Easter Nests

It's that time of year again, and come on who can resist a chocolate shredded wheat Easter nest?!

Earlier today me and my sister decided that although it's not Easter quite yet, it being the Easter Holidays was a good enough excuse.

For this recipe (20 nests) you will need:

360g Milk Chocolate

75g Shredded Wheat

Mini Eggs

Firstly boil a kettle (you can also boil the water straight over the hop, however I've found boiling a kettle is a lot less time consuming) and pour the boiling water into a saucepan. Break the chocolate into chunks and place into a ceramic/Pyrex bowl (This can be any bowl as long as it's heat proof and sits just inside the rim of the saucepan, above the water). Place the bowl over the boiling water as a Bain Marie and stir at regular intervals to prevent the chocolate burning to the bottom of the bowl.

Once the chocolate has completely melted, remove from the heat and carefully take the bowl 'out' of the saucepan (this will be hotter than you think, I learnt the hard way!!). Now gradually add the shredded wheat, grumbling it as you go and then stir it into the mixture until it looks as if there's a even spread of both the chocolate and the shredded wheat.

Now into the cake cases add an even amount of the chocolate goodness to each and create a well in the middle for the mini eggs. I found in mine there was only really enough room for three mini eggs in each nest and so this meant there were mini eggs left over for me to just devour (this may have been planned..)

And what's a spring 'baking' session without some pink lemonade?!

Are you a fan of Easter Nests? Or is there a better alternative that I've yet to discover?

♥

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