McIntyre Munching: Chocolate Birds Nests

I'm not sure if you all know this but I LOVE ME SOME SWEETS!

I do...I have a horrible sweet tooth that I am trying to get under control.

Every once in awhile I have to make something sweet though - you have to indulge occasionally, right?!

During Easter weekend I had a hankering for something and I came across a picture of those Chow Mein Noodle Chocolate Nests. So I decided to make them! And happily give a bunch away! They were pretty darn good though, I must say.



You'll need the following
One bag of chow mein noodles (the crunchy ones...found in the oriental section in your local grocery store)
One bag of chocolate chips (I used Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Chips but you can use semisweet or whichever kind of chocolate you'd like - they were on sale and wouldn't want to eat something doused in Ghirardelli chocolate?!)
About a half cup of peanut butter
Some sort of 'egg' looking edible thing :-) (I used Reese's Pieces Easter Eggs)



You melt the chocolate at 30 second intervals until it's melted, mixing during the melting process. Then add the peanut butter and mix well. Add in the bag of chow mein noodles and mix up real good.


I used a muffin pan to form the nests. It worked SO well and was really easy. Just grease the muffin pan and spoon the mixture into each little section. I used a spoon to sort of flatten and create a little hollow in the nests.


Then I picked out ALL of the blue eggs in the candy bag just because I thought it would look cuter and like Robin's nests - I have to say, I was right! ha! I seriously think it made them look cuter though!

You'll drop those into the 'nest' and pop it in the fridge for about an hour to set. You can pry them out with a butter knife. I stored them in a plastic bag in the fridge. A nice little treat when you want something sweet! :-)