nests

Step 1

Place coconut in a bowl. Add 5-10 drops of food dye and stir with a fork until well blended. Put aside to dry. Melt marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips in a pan over medium-low heat, scraping stirring constantly until soft and pliable.

Step 2

Stir in rice Krispies and remove from heat. Arrange cupcake liners in cupcake pan. Cover hands with cooking oil Gather a small amount of cereal mixture and shape to fit into a cupcake liner. Roll more cereal into a log shape and make a rim around the top of each nest.
Step 3

Fill center with green coconut and top with three different colored robins eggs. Let cool. Store covered until served.
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