Name: No Bake Easter Nest Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter; 10 ounce bag mini marshmallows; 1/2 cup peanut butter chips; 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips, divided; 6 cups Cocoa Pebbles cereal; 12 yellow coated Reese's peanut butter eggs; yellow and orange leaf sprinkles; edible eyes; 2 Tablespoons white or yellow candy melts; 1/2 cup vanilla frosting, tinted green; 2 Tablespoons heavy cream; candy coated robin eggs

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I just had to make one more fun treat for Easter this year. You don't mind, do you? A few weeks ago I bought some packages of marshmallow bunny Peeps, and they have been staring me down from the counter. Every time I walked past the kitchen, I thought about just putting them in the pantry for later.

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There is nothing like trying on shorts to stop you in your dessert eating tracks quickly. Shorts that fit just fine last month are now feeling snug. Curse you sweet tooth! Or should I say sweet teeth because I'm sure this problem isn't from just one tooth. LOL!

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It is available for pre-order now!!! All you have to do is head over here to Amazon and order it, and it will be shipped to your doorstep in September. You will not be charged until it ships, and if the price should lower, you will pay that lower price.

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Every couple months I get this crazy itch to make a fun treat with those adorable edible candy eyes. Something about those googly eyes makes me laugh every single time. I just can't resist them. As I was looking at the jar of eyes in my sprinkle cabinet, I realized that I never made an Easter treat last year with those eyes. What in the world was I thinking?

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A peanut butter cup decorated as a small chicken on a chocolate nest with 2 colorful eggs by it.

If you can't find the yellow coated peanut butter eggs, dip regular ones into melted yellow candy melts first.

These little Easter chicks are so easy to put together. I used a jar of fall leaf sprinkles for feathers and feet. As I dug through the jar for the yellow and orange sprinkles, I also pulled out the broken ones that looked like beaks.

Dab a little bit of white or yellow melting chocolate on each egg with a toothpick and attach the beak and eyes using tweezers. The feathers and feet were easy to just push into the sides. If you don't have the leaf sprinkles, you could also use mini Reese's pieces cut in half for the beak and feet. The wings and hair are totally optional.

The only thing I insist you add to the eggs are the candy eyeballs. They just make them so cute and adorable!

3 Reese's peanut butter cups decorated into yellow chickens.

After I had the chicks all put together, I had to have something for them to sit on. At first I was going to make cupcakes because how cute would those be? But then the practical side of me wanted an easy no bake cookie instead.

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You can either add green frosting and the chicks. Or you can fill the nest with a gooey chocolate center and top them with colorful candy eggs. It's your call.

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In less than 30 minutes you can have a tray of these easy no bake Easter nest cookies. The cookies have the texture of a rice Krispie treat. But I added chocolate and peanut butter chips to make them a little bit more delicious.

I also used Cocoa Pebbles cereal because I thought it would make the cookies more nest looking. Chocolate rice Krispies would totally work too.

One word of warning about these cookies. Hide them from your kids if you need them to last because they will be snagging the peanut butter chicks off the cookies. True story!

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Chocolate bird nests with 3 malt chocolate eggs in them on a white doily.

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Recipe

No Bake Easter Nest Cookies

Yield: 24 cookies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Easy No Bake Easter Nest Cookies made with chocolate and colorful eggs for a traditional cookie or googly-eyed Easter chicks for a fun twist.

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
10 ounce bag mini marshmallows
½ cup peanut butter chips
¾ cup dark chocolate chips, divided
6 cups Cocoa Pebbles cereal
12 yellow coated Reese's peanut butter eggs
yellow and orange leaf sprinkles
edible eyes
2 Tablespoons white or yellow candy melts
½ cup vanilla frosting, tinted green
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
candy coated robin eggs

Instructions

Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Stir the butter and marshmallows in a large pot on low-medium heat until melted and creamy.
Add the peanut butter and ½ cup chocolate chips and stir until melted. Stir in the cereal immediately.
Use a large cookie scoop to make 24 mound on the prepared tray.. Press the center in with a tart shaper and use your fingers to round it out to look like a nest. Let set.
Melt the melting chocolate according to the package directions. Use a toothpick to dab a little bit of chocolate on the peanut butter eggs for the beak and eyes.
Press the other sprinkles into the top, sides, and bottom of the egg for hair, wings, and feet.
Swirl the frosting in the center of 12 cookies. Add a peanut butter chick and a few eggs.
Place the remaining chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Stir until melted and creamy.
Drop spoonfuls of chocolate into the remaining cookies. Add robin eggs and let the chocolate set.

Notes

*You can also use mini Reese' pieces cut in half in place of the leaf sprinkles if you like.

**If you can't find the yellow coated peanut butter eggs, dip regular ones in melted yellow chocolate first.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 210Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 113mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 22gProtein: 3g

Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.

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