Coconut Egg Nests Recipe

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Looking for an Easter activity that kids will enjoy assembling and eating? Try these sweet spring treats from Tonya Hamrick of Wallace, West Virginia. They're a snap to make and call for just a few ingredients.

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Coconut Egg Nests Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

6 ounces white candy coating, coarsely chopped
6 drops green food coloring
1 drop yellow food coloring
1 cup flaked coconut
36 jelly beans

Directions

In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; stir in food coloring until blended. Add coconut. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper into 12 mounds. Make an indentation in the center of each with the end of a wooden spoon handle. Fill each with three jelly beans. Let stand until set. Yield: 1 dozen.

Originally published as Coconut Egg Nests in Quick Cooking March/April 2004, p42

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Reviewed on May. 09, 2010 by songlover1

These were fabulous tasting and incredibly easy. I used white chocolate chips in place of the candy coating (couldn't find it) and Cadbury mini eggs in place of the jelly beans. Will repeat every year. Yum!