Choose a 200 g bar of your favourite chocolate - milk, plain or white - and then have fun making these Easter nests.  They are a great treat for tea on Easter Sunday. 

My daughter Lola had the idea to add crushed shredded wheat instead of the more commonly used cornflakes, she thought they looked more 'nest like' and I would definitely agree. 

Once you have made the nests keep them in an airtight container or in the fridge.  

Happy Easter!

Cute photo taken by Susan Bell

Makes about 10 nests

Ingredients

200 g milk (or plain or white) chocolate, whichever you prefer
50 g butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
100 g shredded wheat
about 30 mini chocolate eggs (3 in each nest)
10 paper cases

1. Put 10 paper cases into a fairy cake baking tray.
2. Crumble the shredded wheat into a bowl to break it into small pieces.    
3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and put into a saucepan.
4. Add the butter and syrup.
5. Heat the pan very gently, keep the heat on the lowest setting, you don't want the chocolate to get too hot.  Stir the ingredients with a wooden spoon until the chocolate and butter have melted.  If the mixture starts to go solid, don't panic, just keep stirring until it has melted together and is smooth.
6. Carefully put the saucepan on a mat on the table.
7. Quickly add the shredded wheat to the chocolate mixture and stir to coat the shredded wheat in the chocolate mixture.
8. Using two spoons spoon the mixture into the paper cases.  
9. Using the back of a teaspoon push the middle of each nest down to make a little 'hollow' or 'nest'.
10. Leave to cool.  Then put 3 little eggs in each nest.