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.
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