Pretzel Bird Nest

I am really excited about spring and easter and mini eggs so I had to make another recipe with that theme in mind.

I made Bird Nests inspired by bakeat350 but ended up changing many things about them. I did not like the idea of using ramen noodles, it didn't appeal to me at all. I also wanted to make it a little more spring tasting so I added in white chocolate chips and candied peel, which I have leftover from making hot cross buns. I'm really impressed with how these turned out the candied peels really put it over the top for me and they are just so darn cute.

Pretzel Bird Nests
inspired by bakeat350
1/8 cup margarine
2 cups mini marshmallows
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
3 cups broken pretzels
1/4 cup diced candied peels
1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
cadbury mini eggs

line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
in a sauce pan melt butter at medium heat.
pour in the marshmallows and occasionally stir.
once marshmallows have melted pour in the chocolate chips and stir in.
pour in the pretzels and candied peels into the marshmallow mixture stir until completely coats.
take off heat. and cover your hands in butter or oil. you may need to do this repeatedly through out the shaping process.
take handfuls of mixture and form into a ball. place on parchment paper and press thumb in to form a nest.
while the nests are setting melt dark chocolate chips.
in the set nests spoon chocolate to line the inner nest and place mini eggs in the chocolate.
place in the refrigerator to allow the nests and chocolate to complete set.