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Prep Time
10 Minutes
Cooking Time
5 Minutes
Serves
A Party
Chocolate Nests taken from Bread and Butter, Cakes and Bakes from Granny's Stove written and photographed by Ciara McLaughlin
Ingredients
- 200g milk chocolate
- 90g shredded wheat
- 1 packet mini sugar eggs (the really mini ones are the most realistic)
After a childhood spent rummaging in the hedgerows, Daddy is now the ultimate bird expert. Many a spring morning he spent ducked in mossy ditches, hopefully awaiting a glimpse of a brooding chaffinch or wren fledglings, and he knows a thing or two about building nests – even ones made of chocolate!
Method
- Line a 12-hole baking tin with bun cases.
- Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water or carefully in the microwave.
- In another bowl, bash the pillows of shredded wheat lightly with a rolling pin until broken, but not crushed.
- Tip the scraggly strands into the melted chocolate and stir with a metal spoon until fully coated.
- Spoon a few heaped teaspoons of the mixture into each bun case and press a small dip in the centre to make the nest. Avoid being overly neat, as you want to give a rugged, built-by-the-beak appearance.
- Pop a few tiny sugar eggs into each nest to finish the brood.
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