Easter Nests With Chocolate Oats: A Very Easy Recipe
For everyone who finds Easter nests made with buttercream too calorie-dense, here is a much lighter alternative made with dark chocolate and oat flakes. We invite you to discover this very easy recipe, which can even be done with children.
Ingredients
Here are the necessary ingredients to prepare 6 Easter chocolate oat nests:
140 g of oat flakes.
75 g of dark baking chocolate.
35 g of sweet butter.
20 g of candied orange or orangettes.
1 to 2 tablespoons of maple syrup.
Small Easter eggs for decoration.
Chopping the ingredients
The recipe for chocolate oat Easter nests is very easy. You can prepare this Easter recipe with children and let them choose their favorite toppings.
For this recipe, I used dark chocolate and added small diced candied orange peel. But feel free to use milk chocolate and other toppings such as hazelnut pieces or raisins. You can even substitute the oat flakes with other cereals like unsweetened cornflakes.
If you are using candied orange, candied orange sticks, or other candied fruits, cut them into small dice as shown in the picture.
Chocolate dough preparation
Once you have chosen the various ingredients, all that's left to do is melt the chocolate over low heat to prepare the "dough" for your chocolate oat Easter nests.
1- Break the dark chocolate into a saucepan.
2- Add the butter cut into small cubes.
3- Melt the dark chocolate with the butter over very low heat, stirring constantly.
4- When the melted chocolate is smooth and shiny, remove the pan from the heat. Add the diced candied orange peel and oat flakes and mix well.
5- Lastly, add one to two tablespoons of maple syrup to achieve a sort of chocolate paste.
Chocolate Oat Nests Assembly
For assembling the chocolate oat Easter nests, I recommend using silicone muffin molds. I used a silicone tray with muffin indentations to make it easier to unmold these Easter nests.
1- Place a tablespoon of the chocolate and oat mixture into each indentation or each small muffin mold.
2- Press down the chocolate dough with your fingers and make a hollow in the center by pressing with your thumb to get the shape of a nest.
3- Put the Easter nests in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours so that they harden from the cold.
Finishes
Once the chocolate oat Easter nests are set, carefully unmold them to avoid breaking. Be careful, they remain fragile, especially around the edges.
Arrange them nicely on a serving plate and fill each nest with three or four colorful mini Easter eggs.
