Blame it on the evening coffee habit. I made a huge batch of the crispy treats mixture, placed some in the muffin tins for the nests and then still had a lovely bowl of it staring at me.
I also have a basket of empty Easter eggs from a neighborly egg hunt hanging out on the counter. Egg shells + crispy treat mixture = a marriage of form and fun.
What I do not have is a photo of is the idea of how to present/wrap them: colored cellophane with some ribbon. By the time you read this, I would have acquired some.
In you are wondering: Yes, I will bring back some savory dishes next week but for now, Happy Easter!
Brown Rice Nut Butter Nutella Crispy Treats Easter Eggs
1/2 cup
nut butter*
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup Nutella
5 cups crispy brown rice cereal
Cooking spray
Many plastic egg shells (at least 20)
Directions
1. Combine peanut butter, honey and nutella in a medium size bowl, mix and microwave for 30 seconds at 50% power. If the nut butter is not melted, repeat for another 20 seconds. Mix well.
2. Add brown rice cereal to the nut butter-honey mixture, 1 to 2 cups at a time and stir to combine until mixture is sticky.
3. Spritz the plastic egg shells with a light dusting of cooking spray and then start filling each half with the mixture. Then stuff some more mixture in there and firmly close the plastic egg. Keep a towel nearby as you will be needing to wipe your slippery fingers. Repeat until all egg shells are filled.
4. Place in the freezer for 60 minutes. Open the plastic eggs carefully and gently remove the eggs.
5. Fill an egg cartons with them or wrap them in cellophane and tie with a ribbon.
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What are your Easter plans?
Nastassia ( Let Me Eat Cake) says
i missed these before Easter! what an amazingly cute and creative idea and i bet they taste incredible! love this!
Winnie says
Those look really tasty 😉
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
Oh these are great! And I like that they don’t use melted marshmallows like a lot of recipes I’ve seen before.
Amanda says
HI Jennifer! I haven’t heard back from you regarding the Secret Recipe Club and whether or not you received your assigned url. Can you please let me know?
Diane {Created by Diane} says
They look great! Looking forward to meeting you next week at camp.
Jennifer says
I thought about the hiding idea after I closed them all up. Next year!
Jennifer says
The easter recipes by food bloggers have been outstanding this year for sure! so much fun.
Jennifer says
Would you have adapt these Anne-Marie?
Jennifer says
I am glad you can eat them Connie.
Connie says
A crispy treat finally for us vegetarians! YUM! Thank you!
Jennifer says
Thank You Barbara. Your photos are amazing!
Anne-Marie @ This Mama Cooks! says
LOVE THESE! So clever. What a great idea. This could be a fun way to bring krispie treats for a party at school, too!
Samantha Ullrich says
These are adorable and so simple! I’ve been finding so many cute Easter recipes, I can’t choose which to make! I think my boyfriend’s kid cousins would love these 🙂
stephchows says
MMMMM I love that you used brown rice! These sound over the top delicious! It would be fun to hide something (edible) in the center of them too 🙂 bonus surprise!
Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food says
I’ve been having WAY too many Nutella moments lately and seem unable to resist the stuff. Love love love these festive little Nutella eggs. Surely the brown rice used here makes them a guilt-free choice? Please say yes!