These Reese’s Bird Nest Cupcakes are so darn cute. Plus, they’re easy to make and tasty. Imagine Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups surrounded by more chocolate with candy-coated Easter eggs on top of it and a cake underneath. Use these adorable cupcakes to brighten up the Easter table, a Spring party, or a birthday party.
Bird Nest Cupcake
This Easter treat is so fun and easy to make. Everyone will love their chocolate frosted Reese’s treat Easter cupcake. Fun Easter cupcakes like this one and this cute Easter bunny cupcake with marshmallow bunny ears, and this cute bunny butt brownie cupcake are perfect for your Easter celebration. Add some pastel colored strawberries for a really colorful Easter display.
Ingredients
- Baked Cupcakes – cooled. It doesn’t matter what flavor you get as long as it will taste good with chocolate frosting.
- Chocolate Frosting – I used pre-made chocolate frosting from the grocery store. If you have a favorite homemade chocolate frosting, that would be fantastic.
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – I have used the original and snack-sized Reese’s. If you use the snack-sized Resse’s, you’ll use more frosting per cupcake.
- Candy-Coated Chocolate Eggs – I used Cadbury Robin eggs. I found some Whopper Candy Robin Eggs that would taste so delicious with the Reese’s
Equipment Needed
Piping bag with a large round decorating tip
How to Make a Bird Nest Cupcake
Put a little frosting on the bottom of three candy Easter eggs and place it on the center of the Reese’s cup.
Use frosting to glue the Reese’s to the cupcake center.
Pipe chocolate frosting around the cupcake all of the way to the top of the Reese’s cup
Expert Tips
You can use a wide round tip fitted on a piping bag, but if you don’t have one then put frosting into a zip-tight bag and snip a corner. Pipe the frosting out the baggie
Variations
Use a grass tip on your piping bag for thin lines. Circle them around the cupcake and the Reese’s candy
Candy Eggs
Whopper candy Robin Eggs
Jelly Bean Easter eggs
Hershey’s milk chocolate candy-coated eggs
What to Serve With
Bunny Bait Sweet and Salty Snack Mix
Make-Ahead and Storage
Although these cupcakes are best when served the same day, they can be made a few days in advance.
Ste these cupcakes in an airtight container that is tall enough to encompass the cupcake without smashing it. Store in a cool dark place.
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Serving Size
This recipe will make about one dozen cupcakes
You can make two-dozen cupcakes from one boxed mix, but you’ll need to double the amount of frosting, Reese’scandy, and eggs
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Bird Nest Cupcake Printable
Bird Nest Easter Cupcakes with Reese’s
Ingredients
- 12 cupcakes baked and cooled
- 36 Candy-Coated Chocolate Eggs cooled
- 16 oz. Chocolate Frosting
- 12 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups I have used the original and snack-sized Reese's. If you use the snack-sized Reese's, you'll use more frosting per cupcake.
Instructions
- Bake and cool the cupcakes
- Put a little frosting on the bottom of three candy Easter eggs and place it on the center of the Reese's cup.
- Use frosting to glue the Reese's to the cupcake center.
- Pipe chocolate frosting around the cupcake all of the way to the top of the Reese's cup
