No Bake Bird Nest Candy
No bake bird nest candies feature 3″ round silicone donut molded dark chocolate rounds filled with toasted coconut and chopped pretzels. Three cadbury blue eggs are attached to melted chocolate filled center.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 second intervals
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12 -2-3/4" round bird nests. 1x
- Category: Desert-Candy
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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2 cups Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers
1 cup sweetened coconut, toasted
1 cup pretzel sticks, chopped to fit mold
18 Cadbury blue eggs, candy
Instructions
- Place silicone donut mold on baking sheet for stability during chill.
- Toast 1 cup sweetened coconut on a pie plate of baking sheet in 300 degree oven for 5-7 minutes. Watch carefully as not to burn the coconut. Fill donut molds with coconut completely covering the bottom of the mold. Remember these will be filled over and the coconut will be the dimensional look of the nest.
- Chop 1 cup pretzel sticks in sizes or pieces to fit inside your mold, add a good layer of pretzels over the coconut. Do not stir coconut and pretzels together.
- Melt 1 cup chocolate wafers in microwave safe measuring cup at 30 second intervals until smooth and creamy. Stir in between the 30 seconds. Pour the chocolate over the pretzels filling to the top of the mold, leveling chocolate. Gently slide the pan back and forth to help level the chocolate. You will want your nests to be level on a place. Repeat process with second cup of chocolate and for filling the center of the nests after chilling.
- Place chocolates in refrigerator, chill 30 minutes or until completely solid. Pop out of molds gently, some coconut will fall off, but they should unmold beautifully.
- Remelt leftover chocolate, carefully fill center openings of donut nest with chocolate. Add three cadbury blue eggs for the completed nest.
- Serve as desired. Store at room temperature or chill if over a day.
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