These White Chocolate & Coconut Egg Nests make a fantastic treat for Easter! These are not only adorable – they are wonderfully sweet and delicious, too! Making it is a breeze too so it’s fun to make with the kiddies.
2White Chocolate Bars (4 oz each),broken into pieces
4tbspButter,divided and melted
⅔cupCoconut,shredded
½cupPowdered Sugar
1TablespoonMilk
Instructions
The first step requires melting the butter and chocolate. You can use the microwave to do it but I don't have one so I use the double boiler method to melt my chocolate and butter. If doing the double boiler method, place the 2 Tablespoons butter and chocolate pieces in a stainless steel bowl above a saucepan with barely simmering water. Make sure the bowl does not touch the water. Let the chocolate and butter melt. Stir until melted and smooth. A spatula is handy with this.
Place about a teaspoon (more or less) of the chocolate mixture into the mini-tartlet tray. You may fill up the whole tray if you like, just divide the chocolate mixture evenly. As you fill each cup, use the back of a teaspoon to spread the mixture around. Chill in the refrigerator until firm.
In the meantime, combine the remaining butter, coconut and powdered sugar in another bowl. Add a little milk to bring it all together. You can certainly adjust this to your taste and textural preference. I added a little coconut in the end so it's not too sticky.
Once the chocolate has firmed up, take it out of the fridge. Leave the chocolate in the tray. Place about a teaspoon of the Coconut filling on each chocolate cup. Bring the tray back to the fridge and let it chill until it's fully set. This doesn't take too long either so it's up to you when you wish to do it. You can leave it longer in the fridge if you prefer.
Unmold each cup and decorate with some small colored candy eggs or small jelly beans to make it look like eggs in a nest.
Notes
Tips and Tricks:Use unsweetened coconut, if you don't like the mixture to be very sweet.