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Bird’s Nest Cookies – No Bake Easter Recipe

These adorable Bird’s Nest Cookies are ready in just minutes and are a no bake recipe that is perfect for both Easter and spring.

The cookies are super easy to make and will delight your children and the young at heart.

The taste is a crunchy mixture of chocolate, peanut butter and chow mein noodles with three small pastel colored chocolate eggs as a topping.

Chow mein noodles are often used as a topping for vegetable dishes, but the crunchy texture makes a really nice sweet treat when it is combined with sugar, cocoa and peanut butter. 

Easter nest cookies

For another fun cookie using these noodles, see my Pumpkin Haystack Cookies.

Did you know that March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day?  This recipe is a great way to celebrate the taste of peanut butter.Easter Bird's Nest Cookies

Spring will soon be here, with the birds in our backyards serenading us with their joyful voices, during longer daylight hours.

With Easter right around the corner, what better project to celebrate spring by baking cookies in the shape of bird’s nests?

If you’re looking for more Easter recipes, make sure to check out the Easter nest cupcakes I made last year that were a huge hit with my readers, and this recipe for hot cross buns, a traditional Easter bread (with its own national day).

Yummy Easter nest cookies

What is better than an Easter cookie?  One shaped like a bird's nest with Robin's Eggs. So whimsical and the kids will love them. 🐰🌺 Click To Tweet

Making these bird’s nest cookies is a snap

Gather your ingredients. The base of this bird’s nest dessert is a mixture of cocoa powder, sugar and peanut butter and the crunch of the cookies comes crisp Asian noodles. 

(I’ve seen them made with baking morsels, but this makes the recipe much more expensive, so I am going for really homemade.Ingredients for bird's nest cookies

These fun Easter bird’s nest treats could not be easier to make. Your kids will love to be involved, especially forming the nests and adding the Robin’s eggs at the end.

There is no baking involved and they are very quick to put together.

Start by combining the sugar, milk, coconut oil and cocoa powder in a saucepan on the stove over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, making sure to stir often until it is nice and creamy and thick. (about 5 minutes)Making a chocolate and peanut butter mixture for the bird's nests

Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter, chow mein noodles and vanilla and combine well. That’s all the cooking that is involved! Easy peasy – over and done in just minutes. Bird's nest chocolate mixture

Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the prepared muffin tins. You can make them as small or as large as you like. Small mini muffin tins will hold a few mini M&M peanut candies, or jelly beans on top.

A normal sized muffin tin will hold a whole Peep or the larger Robin’s eggs. I made both sizes.

Bird's nests in muffin tins

Form the mixture into the shape of nests. Allow them to cool a little and press down in the center of each nest to make an indentation.

TIP:  Work quickly. This mixture sets very fast and if you don’t work quickly enough, you’ll find that it either won’t form nests too easily, or won’t allow you to indent the top. 

Also, if the mixture is too set the Easter eggs will roll off instead of staying in the nests.Add some chocolate to fasten the eggs

A way to prevent the eggs from topping over is to melt some chocolate chips in the microwave for about a minute and add them to a piping bag and pipe some chocolate into the indentations and then attach the eggs. 

Since I am a #madcrazyladyblogger who needs to take photos, this step came in handy! Easter nest cookies

Note: You can also make the Robin’s nest cookies free form by placing mounds of the mixture on parchment paper, forming them a bit into a nest shape and pushing down in the center. 

If you do them this way, you won’t get such a defined shape, but you also won’t have a muffin tin to clean up!Birds's nest cookies on parchment paper

Drop in 2-3 Easter egg candies or a whole Peep, depending the size of your nests, and allow the cookies to harden. Enjoy!

Each of the small Easter nest cookies has approximately 150 calories. Not too bad, even if you are watching your weight.Birds's nest cookie with Easter Eggs

Let’s have a taste of these nest cookies

This bird’s nest cookie recipe is as much fun to eat as it is to make. The cookies are sweet and crunchy with the taste of chocolate and peanut butter. Sort of a Reese’s experience with a ton of crunch. Serving a plate of Birds's nest cookies

Be sure to buy some left over Easter candy when the holiday is over. These nest cookies are fun to enjoy all spring long! 

The sweet treats are a much fun to make as they are to eat!

The cookies will look delightful on your Easter party table. Add a fun printable, fresh flowers, or other easy decor item along with the cookies and you’ll have a centerpiece in no time.

If you choose to display these cookies next to fresh flowers, try a bouquet of dogwood flowers, or a white Easter lily plant. Both of these plants are symbols of Easter and would great next to the cookies.

Brid's next cookies make the perfect Easter dessert treat

Centerpiece Ideas
Check out these ideas for Easter projects that you can put together in just a few hours:Easy Easter Projects

Plus, make sure to get our free Easter word search and word scramble puzzle this holiday season. They’re a fun screen free activity for the whole family!

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Would you like a reminder of this post for bird’s nest cookies? Just pin this image to one of your holiday boards on Pinterest.These bird's nest cookies are a perfect spring time treat that are easy to make. No bake and ready in just minutes.

Admin note: This post for Easter Bird’s Nest Cookies first appeared on the blog in March of 2018. I have updated the post to add a new printable recipe card and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: 18

Bird's Nest Cookies - No Bake Easter Recipe

Easter nest cookies

These adorable bird's nest cookies are a no bake sweet that is perfect for both Easter and Spring.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup 2% milk
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 2 cups chow mein noodles
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • small pastel chocolate robin's eggs (MMs peanut, jelly beans, or mini Robin's eggs are the right size.)
  • optional: Larger Robin's eggs and Peeps birds are a good size for the larger muffin tins

Instructions

  1. Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. Combine the granulated sugar, 2% milk, coconut oil and cocoa powder in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat on the stove fir about 5 minutes. Bring the mixture just to a boil, being sure to stir often
  3. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter, chow mein noodles, and vanilla extract.
  4. Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the prepared muffin tins. The small tins will hold a few Robin's eggs. Large muffin tins will hold a whole Peep. Form into the shape of nests. Work quickly since the mixture hardens in no time.
  5. Let the nests cool slightly and then make small indentations in the center of each cookie. Drop in 2-3 egg shaped candies or a whole Peep, depending on your size chosen, and allow the cookies to harden. Enjoy!
  6. Tip: if your eggs roll out of the nests, just melt some chocolate chips and pipe it into the indentations in the nest. This will hold the eggs in place.
  7. Makes about 18 small birds nest cookies. I got 12 small and 5 medium sized nest out of the recipe.

Notes

Makes about 18 mini nests or 12 medium sized ones Nutritional info is for the small nests.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

18

Serving Size:

1 cookie

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 149Total Fat: 8.0gSaturated Fat: 3.9gUnsaturated Fat: 3.5gCholesterol: 0.9mgSodium: 43.5mgCarbohydrates: 18.7gFiber: 0.7gSugar: 15.0gProtein: 2.1g

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