Gracious Rain

I’ve been on the lookout for a clever, simple Easter treat that’s both kid AND mama friendly ever since Valentine’s day, and by dang, I believe we’ve found it. Scrumptious little birdy nests made from some of your favorite things–one being chocolate…of course. And did I already say simple? Well, I made about 9 of these in less than 10 minutes. No lie.

You could wrap a pretty little sucker bag around these before dropping them in the Easter baskets…or not. They are actually more sturdy than I expected ( isn’t it lovely when candy behaves itself properly?). I think the kids will most likely pluck the eggs off first thing, and then nibble on the spoon second, so a bag might just throw off their gobble-groove anyway.

Here’s what you’ll need:

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate or butterscotch chips

1 package Cadbury Mini Eggs

Chocolate sprinkles or Jimmies–as they are called by folks in-the-know.

1 box clear plastic spoons–if you can find round soups spoons, they look the best. But as you can see, regular ones work fine too.

Directions:

Melt the chips in a small saucepan. Dip the spoons, one at a time in the melted candy making sure to cover both sides evenly.

Arrange three eggs on the spoon.

Before your chips harden, dip the spoon into the sprinkles.

This one’s a bit lopsided, but it’s still so cute!

Place on pan or board and allow to set.

Keep right on going till you run out of one of your ingredients. I could have made about 25 of these but something mysterious happened to my bag of Mini Eggs and so halfway through, I ran out. Something verrry fishy is going on around here.

You’ll need to guard yours, no doubt.

I originally saw this adorable idea on Cute Food For Kids.