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Coconut Birds Nests Cupcakes

Author: Jen CIncyshopper

Ingredients

  • CAKE:
  • 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 1/4 cup Water
  • ICING:
  • 1/2 cup softened Butter
  • 2 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tsp Milk
  • NEST:
  • 2 cup Shredded Coconut
  • 2 cup White Melting Chips
  • 72 Blue Easter Egg Candies like Cadbury Mini Eggs

Instructions

  • Make cupcakes according to box directions.
  • Allow to cool.
  • Toast coconut on cookie sheet in 275 oven for 15 minutes.
  • Melt chocolate in microwave by heating for 30 seconds then stirring and repeating until chocolate is melted and smooth.
  • Mix coconut and chocolate until well blended.
  • Spoon coconut mixture onto parchment or wax paper in heaping tablespoon sized portions (these need to sit on top of cupcakes).
  • Let them st up for a few minutes, then using a teaspoon make an indentation in the middle.
  • Set 3 eggs in the middle of each nest while chocolate has not completely set.
  • Transfer nests to refrigerator for 10 minutes to set completely.
  • Cream butter, vanilla and powdered sugar in mixing bowl.
  • Slowly add milk until desired consistency icing is reached.
  • Ice the tops of cupcakes and place a nest on the top of each.