Homemade & Yummy

open menu
open search bar
×
You are here: Home / Recipes / Easy No Bake Chocolate Coconut Nests

Easy No Bake Chocolate Coconut Nests

*Updated* / By: 88 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qaulifying purchases. Disclosure Policy.

Easter Chocolate Nests require just 2 ingredients and no baking involved. Melt, mix, shape, and then fill with your favourite treat.

Adorable cute birds nest cookies perfect for Easter fun. Chewy chocolate coconut goodness.

Chocolate Coconut Nest Cookies on a tray filled with mini eggs

These easy homemade chocolate nests are gluten-free and peanut-free too. You can even get the kids involved to help make them.

My grandkids get so excited about this holiday. Hunting for eggs on Easter morning. I remember those days when my kids were young too. Trying to remember where all the eggs were hidden. Counting to make sure they found them all. Hoping the cats didn’t help themselves to treats during the night.

RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for these chocolate egg nest treats can be found at the bottom of the post.

Birds Nest Cookies filled with mini Easter eggs

When I was a child, every Easter we would gather for dinner with our very large family. Being Ukrainian I got the luxury of celebrating the holiday twice. My absolute favourite dessert was something I call Spring Delight. My aunt would make this every year.

Simple, yet totally delicious. I can actually taste this as I sit and reflect back on those special times. I even made an Easter ice cream of this childhood favourite.

No-Bake Birds Nest Cookies Need:

  • unsweetened shredded coconut
  • good quality milk chocolate
  • of course, you need something to put in the nests (jelly beans, Smarties, M&M’s my favourite is mini eggs)
Forming mounds of chocolate and coconut into nests

The first time I heard about birds nest cookies was from someone I used to work with. He told me about how his wife made these nests out of shredded wheat and chocolate bars. He said they looked like a mini egg nest.

If you have had no-bake chocolate macaroons or haystack cookies these are similar. Chow mein noodle cookies are another great example.

This sounded like a delicious idea to me. Since he didn’t have a recipe, I just went by the trial and error method. With only 2 ingredients, how hard could it be? They turned out perfect the first time. It really does not get easier than this.

Homemade chocolate nest cookies filled with Easter treats

How To Make Chocolate Coconut Nests

This is a fun Easter treat. Super easy to make.

  • Melt your chocolate either in the microwave or using the boiling water method on the stovetop. (see Recipe Tips below)
  • Add the coconut and mix well.
  • Place mounds of the mixture onto a silicone mat.
  • Shape into a round nest, and be sure to make an indent for the eggs.
  • Let harden.
  • Fill with your special Easter treat and enjoy.
Easter chocolate nest with 2 mini eggs inside

Recipe Tips

Mix and match the flavours. You can use a combination of milk and dark chocolate.

Use chocolate chips in place of regular chocolate. Please note that peanut butter chips, white chocolate, and butterscotch chips set much faster than milk chocolate. You will have to work a little faster forming the nests. You can also use candy melts for this recipe.

You can toast the coconut, and even use sweetened coconut flakes if you prefer.

Be sure to line your tray. I like to use a silicone mat (affiliate), but you can also use parchment paper, or line it with foil.

Melting the chocolate in the microwave. Microwave for 20-30 seconds, remove and stir. Place the bowl back in the microwave and repeat the process until it is melted.

Double boiler method of melting. Place chocolate in a glass bowl. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering (not boiling) water. The water in the pot should not touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir until all the chocolate is melted.

Store coconut nest candy at room temperature in an air-tight container for up to 5 days. Alternatively if you make them in advance, freeze in a container or freezer bag.

Chocolate Coconut Nests Pin Imge

Be sure to FOLLOW ME on SOCIAL MEDIA and sign up for my NEWSLETTER and get a FREE printable.

