Chocolate bird's nests - two ingredients!

I vividly remember making these two ingredient chocolate bird's nests.  Especially in the spring around Easter.  This is such a simple recipe, they are perfect to getting the kids involved.

I was in grade 4!  Or as they say here, 4th grade.  I'm thinking it might have been part of an Easter party.  It was such a revelation that you could make something with so few ingredients!  Two ingredients actually.   Having grown up with a German mom who made everything from scratch, this was so novel!   I don't think I even knew about cake mixes.  No such thing in my house growing up.   It's a sad state but I couldn't live without cake mixes now.  These chocolate bird's nests were so easy and so delicious.   I promptly went home and made a batch.  All by myself. And my mom was actually happy not to have to drag out all the ingredients needed to make cookies. It was a little confusing to her that you didn't bake them. Actually, it was very confusing :).

Chocolate bird’s nests – two ingredients!

• Author: Susan Moncrieff | Momcrieff

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Ingredients

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• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 large can of chow mien noodles (5 oz).
• Optional garnishes for your bird's nests (jelly beans, marshmallows etc.)

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Instructions

1. Dump chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
2. Melt at 50% power for 30 second increments until melted and smooth.
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4. Add chow mein noodles. All of them! Stir gently
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7. Scoop about a tablespoon of the chocolate chow mien mixture onto parchment on a baking sheet.
8. (you don't have to but it's so much easier to clean if you use parchment!).
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10. I'm sure you can do it neater than I can! Just try to make them shaped into a nest. And put a little dent in the top for your optional garnishes.
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13. Put them in the fridge so the chocolate hardens. That's it. You are done!

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These are fun for the kids to help with.  They will get a little covered in chocolate.  But, they usually happily lick it off their hands.

I feel like I should add something else to make this a little more complicated.  But it is just this simple.  Obviously, you can put any kind of treat on top.  I think when I made them at school we put peanuts on them.   That wouldn't work so well now in schools with all the peanut allergies.

Enjoy!