Rice Krispie Easter Nests

I love holidays! I enjoy all of them...well maybe not "Scrub Your Bathroom Grout Day" but just about any other holiday. I really enjoy seeing the holiday through the eyes of my grandkids. I'm always looking for fun and easy decorations and treats to make good memories for my family. When I saw a picture of these little nests on Pinterest I had to try them for myself. The recipe originally came from Kellogg's.

This is my spin on this little treat:

 I put sweetened coconut in a ziplock bag and added green food coloring. I closed the bag up tight and then shook and kneaded the bag until the coconut turned green. 

 Next, I made a batch of Rice Krispie Treats using the recipe on the side of the Rice Krispie cereal box. The only change I made was I used 1/2 chocolate marshmallows because I had some left over after hot cocoa season and I figured it would give my nests a more natural color. In the future unless I have chocolate marshmallows to use up I will probably use all white marshmallows. Either way is fine.

I sprayed a mini muffin pan with PAM and quickly put about a rounded tablespoon of cooked cereal mixture in each cup. I sprayed my hands with PAM and pushed the mixture into the cups to form small nest shapes. This was a sticky, messy job! I wasn't sure if the end result was going to be worth the mess.

I sprinkled the green coconut into the cup and then added a couple of jelly beans to each nest. I think they came out quite cute...but what did the taste testers think?

What was the taste tester's bottom line?

I guess these pictures tell it all!

The bottom line: Although the Rice Krispie Treat recipe is messy to make, it is worthwhile when you see the happiness it brings to the taste testers!

Isn't that just too cute?!