These super simple Easter Chocolate Cornflake Cakes are made with just 3 ingredients: cornflakes, milk chocolate and mini eggs. Utterly delicious and a great quick and easy Easter recipe to make with kids, they are perfect for Easter bake sales, Easter parties and a great kid-friendly dessert option for Easter lunch!
A quick and simple Easter chocolate nest recipe
Chocolate Cornflake Nests, filled with mini eggs, are a real favourite to make at Easter time. They are an excellent easy peasy recipe to make with kids (My kids love to make them – usually several times – every year in the run-up to Easter!) and are perfect for all kinds of Easter parties and bake sales.
Some chocolate Easter egg nests, though, involve lots of ingredients, lots of kitchen equipment and overly-complicated instructions. Not so with my super simple recipe… My Easter Chocolate Cornflake Nests only use 3 ingredients and produce excellent results every time!
How to make Easter Chocolate Cornflake Nests
All you have to do to make these quick and simple Easter Nests is melt milk chocolate over a pan of just-boiled water, then stir in the cornflakes. Next, place 24 cupcake cases in 2 cupcake trays. Then, place 1 heaped tablespoon of the chocolate/cornflake mixture into each cupcake case and spread out to make a nest shape, with a hole in the middle. Finally, place 3 mini eggs in the centre of each nest and refrigerate for 1 hour to allow the chocolate to harden again. Easy Peasy!
The best ingredients for Easter Chocolate Nests
This recipe should work with any brand of cornflakes, milk chocolate and mini eggs. However, to get best results I recommend using Cadbury’s Dairy Milk and Cadbury’s Mini Eggs. The cornflake brand matters less, but I have to admit, personally I do prefer Kellogg’s cornflakes in these Easter Chocolate Nests.
Cornflakes vs Shredded Wheat vs Rice Krispies – which is best for Easter Chocolate Nests?
Cornflakes, Shredded Wheat and Rice Krispies all work well in Chocolate Easter Nests, but personally I think Cornflakes produce the best tasting Easter Nests. However, Shredded Wheat indisputably produces the best looking nests!
This recipe is written assuming you are using Cornflakes in your Chocolate Easter Nests. It will also work with Shredded Wheat and Rice Krispies, but you will need to slightly adapt the quantities of the other cereals.
How to melt the chocolate for Easter Nests?
There are several different ways you can melt the chocolate for Easter Nests, but the easiest way (and the way least likely to go wrong!) is to half fill a saucepan with just-boiled water from the kettle and then place a glass bowl over the top of the water so that it touches the water on the base, but the water doesn’t come up too far on the sides. Ideally, the bowl should fit snuggly on top of the saucepan so there is no danger of the water getting into the pan.
Whatever you do, do not allow any of the water to get into the glass bowl or the chocolate will ‘seize’ and be ruined.
Break the milk chocolate into squares and place in the glass bowl. The heat of the jus-boiled water will gently melt the chocolate. Stir occasionally to assist the process. When the chocolate has completely melted, remove the bowl from the pan and carefully dry the base of the bowl.
Obviously, it goes without saying that you should be very careful with boiling water – and especially so if you are making these Easter Nests with children!
Chocolate Mini Egg Nests – the perfect Easter baking project for kids!
These Chocolate Mini Egg Nests make a great Easter ‘baking’ project for kids because they are so quick and easy to make and because even quite small children can get involved with almost all of the steps. Kids can help break up the chocolate, stir the cornflakes into the melted chocolate, place the cupcake cases into the cupcake tin, spoon the chocolate/cornflake mix into the cupcake cases and, of course, place the mini eggs into the nests! Older children may also be able to help with melting the chocolate, under close supervision.
How to store Chocolate Cornflake Nests
To keep them fresh, store these Easter Chocolate Cornflake Nests in an airtight cake tin or plastic box.
Once hardened, you can store at room temperature, if you prefer… but they will stay harder and be less prone to melting all over your hands if you keep them in the fridge.
How long will Chocolate Cornflake Nests keep?
These Chocolate Cornflake Nests will keep for up to a week, if kept in an airtight container. (Though they will taste at their best best in the first 2-3 days.)
Can you freeze Chocolate Cornflake Nests?
No, these Chocolate Cornflake Nests are not suitable for freezing.
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Easter Chocolate Cornflake Cakes (only 3 ingredients!)
Ingredients
- 400 g milk chocolate ideally Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
- 150 g cornflakes ideally Kellogg’s Cornflakes
- 72 mini eggs (roughly 240g / 8½oz), ideally Cadbury’s Mini Eggs
Instructions
- Half fill a saucepan with just-boiled water from the kettle and then place a glass bowl over the top of the water so that it touches the water on the base, but the water doesn't come up too far on the sides. Ideally, the bowl should fit snuggly on top of the saucepan so there is no danger of the water getting into the pan. (See Note 1.)
- Break the milk chocolate into squares and place in the glass bowl. The heat of the just-boiled water will gently melt the chocolate. Stir occasionally to assist the process. When the chocolate has completely melted, remove the bowl from the pan and carefully dry the base of the bowl.**Whatever you do, do not allow any of the boiling water to get into the glass bowl or the chocolate will 'seize' and be ruined**
- Pour the cornflakes into the glass bowl. Stir carefully to ensure all the cornflakes are completely coated in the melted chocolate.
- Next, place 24 cupcake cases in 2 cupcake trays. Then, place 1 heaped tablespoon of the chocolate/cornflake mixture into each cupcake case and spread out to make a nest shape, with a hole in the middle.
- Finally, place 3 mini eggs in the centre of each nest and refrigerate for 1 hour to allow the chocolate to harden again.
Notes
- Obviously, it goes without saying that you should be very careful with boiling water - and especially so if you are making these Easter Nests with children!
- Not suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
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Vickie says
This recipe reminds me of the cornflake cakes I used to make as a kid. I can’t wait to whip up a batch of these with my lad. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
Eb Gargano says
Aw, yay – I am so pleased o hear that! Let me know how it goes 😀
Lyn says
I remember making these with my mum when I got home from school. 🙂
I just made them with a Terry’s chocolate orange left over from Christmas – delicious but very moorish and I’m sure very fattening as I doubt anyone would stop at one!
Thank you Eb, you’ve started something now!
Best wishes
Lyn in Cyprus (originally from London) X 🥰
Eb Gargano says
Aw, so happy this reminded you of such happy memories. I too made them with my mum when I was a little girl. Love the idea of using Terry’s chocolate orange! And I quite agree… almost impossible to stop at one! Eb 🙂