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These chocolate peanut butter bird nest cookies are a fun Easter treat! With only three ingredients and some chocolate candy coated eggs, you have a festive treat that is super yummy! There are so many fun ways to celebrate Easter. These Easter Basket Cupcakes make a darling display. You might also like these free printable bunny cupcake wrappers. Make sure you browse all the fun Easter Crafts. Oh, check out these bunny cupcakes!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bird Nest Cookies
These chocolate peanut butter bird nest cookies are a fun Easter treat! With only three ingredients and some chocolate candy coated eggs you have a festive treat that is super yummy!
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Milk chocolate candy coating
- 1 Package Chow Mein Noodles
- 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
- 1 Package Cadbury Eggs
Recipe Notes
I also placed the mixture directly into ungreased mini muffin pans. After placing filled pans in the freezer for 10 minutes the cookies popped right out.
You can get milk chocolate candy coating from my shop.
Prepare two 12 cavity mini muffin pans by lightly spraying pans with cooking spray. Lay a piece of plastic wrap over the top of each pan. Push plastic wrap into each cavity.
Slowly melt candy coating and peanut butter in a double boiler. Candy coating has a very low melting point so the water does not need to boil. If candy coating gets too hot it will actually thicken and harden cloudy. Take your time and candy coating will stay liquid and harden with a sheen.
Gently fold in 1 package of chow mein noodles.
Drop a spoonful of chocolate mixture into each cavity. Make sure the mixture fills the cavity so they stand up once you remove them from the pan.
Immediately place chocolate eggs in the nest before candy coating hardens.
No mini muffin pans? No worries. Drop the mixture by spoonfuls onto wax paper.
Allow cookies to completely cool and harden! Enjoy!
Note: I also placed the mixture directly into ungreased mini muffin pans. After placing filled pans in the freezer for 10 minutes the cookies popped right out.
nicole says
Well bummer. Your recipe doesn’t say what size of bag of chow mein noodles to use and mine was obviously too small. It was 6 oz and I saw larger bags at the store (but these were in my pantry). So my nests got too gloppy. I’m sure they’ll still taste good but they don’t look as nice :(((( I did use the ungreased muffin tin and it worked well. I really couldn’t figure out why you would grease the muffin tin then put plastic wrap on top?? What good would greasing the pan do? What am I missing? Cute idea though! Glad I tried them and will know better next time!
Emily says
How cute! Love it! =)
Gloria Greenleaf says
need two amounts- 1st how much peanut butter (1/2 cup or a 1/2 of jar, 2nd how many ounces of chow mein? I was not able to find a bag but did find a can being a large one or a small one?
Rebecca says
Use marshmallows or just use butterscotch morsels instead.
Daphne says
What a fun way to make haystacks for easter! My mom uses butterscotch chips with chocolate chips rather than peanut butter. Whatever is in the cabinet.
Virginia Fynes says
DEEEEELISH! A must make for Easter… or just today cuz the look so yummy!
Rinki says
Simply wow!!, I luved the nests. I am from India, Here we get raw Noodles
(means uncooked). Are you using cooked ones? If not then when and how are they cooked in your recipe?
Sue D. says
These are adorable and just so easy!
Julia says
I wonder if I could make these without peanut butter? Has anyone tried it?
Cindy Hopper says
Here is an easy recipe I shared without peanut butter, hope it helps!
http://spoonful.com/recipes/birds-nest-cookies
Lisa Danner says
these are so cute! could you make them with mini pretzel sticks instead of chow main noodles?
Cindy Hopper says
I am sure you could, just need to find a way to make them stick together!
Desiree @ The36thAvenue says
Oh yum! Featuring you recipe tomorrow 🙂
Cindy Hopper says
Thanks for the feature!
Leigh Anne Wilkes @YourHomebasedMom says
Always looking for another reason to buy more Cadbury eggs!! So cute.
Lolly Jane says
You had me at peanut butter. Going to make these with my kids, they’re so cute!
Hillary B says
Thank you for sharing this. I just made them with my kids, and it was so fun. I am teaching birds next week in preschool and this will be the perfect treat.
Amanda - purely4kids says
Wow, these look absolutely amazing.