Easter Rice Krispie Nests
These Easter Rice Krispie Nests are a sweet and simple treat that looks adorable on an Easter table, in baskets, or as part of a spring party spread. Kids love helping shape the nests and adding the finishing touches. This is an easy Easter food craft that works well for family fun, classroom parties, and holiday snacks.
Supplies
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 10-ounce bag marshmallows
- 6 cups crisp rice cereal
- Edible Easter grass
- Robin egg candies
- Cooking spray
- Muffin tin
- Spoon
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until they are fully melted and smooth.
- Pour the melted marshmallow mixture over the crisp rice cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Lightly spray a muffin tin with cooking spray. Spray the back of a spoon as well to help prevent sticking.
- Scoop the cereal mixture into the muffin tin cups. Press gently into each cup and make an indent in the center to form a nest shape.
- Let the nests cool completely in the pan. Once they are firm, carefully remove them from the muffin tin.
- Break the edible grass into smaller pieces and place a little inside each nest. Add robin egg candies on top to finish.
Tips
For a fun variation, use green-dyed coconut instead of edible grass.
If the cereal mixture starts sticking too much, lightly spray your spoon again while shaping the nests.
These are best made and served the same day, but they can also be stored in an airtight container for a short time.
Fun Facts
Robin egg candies are a favorite spring treat because their speckled look resembles real bird eggs.
Bird nests are carefully built to keep eggs safe and warm. That makes these sweet little nests extra fun for springtime.
Patterns, Templates and Printables
This recipe does not require a printable template, but it pairs nicely with Easter coloring pages for kids, printable bunny cards, or other Easter activities for a full holiday theme.
Easter Rice Krispie Nests
Supplies
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 10- ounce bag marshmallows
- 6 cups crisp rice cereal
- Edible Easter grass
- Robin egg candies
- Cooking spray
- Muffin tin
- Spoon
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until they are fully melted and smooth.
- Pour the melted marshmallow mixture over the crisp rice cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Lightly spray a muffin tin with cooking spray. Spray the back of a spoon as well to help prevent sticking.
- Scoop the cereal mixture into the muffin tin cups. Press gently into each cup and make an indent in the center to form a nest shape.
- Let the nests cool completely in the pan. Once they are firm, carefully remove them from the muffin tin.
- Break the edible grass into smaller pieces and place a little inside each nest. Add robin egg candies on top to finish.
Notes
Teacher Friendly Educational Extension
Turn this easy Easter snack into a simple classroom activity by asking kids to count how many candy eggs go into each nest. You can also compare real bird nests to pretend edible nests and talk about how animals prepare for spring. For younger children, this can be a fun seasonal activity tied to counting, colors, and observation.
Supplies
3 tbsp. butter
1 10 oz bag of marshmallows
6 cups of crisp rice (or rice krispies)
Edible Grass
Robins egg candies
Instructions
Melt the butter over medium heat and stir in the marshmallows. Continue stirring until completely melted. Pour the mixture over the crisp rice cereal and stir until well combined.
Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray and shape the nests. I found it helpful to also spray a spoon and use it to help make the indents. You could do this by hand but it would be quite messy!
To fill:
Let the rice krispies cool in the pan, pull them out, and decorate! I broke up the edible Easter grass, placed it in the next and filled the nest with the eggs. The robins eggs are so whimsical! Every spring in NY you find the hatched egg shells all over the ground.
You can also use coconut dyed green for the grass!
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