Chick & Egg Krispies Nest Easter Treats

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 5 tablespoons margarine
• 6 1/2 cups mini marshmallows (about 1 1/2 10.5 oz bags)
• 9 cups cocoa krispiesâ® cereal
• 90 unwrapped pastel candy-coated chocolate egg-shaped decorative candies (i usually use a combo of reeses pieces pastel eggs, hershey's pastel eggs, cadbury and or jelly bean) or 90 jelly beans (i usually use a combo of reeses pieces pastel eggs, hershey's pastel eggs, cadbury and or jelly bean)
• 2 (4 1/2 ounce) packages marshmallows, peeps chicks (i use yellow)

Recipe

• 1 lightly spray 2 cupcake/muffin tins w/ nonstick cooking spray.
• 2 in a large saucepan, over low heat, melt margarine. add marshmallows, and stir frequently over the low heat until melted and mixed well with melted margarine. remove from heat.
• 3 stir in rice krispies and mix to coat well.
• 4 immediately spoon into muffin/cupcake tins to almost full, but not packed down.
• 5 with greased or wax-paper-covered thumb, or greased shot glass, press down on center of the krispies treats to form nest shape. allow to cool and set completely---about 20 minutes.
• 6 remove to extra-large foil muffin/cupcake liners.
• 7 place 2 or 3 egg-shaped candies in each nest.
• 8 separate the marshmallow peep chicks and gently press a chick on top of each nest.