Birds Nest Cookie Recipe
This Birds Nest Cookie Recipe is made with only 4 ingredients and makes a fun and delicious Easter dessert! We use pretzel sticks and butterscotch chips to make bird nests and fill the centers with colorful jelly beans for the eggs!
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups pretzel sticks
- 1 1/2 cups butterscotch chips
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil or butter
- 1/4 cup jelly beans
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside. Fill a medium saucepan halfway with water; cover and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Uncover the pan and place a medium heatproof bowl over the simmering water, allowing it to sit on the rim. Add butterscotch cips and butter to the bowl; using a rubber spatula, stir often, until just melted.
- In the meanwhile, break pretzels into 1/2-inch pieces or roughly chop with a knife.
- Once the butterscotch has melted, carefully remove bowl from the heat. Add pretzels and stir until fully coated in butterscotch mixture.
- Spoon the butterscotch pretzel mixture onto the prepared baking sheet into small piles (about 1/4 cup per nest). Spread each pile out into a 2 1/2-inch circle, then make a small divot in the center to create a nest.
- Fill each nest with 3-4 jelly beans and place the baking sheet in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until they are cooled and harden.
- Once the butterscotch nests have set, place on a serving platter and enjoy!