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Scotcheroo Bird's Nest Treats

If you love scotcheroos you'll love these scotcheroo bird's nest treats! Bite-sized, topped with chocolate eggs, and perfect for Easter!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword bird's nest, butterscotch, easter, kelloggs, rice krispies,, scotcheroos
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 30 treats
Calories 175kcal

Equipment

  • saucepan
  • wooden spoon
  • mixing bowl
  • microwave safe bowl
  • mini muffin pan

Ingredients

  • 1 cup corn syrup
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 6 cup Rice Krispies cereal
  • 2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup butterscotch chips
  • chocolate egg candies

Instructions

  • Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Heat syrup, peanut butter and sugar over medium heat until smooth and sugar has been dissolved. Remove from heat.
  • Pour peanut butter and syrup mixture over 6 c. of rice cereal. Stir until completely coated.
  • Scoop mixture into the muffin tin using a medium cookie scoop (2 Tbsp. scoop). Press down with spoon to flatten.
    Allow scotcheroos to cool 15 minutes.
    Remove scotcheroos from muffin pan and place on serving dish.
  • Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips in a double boiler or microwave.
  • Spoon chocolate over each scotcheroo. Add a few chocolate eggs.

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Notes

This recipe makes 30 mini muffin-sized treats or 15 regular muffin-sized treats. Most mini muffin pans have 24 cavities. I usually make 24 mini bites and 3 regular muffin-sized treats.
For more chocolate flavor you can make these with cocoa pebbles cereal.

Nutrition

Calories: 175kcal