Easter Cooking: Chocolate Nests

The other day I was flipping through some old recipe books in the cupboard, looking for something interesting to make, and stumbled upon these little beauties. When I lived in London, these were made all the time for kids parties, and since I hadn't had the luxury of eating one in about 8 years, I scurried straight into the kitchen to get started.

This has got to be one of the simplest recipes I know, that you almost don't need an actual recipe for it. So - there's no excuse for not giving it a go!

Chocolate Nests
Taken from Usborne's Easter Cooking Book
Ingredients

• One packet of cadbury mini eggs (I don't know if other companies make the equivalent of these)
• 2 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 250g melting chocolate
• 100g cornflakes (or rice bubbles)

Method
Step 1. Melt the chocolate in a large saucepan with a little butter so it doesn't burn as easily.

Step 2. Stir in the golden syrup to the nearly-melted chocolate.

Step 3. Once the chocolate had completely melted, mix in the cornflakes.

Step 4. Place heaped spoonfuls of mixture into muffin cases, shape with your fingers, and press an indent into the middle of each nest. In the indent place 3 of the mini eggs.

Step 5. Place the muffin tray in the fridge and leave to set for about an hour.

I love this recipe simply because it is so easy, and can be quickly whipped up in an emergency. 

Enjoy!