about 25 multicoloured sugar-coated little chocolate eggs
7 ounces milk chocolate
1 ounce bittersweet chocolate
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 ounces shredded wheat
about 25 multicoloured sugar-coated little chocolate eggs
Method
You will need 1 baking sheet, lined with oiled foil.
Break up the chocolate into small pieces and put it in a glass bowl with the butter. Melt on a medium heat in the microwave for about 2 minutes — I give it a minute, then look to see how much more it might need — or over water. When it's melted, give it a stir, then leave it to one side for a moment or two. You need it to be a bit cooler or it might burn the children's hands. Crumble the shredded wheat into another bowl.
Now mix the contents of the two bowls and remove a small handful of messy mixture to the lined baking tray and form into a round nest shape, about 7cm in diameter. Don't worry if you feel it won't stick together: it will as it cools. Leave in a cool place (though not the fridge) until set, then remove to a plate or a wooden board and fill the centre with the eggs (about 5 per nest).
You will need 1 baking sheet, lined with oiled foil.
Break up the chocolate into small pieces and put it in a glass bowl with the butter. Melt on a medium heat in the microwave for about 2 minutes — I give it a minute, then look to see how much more it might need — or over water. When it's melted, give it a stir, then leave it to one side for a moment or two. You need it to be a bit cooler or it might burn the children's hands. Crumble the shredded wheat into another bowl.
Now mix the contents of the two bowls and remove a small handful of messy mixture to the lined baking tray and form into a round nest shape, about 7cm in diameter. Don't worry if you feel it won't stick together: it will as it cools. Leave in a cool place (though not the fridge) until set, then remove to a plate or a wooden board and fill the centre with the eggs (about 5 per nest).
My mother and I used to make these, but with canned chow mein noodles instead of shredded wheat. We’d do nests for Easter but at other times we’d leave them as little mounds and call them haystacks.
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Posted by Tomatfirstvine on 13th April 2022
Show more commentsMy mother and I used to make these, but with canned chow mein noodles instead of shredded wheat. We’d do nests for Easter but at other times we’d leave them as little mounds and call them haystacks.