Recipe: No-Bake Chocolate Birds Nests

This recipe from Food.com looks so yummy and the cookies are very easy to make. They call them “Easter Nests”, but I think they could be made year round, not just at Easter time, and the cookies would be fun to have at parties and potlucks.

Ingredients:

• 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 10 oz thin chow mein noodles
• Jelly beans, egg-shaped candies (or other candy of your choice)

Directions:

1. Line 2 baking sheets with foil. Lightly coat the foil with nonstick spray.
2. Scrape condensed milk into a medium saucepan or microwave-safe bowl; add chocolate chips.
3. Place over low heat and stir often, or microwave on high 2 to 4 minutes, stirring every minute, until chips melt and mixture is blended and smooth.
4. Put noodles into a large bowl, pour on chocolate mixture and toss with a rubber spatula until noodles are coated.
5. Drop generous 1/4 to 1/2 cup fulls on prepared baking sheets.
6. Lightly spray fingertips with the nonstick spray.
7. Form mounds into nests making a depression in the center & fill with candies.
8. Let nests cool to set.
9. Store loosely covered at room temperature and will keep for up to 3 days.