One of my favorite Easter traditions when I was little was when the Easter Bunny would lead us on a treasure hunt for our candy-and-present-filled Easter basket with rhyming clues to help us find the way. Just when we thought we’d almost found our basket, our next clue would lead us in another direction. We definitely worked for those Easter baskets! I’m hoping the Easter Bunny will start that tradition with my four-year-old daughter this year! So much fun!
A fun tradition that we started last year with my oldest daughter was making Easter Egg Nests. They are super simple to make and kid-friendly!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
- 2 cups chow mein noodles
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 2 drops green food coloring
- 18 Cadbury Mini Eggs
Instructions
- Line baking sheet with waxed paper.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate chips and shortening. Microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir chocolate.
- Heat at 30-second intervals on 50% power, stirring after each interval, until chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Add chow mein noodles, one cup at a time, until completely coated with chocolate.
- Form 6 nests on waxed paper. Place pan in freezer for 15 minutes.
- In a small plastic bag, mix coconut and food coloring until coconut turns green.
- After removing nests from freezer, top each nest with coconut and 3 mini eggs.
Do you have a favorite Easter memory or tradition from your childhood?
Hershey’s is creating the first ever virtual “Bunny Trail” leading up to Easter on April 8. You can hop on over to the “Bunny Trail” at CelebratewithHersheys.com to read more Easter tips, memories, stories, and traditions.
Disclosure: Hershey’s is providing us with an awesome Easter Bunny basket filled with a Hershey’s Solid Milk Chocolate Snapsy Bunny, Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Crème Eggs, Hershey’s Kisses, Kit Kat Miniatures, and a Reese’s Pieces Carrot! All opinions are 100% mine.
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