Bird's Nests Recipe

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To celebrate the arrival of spring, our Test Kitchen shaped chocolate-coated chow mein noodles into nests, then filled them with jelly bean "eggs". You may want to make a double batch because they're bound to fly off your table!

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Bird's Nests Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 15 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1 package (11-1/2 ounces) milk chocolate chips
1 tablespoon shortening
1 can (5 ounces) chow mein noodles
2/3 cup flaked coconut
45 to 60 jelly beans

Directions

In a saucepan, melt the chocolate chips and shortening over low heat; stir until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in the chow mein noodles and coconut until well coated. Divide into 15 mounds on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Shape into nests; press an indentation on the center. Place three or four jelly beans in each nest. Cool. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 15 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 221 calories, 12 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 74 mg sodium, 28 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Bird's Nests in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2003, p156