Because You Should Make Them, Too

Chow Mein Noodle Bird Nests

For mint eggs:
Half this recipe unless you plan to make a LOT of nests. This yields enough dough for 50+ small eggs.

1/3 cup soft butter

1/3 cup light corn syrup

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. mint extract

3 1/2 cups (1 lb.) sifted confectioner's sugar

blue food coloring

Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Stir until blended, then knead into stiff dough. For robin's eggs, add a few drops of blue food coloring and knead until color is smooth. (I used 3 drops, which gives a pale blue shade). Cover and refrigerate for 30 min.

For nests:
Double this recipe if you plan to use all of the candy mixture

2 bags butterscotch chips

4-5 cups (approx.) chow mein noodles

Melt butterscotch chips in microwave by heating in 30-40 second increments on high, then stirring, until completely melted. Stir in noodles.

Use a large table spoon to drop clumps of noodles onto cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Pinch off small bits of mint dough and roll into egg shape, placing in middle of nest. Allow butterscotch to harden back up before serving. Refrigerate completed nests for later.

Yay!