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Simple Easy Semi Homemade Recipes for Everyone

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Bird Nest Easter Brownies

by Angie

Take the a pan of simple fudge brownies, some frosting and easy decorating and transform them into these super cute Bird Nest Easter Brownies! These Bird Nest Easter Brownies are perfect for Easter Sunday or any Spring time event! 

Frosted Bird Nest Easter Brownies with Robin Eggs on top

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These Bird Nest Easter Brownies are so easy to make and I love that this dessert recipe is a semi homemade recipe! We all know that holiday meals, like Easter, take a lot of work and sometimes an easy dessert is just what we need to pull the meal together.

Quick glance at what you’ll need to make Bird Nest Easter Brownies: (amounts in recipe card below)

    • box fudge brownie mix
    • water
    • oil
    • egg
    • cream cheese frosting
    • Robin Egg Candies
    • toasted coconut

    TOOLS:

    • M1 tip
    • piping bag

How to make Bird Nest Easter Brownies:

Plain Brown Squares on white base
We’re making these cute little Easter brownies semi-homemade which is why I’m using a boxed brownie mix for this post. But Feel free to use my homemade brownie recipe and homemade cream cheese frosting for these! 
Preheat oven to 350F. In a bowl combine the brownie mix, water, oil and egg. Mix well. Line a 8×8 pan with foil or parchment paper. Lining the pan with parchment or foil will make it easier to lift the cooled brownies out of the pan so that they can be cut easier. 
Bake brownies for 30 minutes or until done. Leave them in the pan and let them cool completely. Make sure these brownies are completely cool before you start to decorate them or they will melt the frosting into a big mess.
Brownie with Cream Cheese Frosting on left and Brownie with Frosting and toasted coconut on the right
Once the brownies are cooled and it’s time to decorate:
Fill a piping back with a M1 Open Star Decorating Tip.  Frosting the brownies with a back and forth motion while applying pressure to the piping bag until entire brownie is covered.
Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of toasted coconut onto frosting to make a “bird nest”.
To make toasted coconut: Pour sweetened coconut into a skillet set on medium heat. Stir and toast for 10-15 minutes until most of coconut is toasted. Remove from and let cool.
Bird Nest Easter Brownies - robin egg candies ontop of frosted brownie with toasted coconut under candy to look like a bird nest
Add three Robin Egg candies to center of each nest.
  • Jelly Beans or Small Cadbury Eggs can be used instead of Robin Egg Candies.
Robin Egg Candies on top of a frosted brownie with toasted coconut

QUICK GLANCE Bird Nest Easter Brownies FAQ:

  1. Can I use a homemade brownie recipe?   Yes! This homemade brownie recipe here is a great one to use.
  2. Can I use homemade frosting? You sure can! This cream cheese frosting recipe here is great but this Homemade Marshmallow Frosting or Homemade Chocolate Fudge Frosting would be great too!
  3. I don’t like Robin Egg Candies! What else can I use? Jelly Beans or Small Cadbury Eggs would be cute for decorating these brownies!

More Cute Easter Desserts:

Bird Nest Easter Brownies

Frosted Bird Nest Easter Brownies with Robin Eggs on top

Bird Nest Easter Brownies

Yield: 8X8 PAN OF BROWNIES - 4 or 6 brownies depending on how they're cut
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Additional Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

Take the a pan of simple fudge brownies, some frosting and easy decorating and transform them into these super cute Bird Nest Easter Brownies! These Bird Nest Easter Brownies are perfect for Easter Sunday or any Spring time event! 

Ingredients

  • 1 box fudge brownie mix
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 can store bought cream cheese frosting
  • 18 Robin Egg Candies
  • 2 tablespoons toasted coconut

Tools:

  • M1 tip
  • piping bag

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a bowl combine the brownie mix, water, oil and egg. Mix well.

Line a 8x8 pan with foil or parchment paper.

Bake brownies for 30 minutes or until done.

Leave them in the pan and let them cool completely.

Pipe frosting onto cooled brownies with a M1 Open Star Decorating Tip.

Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of toasted coconut onto frosting to make a "bird nest".

Add three Robin Egg candies to center of each nest.

Notes

To make toasted coconut:

Pour sweetened coconut into a skillet set on medium heat. Stir and toast for 10-15 minutes until most of coconut is toasted. Remove from and let cool.

  • Jelly Beans or Small Cadbury Eggs can be used instead of Robin Egg Candies.

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          Take the a pan of simple fudge brownies, some frosting and easy decorating and transform them into these super cute Bird Nest Easter Brownies! These Bird Nest Easter Brownies are perfect for Easter Sunday or any Spring time event! 

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