Chocolate Peanut Butter Butterscotch Bird Nest Recipe
Who doesn’t love a sweet little bird nest treat for Easter!? These chocolate peanut butter butterscotch bird nests were a hit at my house and I wanted to share them with all of you! This recipe was inspired by the Curvy Carrot. I just added my own little twist to try and make it just a teensy bit healthier by using bran cereal instead of fried chow mein noodles!
Ingredients
- 6 oz. Semi-Sweet chocolate chips
- 6 oz. Butterscotch chips
- 1 cup Creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups All-Bran cereal
- 36 Mini Cadbury eggs
Instructions
- Spray your cupcake tins well or wipe with butter on a paper towel, make sure all surfaces are covered to aid in easy release from pan.
- Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips on low heat or in microwave, 30 seconds at a time, stirring between.
- Stir in peanut butter until smooth.
- Add cereal and stir with large spoon until cereal is fully coated. If the mixture appears too wet, stir in a little more dry cereal.
- Spoon into cupcake tins and press down the middle, building up the sides to create the nest shape.
- Cover and place in fridge. Nests can be made ahead and stored for up to 7 days or removed from pan after 15 minutes of cooling.
- Place 3 Cadbury mini-eggs in each nest right before serving.
- These will get your fingers sticky. I make my children eat them out of custard cups with a spoon!
- Enjoy!
You can also find all our Easter Buffet design suggestions in the article “Easter Sweets Your Family Will Love“
These little nests are pretty tasty but awfully sweet. My kids LOVE them but I set out on a mission for another version of the bird nest that would make everyone happy! You can check out my Marshmallow Bran Cereal Bird Nest Recipe to see what we ended up doing.
Additional Easter Reading:
- Bunny Berry Shortcakes
- Garden Party Inspired Easter Tablescape
- Peter Rabbit in Mr. McGregor’s Garden First Birthday
Until next time my friend,
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