Easter Chocolate bird's nest (No egg white) 復活節巧克力鳥巢

Yeah it is Easter again! Party is this Sunday!!! This Chocolate bird nest is one of the treats/desserts that I prepared ahead of time for my Easter Party. Easy and fun to make.

Eas·ter

ˈēstər/

(Old English usually Ēastrun, -on, or -an; also Ēastru, -o; and Ēostre), also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, fromAramaic: פסחא‎, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of thePassion of Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. 

(Quote from Wikipedia)

{This recipe makes about 36 mini nests (using mini cupcakes pan)}

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate, broken into pieces

100g butter

4 (very generous) tbsp golden syrup

160g cornflakes or 7 shredded wheat

You also need mini cupcake baking pan

Directions:

1. If you are using shredded wheat (Pic 1&2), break them up in a bowl until all lumps have gone and you are left with little 'shreds'.(Pic 3)

2. Put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a saucepan over a low heat and stir until all the ingredients are melted together. (Pic 4)

3. Pour the chocolate over the cornflakes or shredded wheat (Pic 5) and mix until everything is coated with chocolate. (Pic 6)

4.  Coated cupcakes pan with oil(Pic 7). Spoon some of the mixture into each mini cupcake holes, squashing it down a little and making a dip in the middle(Pic 8).

5. Cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for a couple of hours then add the eggs.

Recipe adapted from: Oscar's Lunch Blog