No bake Birds Nest Cookies are made with chocolate, peanut butter, pretzel sticks and Cadbury Mini Eggs. Everyone will love how cute, crunchy and delicioous they are. You only need 5 ingredients to make this easy Easter recipe!
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These adorable bird’s nest cookies come together in minutes and look like little bird’s nests! They’re made with chocolate covered pretzels and mini eggs! Kids (and adults) love them!
If you’re looking for more Easter treats, try my Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing, Cookie Dough Easter Eggs, and Easter Egg Pop Tart.
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Why We Love This Recipe
- Easy to make: These no bake bird nest cookies come together in minutes. No oven needed!
- Chocolatey: Chocolate lovers will love these chocolate birds nests. The pretzels are coated with melted chocolate and topped with chocolatey mini eggs!
- Salty-sweet: Salty pretzel sticks taste so good with the sweet flavors.
- Best crunch:They’re crunchy and delicious to bite into!
- Kids love them: This egg nest recipe is a fun Easter treat for kids. Kids will love to help adds the eggs at the end.
Ingredients
Below are some notes on the ingredients needed to make this birds nest dessert.
- Pretzel sticks: Also called pretzel rods. Break them into short 3/4 inch pieces.
- Chocolate: Use semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Peanut butter: Use creamy peanut butter. I would not recommend using natural peanut butter here. Peanut butter is optional. You can leave it out if you prefer.
- Butterscotch chips (optional): Butterscotch chips add extra flavor. If you’re not a butterscotch fan or don’t have butterscotch chips, you can substitute them with more chocolate chips.
- Butter (optional): This is optional but it gives the melted chocolate mixture a nice shine to it.
- Cadbury mini eggs: They come in the perfect spring time pastel colors and they are delicious! Save some mini eggs to make these chocolatey Mini Egg Cookies!
Subsitutions
If you prefer another treat for the eggs, there are other types of chocolate or peanut butter eggs sold that would make delicious substitutes.
Jelly beans can also be used in place of mini eggs.
Instructions
Below are directions on how to make this egg nest recipe. Please see recipe card below for instructions and list of ingredients.
Step 1: Break the pretzel sticks in half and place them in a large bowl.
Step 2: Melt the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and peanut butter together.
Step 3: Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the pretzels. Stir til coated.
Step 4: Scoop out some of the pretzels on to parchment paper. Use your hands to shape them into nests. Top with mini eggs. Place them in the refrigerator til set.
Expert Tips
- Use an ice cream scoop or 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out the pretzel mixture. It will make sure they’re all the same size.
- Use your hands! Your hands will get messy, but that’s ok! Use your hands to add sticks around the edges so that they are high enough that the eggs won’t fall out.
- Store them in the fridge. They stay together better and are a little less melty/messy when they are served cold. I also recommend serving them on small plates because they crumble a little when you bite into them.
Recipe FAQs
Store the cookies in an airtight container up to 5 days in the refrigerator. Freeze leftover chocolate birds nests in an airtight container for up to 1 month. Place parchment between each layer of cookies, so they do not stick together. Allow to thaw in the refrigerator before serving.
Yes! You can leave out the peanut butter. They will still be delicious!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, Peanut Butter Speckled Eggs, and Hershey’s Candy Coated Eggs make great substitutes! You could also use jelly beans since they are oval shaped, but they would not be my preference.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Birds Nest Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup (180 g) chocolate chips or chopped chocolate use semi-sweet, dark, milk or white chocolate
- 1/3 cup (56.67 g) butterscotch chips
- 2 tablespoons (32 g) creamy peanut butter
- 2 1/2 cups (140 g) pretzel sticks broken into 3/4 inch pieces
- About 36 mini eggs
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Break the pretzel sticks into 3/4 inch pieces. Place them in a large bowl.
- Melt the chocolate, peanut butter and butterscotch chips together in a microwave safe bowl in 20 second bursts in the microwave. Stir well in between each burst and only microwave until melted. Do not over-microwave or the chocolate will burn.
- Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the broken pretzel sticks.
- Stir until the pretzels are all well coated with the chocolate.
- Use an ice cream scoop or 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop out some of the pretzels and turning them out on the baking sheet. portion the mixture out into 12 mounds.
- Use your hands to shape the nests. Work to make sure the edges are a little higher than the center. Place a few extra pretzel sticks around the edges if needed.
- Add 2 or 3 mini eggs per nest. Place the tray in the refrigerator for about 2 hours until the chocolate has set.
Notes
Nutrition
Please note that nutritional values are created by an online calculator and should only be used as an estimate.
Christina
Super cute and easy to make recipe. Our family had a good time making the little birds nests together. *note: we used white chocolate in place of the butterscotch chips and it came out fine. Next time we will try it with butterscotch. Thanks!
Natalie
Yay! So happy you and your family enjoyed making these birds nests together! Thanks for your comment and for sharing your recipe notes. I bet they are yummy and pretty with white chocolate too! 🙂
Bianca
This is a beautiful idea :). Also thanks for the lovely recipe!
Natalie
Hi Bianca, Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m so happy you like these birds nest cookies as much as I do 🙂 Have a fantastic day!