Celebrate Springtime with these adorable Rice Krispies Bird Nest Treats. Whether you need a dessert for Easter or another special Spring occasion, this treat is bound to be a hit! Let the kids help out as they’ll enjoy creating these little bird nests and topping them off with jellybeans. This is an easy dessert recipe that you can use for just about any occasion!
Ingredients:
2 C. rice krispies
1 C. pretzel sticks, broken in half
1 C. coconut flakes, sweetened
1 Tbsp. butter
½ 10oz bag Marshmallows (about 20 marshmallows)
Green food coloring
Jelly Beans
Instructions:
1. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat.
2. Add marshmallows and stir until melted.
3. Add food coloring a drop at a time until your desired color is reached. (For this recipe, we made it a pale pastel green.)
4. Add rice krispies and pretzel sticks. Stir.
5. Add coconut flakes and stir.
6. In a mini muffin tin, either spray with cooking spray or lightly butter.
7. Press the mixture into the muffin tin with buttered fingers or waxed paper.
8. Add jelly beans while warm, so they stick.
9. Let set about 20 minutes, or 5 minutes in the fridge.
10. Enjoy!
44 thoughts on “Rice Krispies Bird Nest Treats”
These are adorable and perfect for Spring! My kids are going to love them, thanks for sharing! 🙂
Oh these are going to be a hit on Easter!
These look amazing! What a really unique and creative idea to use pretzels in these. They would make a lovely Easter basket addition.
These are so adorable and a perfect little activity to do with Easter coming up! I love how you added pretzels to make them look like little sticks in the nest (SO CUTE!). xo – Kam
Oh these are so cute! I might try them without the food colouring, or maybe use a juice extract instead.
These are Easter appropriate and cute looking! I would love to gorge on them
Darling ideas and perfect little treats for easter! xo – Kam
This is a really cute idea. Perfect for a little Spring treat!
These look like they would be a lot of fun to make, (and eat)!
These are super cute and I cant wait to make them next time I go shopping! Thanks for the recipe!
These look yummy! Ingenious, as well. Good spring time treats. I’d probably “stuff” them with other things aside from jelly beans too. So many possibilities.
That’s cute to add the pretzels to look like sticks in the nests. Very fun dessert.
Looks wonderful and the kids would love to make these for Easter. Thanks.
Rice Krispies and Pretzel Sticks? Genius! Love the sweet-salty combo that these cute treats offer!
Cute to make for Easter.
Your nests look so yummy. What a fun treat for kids and adults too.
cool stuff.
What a cute idea. My kids love eating rice krispies treats.
My grandson would love helping me make these. They are so cute.
These look so cute and look really easy to make.
That is such a fun little recipe! It’s perfect for the spring season!
This looks so yummy and I will have to try out the recipe 🙂
These look so great for the season. I can’t wait to try the Rice Krispies Bird Nest Treats special recipe out. I only hope I will be able do as good as you did in the heartwarming photos.
They are so cute all of my kids love rice crispy treats
These are perfect for Easter…so cute and yet so kind of disgusting at the same time.
These are so cute. My daughters would live to make these.
This is so cool. The kids are really going to love this. Thanks for this.
I love these and going to make them.
Looking good and tasty
These are so cute. We love Rice Krispy treats at our house. I will have to give these a try. Thank you so much for sharing
What a cute & easy dessert for the kids to make!
I would have to leave out the coconut but otherwise these would make a really fun family treat.
Would it be a crime if I ate all of the black jelly beans first?
Perfect bite sized treats! Nice colours
These are so super cute.
These came out so cute! I’d probably change the jellybeans out for a different candy for my family though.
This is so cool! The best part – it doesn’t have to look absolutely perfect! Birds nests are always a bit chaotic!
These are so cute. I will have to remember this one. Thank you for sharing.
These are so cute. The grandkids would love them. Thank you for sharing.
These look simple enough even for someone like me that has a difficult time in the kitchen.
Recipe has been saved so when Easter is here, I’ll be making these.
Ive been looking for this recipe. I make wreaths and use red jelly beans for decorating them. Thanks!
These are just too cute! I have to make some for my children!
What a great idea! Thanks for the cool recipe.