I remember making chocolate easter nests year after year as a child and it is a tradition we have carried on with Monkey, and will with LM as she gets older. It is such a great fun, quick, and easy make that kids of any age can join in with.
Monkey did it first 2 years ago at about 10 mths old, then last year at just under 2 and again this year. He still needs quite a bit of help but I imagine he will less and less help as he gets older.
What you need
400g Milk Chocolate (we love the Waitrose Belgian chocolate at the mo – it is delish!)
16 Shredded Wheat
2 packs Mini eggs (at least)
Cake cases (What size depending on how big you want them to be)
Now, we actually made a half batch this year as hubs and I are counting our calories and didn’t want to scoff too many. so with 200g chocolate and 8 shredded wheat we made 24 small nests. We only had muffin cases so had to fill them half full. Fairy cake cases would have been better!
The shredded wheat needs to get broken into tiny pieces and this is the bit that kids of all ages can get involved with! Breaking it up and giving it a good bash is so much fun, I find using the end of a rolling-pin to be the best method though it can be a fun sensory experience for littlies to break it all up by hand too.
The chocolate needs to be melted, we do ours on the hob, melting the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water, but you can also do it in the microwave by microwaving in short bursts.
Then it is mixing time, which is fun for all ages, though you do need to give it a good mix to spread the chocolate throughout the shredded wheat. If you used more chocolate it would probably be easier but taste wise we prefer it not to be too thick and chocolatey.
Dish them out into the cake cases and decorate your “nests” with mini eggs!
Like I say ours are filled quite shallowly as we only had muffin cases, and smaller cases would have probably worked better, but I don’t think there is any hard and fast rule about what size they should be.
Do you make easter nests with your kids?
These look yummy..we did them too but with rice krispies. So much fun and very yummy!! 🙂 x #tastytuesdays
A must do activity for any tot! And I love that you have photos of every year the same activity very cute 🙂 X
These looks fab! I’ve always used cornflakes so this is a good alternative!
These are great. Love the idea of doing them shredded wheat – very realistic. And every little chef is going to love bashing them up! #MiniCreations Over from http://www.cookwithtoddlers.com/community
We haven’t tried anything in the kitchen with Mini M yet but after reading this I think I might give it a try #toddlerapprovedtuesday
I don’t do easter nests, but I will be!!!!!!!
Might even be a bit cheeky and add a bit of golden syrup into the chocolate to help 🙂
And I have to say I love how you have chronological easter cake making photos!!! #toddlerapprovedtuesday xx
Easter nests are definitely a great tradition, we make them every year too. It looks like Monkey is getting stuck in enjoying it. #MiniCreations
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never made chocolate nests with T (he has made them at nursery though!) think this weekend, we’ll rectify this 😉
Thanks for the inspiration!
Happy easter, thanks for linking again #toddlerapprovedtuesday xx
I love that you have the same photo every year from the activity – think I will be stealing that idea!
I seriously love how you have made it a little tradition. Those pictures of your son over the years are fab – what a lovely idea. Ray xx @ lukeosaurusandme.blogspot.co.uk #LittleChefs
Oh, these look good! We’ve never tried making chocolate nests, so thanks for sharing. #ToddlerFunFriday
These look delicious – such a great Easter treat for the little ones. Thanks for sharing at #ToddlerFunFriday
The Mother says – I could have a million posts for Easter Egg nests and never get bored. I really wish I owned the patent on them!! #millionaire!!
Thanks for linking to #minicreations
Oh wow, these look fab. Happy (belated) Easter. It was Greek Easter yesterday. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
You just can’t beat making shredded wheat nests at Easter. I love that its become a tradition for you. It’ll be wonderful to see how Monkey progresses each year.
Thanks for linking up with #LittleChefs