What You Will Need

For the Base

• 2 cups shredded coconut
• ½ cup castor sugar
• 2 egg whites, lightly whisked

For the Filling

• 80ml thickened cream
• 2 strips lemon rind
• 180g white chocolate
• Yellow food colouring
• Black gel food colouring
• Orange mini M&Ms

How To Make It

Step One: Pre heat oven to 160°C and grease a rounded bottom patty tin.

Step Two: Mix together coconut, sugar and egg whites.

Step Three: Place heaped tablespoons of coconut mix into the patty tin and using wet hands, press into the tin.

Step Four: Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden.

Step Five: Allow nests to cool in the pan for 5 mins, then completely cool on a wire rack.

Step Six: While nests are cooling, bring to boil cream and rind over MEDIUM-HIGH heat.

Step Seven: Set cream aside to cool for 5 minutes.

Step Eight: Place chocolate in a separate bowl, bring the cream to boil, and then pour cream over chocolate. Discard the rind and stir until chocolate has melted.

Step Nine: Add a few drops of yellow food colouring and set aside to cool and thicken.

Step Ten: Spoon cream mix into coconut nests.

Step Eleven: Using the mini M&Ms and black food colouring, decorate the nests to look like baby chicks.

Step Twelve: Pop in the fridge to set.