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Easter Kid-Friendly Snacks

Marshmallow Bird Nests

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With Easter just past us, there is often a plethora of leftover Easter candy laying around the house. These Marshmallow Bird Nests are a great way to use up some of those leftover sweets to make something even better!

With Easter just past, there is often a plethora of leftover Easter candy laying around the house. These Marshmallow Bird Nests are a great way to use up some of those leftover sweets to make something even better!

Marshmallow Bird Nests

When I was a little girl, we would go to Little Chung King every once in a while for Sunday dinner. It was the only Chinese restaurant in town and my mom’s favorite place. My dad wasn’t such a fan of the restaurant because they didn’t have coffee. The only options for drinks were hot tea or water. (They probably sold soda too, but we NEVER got to order soda at a restaurant!) The other thing they would serve with the tea was a plate full of crunchy chow mein noodles with a tiny bowl of sweet and sour sauce and really spicy, gross mustard. I hated the mustard, but loved those noodles! We’d put away an entire plate of them before the food would come out of the kitchen. The other day I was walking down the “ethnic” aisle in the grocery store and saw a bag of those chow mein noodles sticking out on the shelf. I grabbed the bag and brought it home to introduce my boys to the tasty treat!

bird nest trio: With Easter just past, there is often a plethora of leftover Easter candy laying around the house. These Marshmallow Bird Nests are a great way to use up some of those leftover sweets to make something even better!

We munched on the dry noodles, but I thought they would be much more fun as bird nest treats instead of dry noodles. 🙂 We certainly have enough Easter egg candies hanging around the house right now! Sometimes they are called haystack cookies and they can be made with chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter, honey – really anything sticky will do the trick. My personal favorite for sticky goodness is always marshmallow. I LOVE marshmallows. So marshmallows and chocolate seemed like a natural fit for our cute little bird nests.

marshmallow chocolate bird nests

With Easter just past, there is often a plethora of leftover Easter candy laying around the house. These Marshmallow Bird Nests are a great way to use up some of those leftover sweets to make something even better!

Marshmallow Bird Nests

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup half stick of butter
  • 4 cups mini marshmallows
  • 1 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
  • 5 cups crunchy chow mein noodles
  • Optional: candy eggs

Instructions
 

  • In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter and marshmallows, stirring constantly until smooth.
  • Add chocolate chips to the marshmallow mixture and stir until melted and mixed well.
  • Remove from heat and add the chow mein noodles, stirring to coat.
  • Plop down spoonfuls of the sticky mixture onto wax paper and shape into round nests. Every nest is unique, so don't worry about getting them perfectly round! Press down the center just a bit to make room for eggs if you want to stuff the nests.
  • If using candy eggs, press them into the center of the nests and then allow the nests to cool before eating.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Honestly, the mixture is really flexible for these Marshmallow Bird Nests. I just eyeball it and if it seems too sticky and wet, I’ll add more noodles. This recipe makes 12 larger nests (like 3 inches across) so you could easily get 24 small nests with one egg in each of them. We also added some shredded coconut to a few of them to “feather” the nests just for fun. Feel free to play around with the flavors to suit your family’s tastes while you use up this year’s Easter candy!

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  1. Alli @ Cupcake Diaries says

    April 4, 2016 at 10:02 am

    These are perfect for spring! They look SO good.

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  2. Erica says

    April 4, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Love these! So cute.

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  3. Michele says

    April 4, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    I love haystack cookies but I kind of OD’d on the butterscotch last time (I know, sad right??)….. now marshmallow is something I can really wrap my heart around! LOVE this! Pinned too ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Nicole says

      April 4, 2016 at 11:44 pm

      Haha! I love butterscotch, but it can get a bit sweet. ๐Ÿ™‚ Nothing beats marshmallow in my book!

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  4. Charbel says

    April 4, 2016 at 8:00 pm

    Yum! These look fun and delicious! Thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Diana Rambles says

    April 4, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    Those are just so adorable! Look tasty too!

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  6. Stephanie says

    April 4, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    My children would love to make these and we have all of the ingredients on hand!

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  7. Emily says

    April 4, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    These are so cute! My kids would love to have these to make and eat!

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  8. kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says

    April 4, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    Oh my word! Adorable AND delicious! These are precious!

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  9. Rachael Yerkes says

    April 5, 2016 at 10:39 am

    I love the bird’s nests! And I love recipes you can eyeball. These look so tasty and fun. My kids would go crazy for them.

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  10. Cami @ The Crafting Nook says

    April 6, 2016 at 8:03 am

    Awww these are SO SO cute and how easy to make. I’m sure my girl will love this!
    Hugs

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  11. Victoria Osborn says

    April 6, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    Almost too cute to eat! Love this fun spring treat!

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  12. Kelly says

    April 6, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    Those little bird nests are so fun to eat, and just as cute as can be!

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