These tasty little ginger people, which were created with Duncan Hines spice cake mix, can be decorated using your magic. Or, create a new family custom by having your kids help you bake these gingerbread guys.
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 nests |
Ingredients
- 4 cups chow mein noodles
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 30 small jellybeans
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with foil and grease with spray-on cooking oil.
- Pour noodles into a large bowl. Melt the butter and marshmallows over medium heat, stirring until smooth. Pour marshmallow mixture over noodles, stirring until well coated.
- Rub some butter on hands and form noodle mixture into six round balls. Place balls on prepared cookie sheet. With the back of a teaspoon, press the center of each ball to make a hollow indentation.
- Let nests set until they are firm. Fill each with small jelly beans. (Other small candies of your choice may be substituted, such as M & M’s, small gumdrops, chocolate covered raisins, chocolate covered peanuts, etc.)
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 307 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 195 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
These were a hit at the family Easter lunch. Some changes I made after reading the reviews: I didn’t really measure anything, they’re pretty goof proof. The can of chow mein I used was a little over half the amount the recipe called for and it still filled a full 12 cup muffin tin (used to help with shaping, I cooled them in the fridge a bit then just put them on a serving tray after they got into shape). I added about a quarter cup of peanut butter and used marshmallow fluff. So fun, tasty, and extremely easy! I think I’ll do it again at fourth of July and use Red, White, and Blue M&M’s for ‘eagle’s nests’.
These were really good and so easy to make. I added honey for a little more sweetness and some Cadbury mini eggs on top! Adorable!
Sticky but easy to make and fun to decorate and eat!
Really cute and easy. Can definitely make more than 6 with the recipe. I did 8 but still could’ve made nests smaller. I put a Peep chick on middle of each nest 🙂
I’d add more peanut butter next time!
This was loved by all. Not too sweet!
They were pretty good i liked them but some of my siblings didn’t
Just made these for Easter. Fun conversation piece. Glad for reviews suggesting using muffin tins. Used ingredients specified but may attempt adding other flavors like chocolate or pb.
Fun, tasty and cute. I added colored sprinkles to the marshmallow mix, and used Jelly Belly jellybeans from the $Tree for the eggs. Grandkids and I had a marvelous time making them!
We covered ours in chocolate and filled them with Cadbury eggs. Well the eggs were great but we didn’t like the chow mein noodles with or without the chocolate coating! I may try this recepie again with pretzels instead of noodles.
Made these for the first time with my daughter. Not only fun to make but good to eat!!! I followed the lead of other reviews and made them in a muffin pan sprayed with butter cooking spray. I also dusted them with a little cocoa powder to give them a more “nest” like look. Will definitely make these again!!!
Adorable and delicious! I added 1/2 c butterscotch chips with the butter and I got 12 nests out of the recipe. I also put a marshmallow peep next to it will it was still sticky. My fourth grade class LOVED them!
I made the recipe as directed and they turned out alright, just very rich and almost too big. To actually make a little nest with eggs in it, requires quite a bit of the chow mein noodles. Then with how rich it was, they were almost too much to eat for one person. The recipe is creative and neat but not an ideal snack.
This was super easy to make and taste great. I added 2 tablespoons peanut butter for addition sweetness. My grandchildren loved the peanut butter and chow mein noodles. Just remember not to leave the nest out to long because they will starting melting .
Great recipe to make with a toddler! My 2-year-old had a blast pouring in the ingredients, and counting out 2 jelly beans for each nest and putting them in. It was also a great way to practice colors (she named them as she put the “eggs” in the nests).
Essential to a keep a pat of butter handy to re-butter fingers between forming each nest. Recipe makes a dozen generous cupcake-size nests — six huge nests would be more than one person could eat. Added four dollops of peanut butter for yummy flavor.
This is worth 5-stars for the fun factor and cuteness alone, although I actually think they’re quite tasty too! I make mine just a little differently, although the basic idea is the same. I use 2 c. of the mini marshmallows and 1/4 c. butter to the 4 c. of chow mein noodles. Not saying the way I do it is better than this recipe as is, it’s just what has worked well for me. I form the nests by filling sprayed muffin cups, then hollowing out the center while building up the sides with my buttered fingers. Rather than jelly beans, I use Jordan almonds in a beautiful robin’s egg blue.
Yummy. Fun to make and serve.
I made these last year as place setters. They were adorable AND tasty! I used chocolate candy coated eggs instead of jelly beans. I took mini sticky notes and wrote everyone’s name on one, attached them to toothpicks and then put one in each bird nest to set at each place setting. I have been asked to make them again this year!
Very cute and tasty!
Very cute. I added come chocolate chips to mixture to give it a little extra flavor, but was still kind of bland. Did like other reviewers and formed them into muffin pans. Instead of jelly beans I used Hershey’s pastal eggs.