Rice Krispy Treats Egg Nests

Over the weekend my oldest and I were looking for some yummy treats to make for Easter and decided to make some fun Easter egg Rice Krispy Treats.

Ingredients

1/4 Cup Butter
(10 ounces) package regular marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispy cereal
4 drops of green food coloring
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Your favorite edible eggs (chocolate, jelly bean, etc)

Directions

Melt margarine in a large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Add cereal. Stir until well coated.
Add the warm mixture into mini-muffin-pan cups coated with cooking spray and shape.
Indent the middle of the nest’s with your thumb
Remove from pans and let cool on wax paper

Now the fun part, begin decorating! For the top of your nests, stir together water and green food coloring and add coconut. Stir until coconut is tinted, spread on a baking sheet, and allow to dry. Place on top of the nests followed by the candy.

Voila, super cute nests the kids will love to eat just as much as they loved making them.

We also made some fun Rice Krispy Eggs. Simply use any size plastic egg coated in non-stick cooking spray and stuff them with warm Rice Krispy Treat mix. Let them sit for a few minutes, pull them out and add your delicious goodies.

Now, if I can just keep a few until Easter.