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Birds ‘n Worms

 

I know… not the most appetizing title of a blog post on a food blog. Who really wants to talk birds and especially icky worms?!? But the last recipe I have to share for my week of “Egg”cellent recipes actually doesn’t have any real eggs in it at all! Or real birds or worms for that matter (in case you were concerned)!
Today I bring you these Ah-dorabe Bird Nest Cookies! These cookies are so cute and are perfect for Spring/Easter.
I actually first had ‘cookies’ like this when I was in the second grade. And then they weren’t bird nests (here comes in the part about those icky worms). You see I did a little book report then on a book called How to Eat Fried Worms. Ever heard of it? Well the book is about some young school age boys and their dares/pranks/bulling attempts on each other. And the ultimate dare… eating fried worms. So part of that book report project we made these ‘cookes’ (minus the ‘eggs’ of course). We shaped our ‘worm cookies’ a little smaller and my entire second grade class happily ate some tasty fried worms! Wink. Wink.

So if you have a child in the second or third grade, especially a little boy (or a tom-girl like I was) they will love this book and would think you are the coolest Mom (or Dad, Aunt, older sister….) EV-A if you let them make and eat ‘fried worms’ (and of course read the book and watch the movie).

Or stick with them as birds nests. They are totally cuter than worms!

There are several versions of this no-bake cookie floating around. However, this is my version that I love and think tastes perfect (and looks the most authentic as bird nests or worms).

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Bird Nest Cookies

by Heather of Kitchen Concoctions: https://www.kitchen-concoctions.com/
Printable Version

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cool Time: 15 minutes Makes 10-12 cookies
1/4 cup peanut butter

2/3 cup peanut butter chips
2/3 cup butterscotch chips
4 cups chow mein noodles
malted eggs, peanut M&M’s (Easter colors), jelly beans

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.

Place peanut butter, peanut butter chips, and butterscotch chips in a large bowl. Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Repeat process until all chips are melted and mixed together. Once all chips are are melted remove 1 tablespoon of the melted chip mixture and set aside. In remaining melted chip mixture stir in chow mein noodles. Stir until well coated.

Using 1/3 cup measuring cup, scoop noodle mixture and place on prepared baking sheet. Shape into the nest shape. Dip malted eggs/M&M’s/jelly beans in reserved melted peanut butter mixture. Adhere to ‘nests’.

Let cookies sit and firm up for twenty minutes.

Comments

  1. so, i had like two on Saturday night, i asked Eric to make sure they weren't for "anything special" well.. good thing i left one good one. those are SSOOO ggoodd! thanks for havin them around!! 🙂

  3. So cute – thanks for sharing!

    I made something similar to this on my blog but with coconut macaroons as the "nest!"