Chocolate Nests
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Whether you use the bacon-flavored chocolate or not, these sweet treats are easy.
Recipe by: Adapted from Wilson, Dede. ‘Holiday Candy and Confections’. The Harvard Common Press. Boston: 2005
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- Non-stick spray
- 4 (3-ounce) bars of Mo’s® Bacon Bar chocolate candy or regular semi-sweet chocolate
- 2½ cups chow mein noodles
- Assorted colors of small jelly beans, speckled malted milk eggs, or other egg-shaped candy
Instructions
- On a large baking sheet, line it with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Spray it lightly with non-stick spray. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water.
- Gently fold in the chow mein noodles trying not to break them. If you do, that’s okay since it will look even more like a nest.
- Spoon six small mounds of the mixture on to the baking sheet and, using your fingers or a teaspoon, mold them into a nest shape. They should be about 4 inches wide and indented in the middle.
- Place the baking sheet with the nests into the refrigerator to set. It should take no more than 30 minutes. When hardened, remove the nests from the refrigerator and place a few of the candies in the middle, alternating colors.
- Move them to a serving platter and serve.
Notes
These bacon-flavored chocolate bars aren’t cheap. So, if you want to save a few dollars then only use two and mix in 6 ounces of quality semi-sweet or milk chocolate that you probably already have in your pantry. You should still taste the bacon.
Recipe by Acadiana Table at https://acadianatable.com/2013/03/25/chocolate-nests/