Easter Chocolate Nest Cupcakes

Easter Chocolate Nest Cupcakes are cute, festive and adorable little Easter cupcakes. They are a super easy and simple Vanilla Cupcakes with a Chocolate frosting on top and decorated with Easter Cadbury Eggs on top.

Easter is one of the most fun holidays when it comes to the food. Especially Easter desserts are really cute and super adorable at the same time. I just love Easter because its one of those holidays where we can make some of the cutest desserts.

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Aside from the Traditional Easter cakes or Italian Easter Bread or the Hot Cross Buns, Easter is the best time to make some desserts using delicious Cadbury Chocolate Eggs.

Cadbury Chocolate Eggs are just perfect to make Easter Nest Treats which kids love for sure but even adults won't be able to get enough of this. From Rice Krispie Easter Nest treats to Chow mein noodles to make Nest treats to Easter Cupcakes all of them are so cute and so much fun.

Ingredients needed to make Easter Nest Cupcakes

• Dry ingredients:
• 1. 1 cup All Purpose Flour
• 2. 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• Wet Ingredients:
• 1. 1 cup Milk
• 2. 1 stick Unsalted Butter (melted)
• 3. 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 4. 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• 5. 1 Egg Chocolate Frosting
• 1. 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2. 1/2 CUP Dark Chocolate (melted)
• Green Frosting
• 1 drop Green Gel food color
• Cadbury Easter Eggs

How to make Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes

1. Add the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined

2. Add the wet ingredients and beat until combined

3. Transfer to a lined muffin tin

4. Bake @350F or 180C for 15-20 min

5. Make Chocolate ganache frosting and green frosting

6. Add the green frosting around the edges of cupcake to make "grass"

7. Add the chocolate frosting in the center and fill in with Cadbury Eggs.

Flavour Variations:

I have made these Vanilla Cupcakes, however feel free to add in flavors of your choice. You can add some cocoa powder to make Chocolate Cupcakes, also you can add some Lemon Juice & Lemon Zest to make Lemon Cupcakes.

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Chocolate Ganache Frosting

When it comes to making these Easter Nest using frosting you can use a simple Chocolate Ganache Frosting or even a Chocolate Buttercream frosting.

The green grass is a simple whipped cream frosting with some green food color added to it. However you can use a buttercream frosting with green food color as well.

How long do these Easter Nest Cupcakes stay fresh?

You can store these Easter Nest Cupcakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator or in a cool place for 2-3 days.

You can alternatively freeze these cupcakes. However its best to not store frosted cupcakes.

However if you're planning to make these Easter Nest Cupcakes ahead of time, just wrap the baked and cooled cupcakes individually using a plastic wrap. Remember to thaw the cupcakes overnight in the refrigerator before you reuse them.

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