No-Bake Chocolate Bird Egg Nest Cookies {Fun kid recipe!}
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Making these Bird Nest Cookies has been a tradition in our family since I was a little girl. Every spring, we would always have a million birds in our backyard (mostly annoying magpies, but birds nonetheless) and we always knew when the baby birds had hatched from their eggs because you could hear their sweet little chirps.
Now these cookies are just a part of my springtime/Easter routine. They are so easy to throw together and something about the sweet and salty combo makes them so irresistible to me! I seriously can’t stop eating them. My kids LOVE to help me make them- even my 2 year old gets into making his “bird nests” look just right. It’s such a fun way to welcome spring . . . and the baby birds. 
Chocolate Bird Egg Nest Cookies
Ingredients:
1 (11-12 oz) bag milk chocolate chips
1 (11-12 oz) bag butterscotch chips*
1 (10-12 oz) bag Chow Mein noodles
M &M’s, Jellybeans, Chocolate eggs, or any other kind of “egg-shaped” candy
Directions:
Dump your two bags of chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Melt in the microwave on 50% power for 60 seconds. Stir and repeat until all chips are smoothly melted.
Add bag of chow mein noodles to the melted chocolate and stir until all noodles are coated.
Lay out wax paper and drop a large tablespoonful of chocolate noodles onto wax paper. Mold into a “bird nest” shape. Warning- your hands will get messy.
Place a couple of “egg” candies on top of the chocolate nest. Let harden (if you can resist eating it! They are good when they are warm and gooey too!) and place in the fridge if you want them to set-up faster.
Enjoy! Happy Spring!
*Don’t like butterscotch chips? You can switch them out for a second bag of chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, or peanut butter chips. I have tried all of those combos and think that they are delicious!
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MMm, we call these spiders in our house. We mix the milk chocolate chips with butterscotch and peanut butter chips. Yummers!
These are always SO messy to make but so darn good and easy, it’s hard not to make them as spiders or birds nest cookies during the respective holidays
a great cookie to engage the kids in making, that’s for sure!
So delicious! Makes me hungry just looking at them. Love the butterscotch in there!
I love those! My nieces and nephews would love these! thanks for sharing.
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How fun!!! You had me at “No-Bake!”
I just pinned and shared on my page! Have a great weekend!
We love to make a similar version of these too!!! Gotta love no bake recipes:-)
These look like soo much fun to make:)
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Anyway the eggs are sso colOurful and so tempting!!
No bake are always welcome… !!
I made these once and the kids loved them. The recipe I used was a little different. Yours looks like it might be a bit more tasty!
http://lexmallabooks.com/?p=15
How cute! I love the “eggs” in the nest.
I love this!! Hope you can link up at my turquoise lovin’ party!! (Accept all projects) http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2012/03/its-that-time-again-time-to-share-our.html
I made these today. They are very yummy and perfect for the chocolate lover. Super cute idea, Thnx so much for sharing!
Instead of Chow Mein Noodles I use Fiber One Cereal
I love this! I’d like to invite you to link up on Saturday Spotlight @ Angels Homestead tomorrow. I’ll be featuring Easter treats and crafts soon, and would love to include this in the collection.
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Hope to see you there
April
I’d love to make these for my daughter’s bird-themed birthday party – how many does one batch make? These are adorable!
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