Easter Nests Recipe

Chocolate cornflake Easter nests topped with mini eggs

To make 10 Easter nests you will need

  • 225g (8oz) milk chocolate
  • 50g (2oz) butter
  • 2 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 100g (4oz) cornflakes
  • A packet of candy-coated mini eggs
  • 10 paper baking cases
  • A bun or muffin tray
  • A large saucepan

What you do

  1. Place ten paper baking cases into the hollows of the tray. Paper cases arranged in a baking tray
  2. Break the chocolate into pieces and place them in a large saucepan.
  3. Add the butter. Warm a tablespoon in hot water, dry it, then use it to measure the golden syrup into the pan. Chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a saucepan
  4. With an adult’s help, warm the pan gently while stirring continuously until the chocolate and butter have melted. Do not let the mixture boil. Melted chocolate mixture in the saucepan
  5. Turn off the heat. Add the cornflakes and gently stir until they are coated in chocolate, taking care not to crush them. Cornflakes coated in the chocolate mixture
  6. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases. Use the back of a teaspoon to make a small hollow in the centre of each nest. Making a hollow in each chocolate nest
  7. Place a few mini eggs in each nest. Put the tray in the fridge for about an hour, or until the nests are firm.
  8. Serve the nests in or out of their paper cases. Store them in an airtight container in the fridge and eat within three days.

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