Name: Bird's Nest Cookies (No-Bake)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 6 cups Golden Graham cereal; 3 cups pretzel sticks; 3 cups dry roasted peanuts; 24 ounce Almond Bark Vanilla Flavored Candy Coating; 9 ounce mini Cadbury eggs (or other mini egg candy)

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Bird's Nest Cookies (No-Bake) are sweet and crunchy treats perfect for holding Cadbury Eggs or jelly beans. If you've ever made white trash, you'll have no problem with these cookies, which are basically little nests using Golden Grahams cereal, peanuts and pretzels.

A small nest made of crispy noodles coated in white chocolate, filled with three colorful candy eggs in pastel shades, sits on a stack of decorative, mosaic coasters. — No-bake Bird's Nest Cookies are the perfect, sweet, crunchy treat for your Easter celebration.

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How to Make No Bake Bird's Nest Cookies

You'll make a batch of cereal mix, peanuts and pretzels sticks, coat it in white chocolate or almond bark then form the mixture into tiny nests using a mini muffin tin.

Let the nests finish drying then add whatever tiny candies you want to the nest's cavities.

Melting white chocolate or almond bark is the trickiest part of this recipe so be sure to check out these white chocolate melting tips.

You may also want to try making these easy 3-ingredient bunny feet cookies, shredded wheat bird nest cookies or Easter Egg Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing (no corn syrup), Easter Bunny Sugar Cookies or Mini Egg Cookies.

More Easter worthy desserts include Lemon Poke Cake. Lemon Bars. Lemon Bars with Graham Cracker Crust, and Key Lime Pie.

Ingredients for Bird Nest Cookies

Various ingredients on a counter, including a block of white chocolate, pastel-colored candy eggs, pretzel sticks, chocolate cereal squares, and a bowl of toffee bits. — Brd's nest cookie ingredients include white chocolate or almond bark and Chex cereal.

6 cups Golden Graham cereal
3 cups pretzel sticks
3 cups dry roasted peanuts
24 ounce Almond Bark Vanilla Flavored Candy Coating
9 ounce mini Cadbury eggs (or other mini egg candy)

Kitchen Tools You'll Need

Large mixing bowl
medium microwaveable bowl
Spatula
Mini Muffin Tin (to help with nest formation)
Microwave (You could also make these on the stovetop if you don't have a microwave).

A decorative platter with six sections, each holding a nest made of crispy noodles and chocolate, topped with pastel-colored candy eggs. In the center, theres a silver bunny figurine. The platter rests on a marble surface. — Serve in an Eater basket or a lovely platter on your table.

Step by Step for Making Bird's Nest Cookies

A stainless steel pot containing three sections of snacks: pretzel sticks, square cereal pieces, and roasted peanuts. The snacks are neatly arranged on a light-colored countertop. — Put the peanuts, pretzels and cereal in a large mixing bowl.

Melt the chocolate or almond bark.

A glass bowl filled with several cubes of white chocolate sits on a marble countertop. — Chop up the almond bark or white chocolate into chunks to make it easier to melt.

A glass bowl filled with smooth, creamy white batter, resting on a white cloth with pink edges. A pastel pink spatula is lying in the bowl. The word Kitchenserf is visible on the image. — You can melt almond bark or white chocolate in a microwave or on the stove using a double boiler.

A hand pours a creamy white mixture into a bowl filled with cereal pieces, next to a muffin tray on the counter. — Pour the melted white chocolate over the cereal mixture immediately.

A saucepan filled with a mixture of cereals and pretzel sticks coated in melted white chocolate. A spoon is visible, and a muffin tin is in the background. — Stir the almond bark over the cereal mixture quickly before it cools.

A hand carefully arranges snack mix in muffin liners, nestled like Birds Nest Cookies in a baking tray. Each liner brims with pretzels and cereal pieces, all resting on a light-colored countertop. — A mini muffin tin will help you form the nests. If you don't want to mess with paper liners, just coat the tin with a non-stick spray.

Let rest until the nests firm up. Then fill with tiny candies and serve. Or display.

A close-up of a birds nest-shaped dessert made from a crunchy mixture, filled with three pastel-colored candy eggs—yellow, pink, and blue. A single yellow candy egg is placed beside the dessert on a marble surface. — Form tiny no-bake bird's nest cookies using your hands or a spatula and put in a mini muffin tin to set up.

Ceramic bunny centerpiece surrounded by nests made of pretzel sticks and marshmallow cream, each holding colorful candy eggs. The scene includes a decorative plate and small stack of golden-rimmed plates on a marble surface. — Serve in an Eater basket or a lovely platter on your table.

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A decorative platter with birds nest cookies arranged around the edge. Each cookie nest holds colorful egg-shaped candies. The center of the platter features a rabbit figurine. Text at the top reads, BIRD’S NEST easter cookies. — Bird's Nest Cookies No Bake

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Yield: 36

Bird's Nest Cookies (No-Bake)

Bird's Nest Cookies are the perfect, sweet, crunchy no-bake treat for your Easter celebration.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

6 cups Golden Graham cereal
3 cups pretzel sticks
3 cups dry roasted peanuts
24 ounce Almond Bark Vanilla Flavored Candy Coating
9 ounce mini Cadbury eggs (or other mini egg candy)

Instructions

Pour golden graham cereal, pretzel sticks, and peanuts in a large bowl and mix together.

Line muffin tins with paper baking cups.

Add almond bark or white chocolate to a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 60 seconds and stir.

Continue to heat in increments of 15 seconds until smooth.

Once the almond bark is smooth, add to the cereal mixture.

Stir until completely coated.

Scoop mixture into muffin tins lined with paper baking cups.

Form a nest by creating a hole in the center and pressing the sides of the mixture against he mini muffin tin caviities.

Work quickly focusing on making a hole in the center of the nest for your eggs.

Once ithe mixture begins to harden, carefully remove the nests from the paper liner and place the candy eggs inside.

Notes

Make sure the bowl you're using to melt the almond bark or white chocolate is clean.

Be sure to stir thoroughly to help avoid almond bark and white chocolate from burning.

Nutrition Information

Yield 36 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 297Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 1mgSodium 227mgCarbohydrates 27gFiber 4gSugar 9gProtein 9g

I'm not a registered dietician so nutrition information is an estimate.