Easy No Bake Chocolate Coconut Nests require just 2 ingredients! Melt, mix, shape, set and then fill with your favourite Easter treats. | homemadeandyummy.com

Homemade Chocolate Nests

Only 2 ingredients for this coconut nest candy treat. Perfect for Easter.
5 from 20 votes
Print Rate Save
Course: No Bake Dessert
Cuisine: Canadian
Keyword: Coconut Birds Nest
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes
Servings: 14 servings
Calories: 190kcal
Author: Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 10 ounces milk chocolate (melted)
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

  • Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave (or stovetop if you prefer).
  • Add the coconut and mix well.
  • Scoop mixture (I used an ice cream scoop) into piles on a silicone mat.
  • Form each pile into a nest.
  • Let harden until set. (I placed mine in the fridge).
  • Once set, remove from mat. Place on serving tray.
  • Fill with your choice of Easter treats. (Eggs, Smarties, Jelly Beans etc.)
  • ENJOY!!

Nutrition Information

Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

Notes

The nutrition calculation DOES NOT include the addition of the mini eggs. You can also use jelly beans, chocolate covered peanuts or whatever your little ones like.
Tried this recipe?Take a picture and tag @homemadeandyummy
Nutritional information on this site is generated via a plugin. I am not responsible for the accuracy of the plugin information.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  5. Swathi

    Gloria I am in for this no bake chocolate coconut nests this one resembles the taste of bounty bars. I can eat few. my daughter is asking for an egg hunt. I don’t think I will do it in my house, I will take her to some place for egg hunt.

    Reply

  6. Megan Marlowe

    I love chocolate nests! We actually make them with potato sticks, which I love the sweet and salty combo but I’m loving all the coconut in these! A must make for sure!

    Reply

  8. Byron Thomas

    I’ve been seeing a lot of these on Pinterest lately. I never knew they were only two ingredients. Such a cute idea to make with my daughter for her to take to school next week. Love it! And, yes, Easter egg hunts still happen in our home. My daughter is 13 and my partner is 51, Both of them participate in the hunt while I sit back with a cup of coffee and watch. 🙂

    Reply

  9. soniya Saluja

    This is such a FUN thing to make with kids And its just 2 Ingredients !! Gonna try them soon with my 4 year old 🙂

    Reply

  11. ManilaSpoon

    These chocolate coconut nests are totally adorable! I make a white chocolate version of these that my kids really love so I can imagine how much they will love these too! YUM! 🙂

    Reply

  19. Fred Nonterah

    I totally love it, it so very creative! Wow, just two ingredients? I’m a big fan of coconut and chocolate and now have a new easy snack we all would love. Thanks for sharing Gloria!

    Reply

  21. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way

    Those are so doggone cute! I wish I had a bunch of little ones still at home so I could make them. Truthfully, I think grownups would appreciate the taste and the appearance. I guess you could almost make something similar for Christmas — only for a dove. Great idea!!

    Reply

  25. Natalie

    This chocolate nests are so simple to make and look so cute. It’s perfect Easter snack for my kiddo. He loves chocolate. I can even invite him to help me make it 🙂 Great!

    Reply

  32. Andrea Broom

    how adorable are these, way cute. PLUS super easy, I would prefer dark chocolate, totally can see myself eating these all day while watching New Girl LOL.

    Reply

  33. Beth @ Binky's Culinary Carnival

    These look yummy! Perfect for the kids for Easter! They are so festive! We used to have about 10 kids come over on Easter when the weather cooperated and they would run all around trying to find the eggs! They looked so forward it! I love how easy these are! My kind of dessert now a days!

    Reply

  35. Meg | Meg is Well

    I love how you used shredded coconut rather than shredded wheat, that makes these so much better. I feel like my parents always forgot where at least 1 of the easter eggs was and us kids would find them months later. I would put whopper’s speckled robin eggs in these, those were my favorite Easter egg treat!

    Reply

  37. Alicia Taylor

    I love that these are no-bake. We used to call them TOS cookies – but we didn’t add coconut. It adds a perfect touch for spring – and so cute with thet candy eggs.

    Reply

Trackbacks

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Send this to a friend