No-Bake Easter Egg Nests
Dinners, Dishes & Desserts
Updated Feb 13, 2015
Add some fun to your Easter table with peanut butter-Cheerios™ cereal nests that hold your favorite candy eggs.
No-Bake Easter Egg Nests
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 4
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups butterscotch chips
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 6 cups Cheerios™ cereal
- Betty Crocker™ Fruit Gushers™ tropical flavors fruit flavored snacks
Instructions
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Step1Spray 24 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
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Step2In large microwavable bowl, microwave 1 2/3 cups butterscotch chips and 1 cup peanut butter on High, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and can be stirred smooth.
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Step3Add 6 cups Cheerios™ cereal; stir until cereal is evenly coated.
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Step4Scoop about 1/4 cup cereal mixture into each muffin cup. With back of spoon or small cookie scoop, form indentation in each cup to hold “eggs”. Refrigerate 1 hour or until completely hardened.
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Step5Remove nests from muffin cups. Place 2 or 3 fruit snacks filled with real fruit juice in each nest.
Nutrition
160
Calories
9g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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