- Two medium-sized bowls
- A bun-tray, if you have it, to help shape the nests
- Paper cases
- a wooden spoon, for stirring
- Suitable Easter decorations – wee fluffy chicks (fake ones, please 😉 ), mini chocolate eggs, sprinkles.. you name it!
- 4 full-size Shredded Wheat, crumbled into a bowl
- 200g chocolate, in a bowl, melted (either over a pan of water, or in the microwave in 1 minute bursts, stirring between each minute)
- Mini eggs etc, to decorate
Melted Chocolate
Shredded Wheat, all scrunched up!
- Break up the chocolate and melt gently, either in 30-second bursts in the microwave, or in a bowl, over a pan of simmering water.
- Crumble the Shredded Wheat into a bowl
- Add the melted Chocolate to the crumbled Shredded Wheat and stir well with a wooden spoon, to ensure that it’s all well coated.
Perfect Easter treats for kids to make..
- When everything’s well mixed together, put a dessert-spoonful or so into a bun case. Then, using the bottom end of a wooden spoon, make a hollow to hold the eggs.. Let the kids take their time – it’s all good fun, and a great memory for them, as it is for me
And yes, I’m pretty sure we used our fingers, and not the end of a wooden spoon, to mould the nests! - Continue until you’ve used up all the mixture (you should get about 12 decent-sized ones)
- Pop in the chocolate eggs now so that they’ll stick to the soft chocolate, and won’t roll out. If you’re using foil-covered eggs, just wait until the nests have set.
- Pop them into the fridge to firm up, then add the fluffy chicks .
- I find that the amounts I’ve mentioned above work well (there’s nothing worse than skimpy chocolate at Easter!)
- I like them best when they’re cold, so I tend to keep them in the fridge.
- While they’re chilling, you can get the kids and the kitchen table tidied up a bit – licking the spoons and bowl is an essential component of this recipe!
- And of course, I use some of these cute little nests to decorate my other Easter cakes!
I started writing down recipes in an old copybook when I was about 16. With 6 children at home, my Mother was always glad of a hand in the kitchen, and really allowed us to experiment - as long as we washed up afterwards, and left the kitchen immaculate! Having a tidy kitchen has followed me through my life, as has the habit of writing down my favourite recipes; except that these days I write them for my website, and add photographs when I can. The website really started when it occurred to me that my daughter might like to have these recipes when I've forgotten them. In my early days of cooking for family and friends, I used to phone my Mum all the time to ask her for the recipe for some of our favourite family dinners. She rarely had a recipe to hand - I think, like me, she made a lot of it up as she went along.. So welcome to Eating for Ireland - these are the recipes that my friends and family having been eating these past 40 years.. yes, I truly am ancient! They are tried and tested, and have worked for me for all that time - I have updated them as new ingredients became available - I really hope you'll find something that you can make into a family favourite of your own. You don't have to tell anyone where you found these great new dishes that you're serving up - it can be our little secret, but I'd really love it if you could give me a sneaky 'follow' on Facebook and Instagram.. So off you go - have a good rummage around, you're bound to find something new! My sincere thanks to all of you who have found a recipe that you liked and dropped me a line to tell me - I really do love to hear from you! Happy Cooking! Becks xx