CHOCOLATE EASTER NESTS

This Easter Nest recipe is so simple to make and everyone loves them. Have fun placing small jelly beans, or other cute Easter shaped candy in the center of each nest. Make several batches to give to all your family and friends! This recipe is exactly the way I made them at my cooking school and specialty shoppe!

CHOCOLATE EASTER NESTS:

8 ounces semi-sweet or milk chocolate. chopped
2 - 2 1/2 cups chow mein noodles
GARNISH:
small jelly beans, speckled malted milk eggs. or other Easter shaped candies

Line a baking pan with a peice of aluminum foil. Smooth the foil, and then butter or spray the foil with a non-stick vegetable spray.

Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Gently fold in the chow mein noodles, being careful not to break them.
Spoon six mounds of the mixture onto the prepared pan and, using your fingers, form each mound into a 4-inch nest shape. Make a small indentation in the center of each nest.
Place the pan, with the chocolate nests, in the refrigerator to set (about 30 minutes). Just before serving, remove the nests from the refrigerator and place some small jelly beans or other Easter shaped candy in the center of each nest'

Makes six 4-inch nests.