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Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes with HERSHEY’S

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Easter is one of my favorite Holidays. In our home we are very religious, so celebrating the meaning of Easter is a special time. I love teaching my kids about the Resurrection of Christ and what that means for us. We are also very careful to make sure the real meaning of Easter is more prevalent than the fun candy celebrations. BUT we do like to have fun, especially since there is so much yummy Easter candy to enjoy and so many cute ideas of what to do with it. I wanted to share a couple of the Easter treats I’m making with my kids this year.

HERSHEY’S generously sent me a big box full of amazing Easter candy. From this box I was able to come up with a couple cute ideas for Easter, as well as just shove a bunch of chocolate in my mouth! Good times! Hershey’s has a fun recipe for Coconut Cake Nests, I have my own spin on it with the Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes.

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Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes

What you need:

  • Box Cake Mix
  • Coconut
  • Green Food Coloring
  • Cadbury Mini Eggs
  • HERSHEY’S Chocolate Covered Almond Eggs
  • Buttercream Frosting

Directions:

  • Bake the cake mix as cupcakes as directed on the box.
  • Make the frosting as directed through my link above (or buy frosting) and dye it green.
  • Add 1 1/4 cups of coconut to a bowl. Add 5 drops of green dye. Stir it around until the coconut is completely colored. (NOTE: There will be dark pieces of coconut where the drops fell on it.)
  • Once the cupcakes are frosted, dip them in the bowl of green coconut. Rotate the cupcake until the frosting is completely covered in coconut.
  • To get the Easter egg candies to stay on the cupcake you will need to add a tiny dollop of frosting on the top.
  • Press three egg candies into this frost and move them around until they are positioned where you want them.
  • Finally, sprinkle more coconut on top of the dollop of frosting so that it is no longer visible.
  • You now have DARLING Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes!

The finished cupcakes are so darling. The coconut looks like a cute grassy nest.

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You can also change it up by using HERSHEY’S Chocolate Covered Almonds Eggs as well.

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Another idea for spreading Easter joy with your friends and neighbors is to assemble an Easter basket filled with toys and candies and  secretly drop them off with friends. Hershey’s offers several fun Easter basket themes. We have done this for several years. The kids get a kick out of “ding dong ditching” houses and secretly leaving the treats. The hardest part for them is to keep the secret. This is a fun way to spread love this Easter season. It’s easy to celebrate Easter with Hershey’s.

Comments

  6. Brandi Davis Bryant says

    I love the coconut marshmallow nests on the Hershey’s site. I love the chocolate love notes too. I also love the cupcake nests. Thanks for the giveaway. Good luck everyone.

  21. Cassandra Eastman says

    I’d love to make the Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Easter Bunny cake, so cute and delicious i’m sure!

  23. Jackie says

    I like the recipe for Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets. They are so cute and sound delicious.
    Thank you!

  34. Melissa Hartley says

    My favorite recipe & one that looks pretty complex for me, haha:
    MOUNDS Coconut Easter Basket Cake

    Thank you.

  39. Georgette says

    The Peanut Butter Easter Bonnets and all of the different Easter cupcakes look great!

  43. AndreaH says

    My favorite recipe is for the Chocolate-Filled Breakfast Crescents. I can definitely see me eating these for breakfast!

  49. Tiffani Jade says

    Mmmm….I like the chocolate truffle peanut butter egg easter pie. Looks so yummy!

  53. Dorothy Teel says

    I would love to try this recipe over hot buttered biscuits, sounds yummy to me. Chocolate-Maple Breakfast Syrup

  67. Jammie says

    Lots of yummy recipes, the Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars caught my eyes though, they look so yummy.

  71. hedgehogi says

    I’d love to try the Hershey Peanut Butter Kissed Pie! YUMMY! I bet its to die for.

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  76. Linda Bradshaw says

    I would like to try the HERSHEY’S “PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” Easter Bunny Cake. That is so cute.

  87. Jen R says

    I visited the Celebrate with Hershey’s site and I would love to make the Chocolate-Filled Breakfast Crescents recipe for Easter morning.

  93. Michaela K says

    My sons would love the Easter Bunny Racers with Reese’s eggs and Rolos. Adorable, too!

  131. susan smoaks says

    my favorite recipe is the Velvety Chocolate Cream Pie

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  150. Janice Crespo says

    I love the peanut butter Easter bonnets with the Reese’s – definitely going to try them this year – perhaps we will have a new tradition – I know they will be a hit here! LOL

  159. Desiree Dunbar says

    I’d love to use the HERSHY”S Egg stencils to decorate eggs with my kids.

  179. Casandra says

    The racers are so perfect! We’ve done a few crafts like this in my family, I think we’ll try this one this year. So so cute!

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