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Easter Sweets: Butterfinger Panna Cotta with Easter Egg Nests

Easter Sweets: Butterfinger Panna Cotta with Easter Egg Nests

by liz · Mar 1, 2019

Butterfinger Panna Cotta Nests recipe

One of my favorite Easter sweets is panna cotta, or Italian “cooked cream.” It’s an eggless custard that is silky-smooth and so easy to make. In fact, David Lebovitz writes that if it takes you more than 5 minutes to put it together, you’re doing something wrong. If you haven’t yet tried to make custard, crème brulée or flan, panna cotta is the recipe to try first.

Our easy version for Easter, Butterfinger Panna Cotta Nests, uses items you already have in your pantry, since it replaces the cream with evaporated milk. That also lowers the fat and increases the nutrients! This dish has to be made in advance so it can set in the refrigerator, leaving you free on the day of the meal to entertain or cook other dishes. Putting the ingredients together and warming them in a pan are a snap, and the shredded coconut egg nests on top are perfect for a pretty Easter table.

Panna cotta is also an extremely versatile recipe. You can experiment and make your own version by adding lemon or orange zest, almond extract or even spices like saffron, pepper or rosemary. Here are some panna cotta recipes we love using chocolate and amaretto, as well as pumpkin spice and chocolate pistachio.

Happy Easter!

Butterfinger Panna Cotta Nests 

Ingredients for 4 servings:

PANNA COTTA

  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 envelope (7 grams) unflavored gelatin
  • 1 can (12 fluid ounces) Evaporated Milk
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup crushed BUTTERFINGER BITES Candy

NESTS

  • 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
  • 4 drops green liquid food coloring
  • 2 drops yellow liquid food coloring
  • BUTTERFINGER NestEggs

Directions:

FOR PANNA COTTA:
GREASE four 6-ounce or six 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups.

PLACE water in a small bowl; add gelatin and let stand to soften.

PLACE evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat. Add gelatin mixture; stir gently to dissolve gelatin.

POUR into prepared ramekins; sprinkle with crushed Butterfinger.

REFRIGERATE for 2 hours or until panna cottas are firm.

FOR NESTS:
PLACE coconut in a resealable bag. Add green and yellow food coloring; seal bag and shake to thoroughly mix. If necessary, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of water to help color mix.

TOP panna cottas with coconut “grass”; top with 1 to 2 unwrapped Nestlé NestEggs.

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Butterfinger Panna Cotta with Easter Egg Nests
Author: Meals.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 4
 
Scrumptious Italian dessert with chocolate for spring or Easter!
Ingredients
  • PANNA COTTA:
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 envelope (7 grams) unflavored gelatin
  • 1 can (12 fluid ounces) Evaporated Milk
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup crushed BUTTERFINGER BITES Candy
  • NESTS:
  • 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
  • 4 drops green liquid food coloring
  • 2 drops yellow liquid food coloring
  • BUTTERFINGER NestEggs
Instructions
  1. FOR PANNA COTTA:
  2. GREASE four 6-ounce or six 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups.
  3. PLACE water in a small bowl; add gelatin and let stand to soften.
  4. PLACE evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat. Add gelatin mixture; stir gently to dissolve gelatin.
  5. POUR into prepared ramekins; sprinkle with crushed Butterfinger.
  6. REFRIGERATE for 2 hours or until panna cottas are firm.
  7. FOR NESTS:
  8. PLACE coconut in a resealable bag. Add green and yellow food coloring; seal bag and shake to thoroughly mix. If necessary, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of water to help color mix.
  9. TOP panna cottas with coconut “grass”; top with 1 to 2 unwrapped Nestlé NestEggs.
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Top Ten Easter Sweets Recipes

Top Ten Easter Sweets Recipes

by liz · Feb 28, 2019

Egg-Ceptional Easter Nests recipe

1. Easter Eggs in a Nest

Get ready for the Easter Bunny’s visit with this unforgettable treat shown above. Nestled in delicious butterscotch or chocolate nests, the unforgettable taste of these elegantly wrapped candy eggs will leave kids hopping for more.

 

Mini Spring Cheesecakes recipe

2. Premier White Lemony Cheesecakes

Premier white baking bars give this elegant and lemony cheesecake a smooth and creamy consistency. Try this in the Spring, Easter or a bridal shower—to rave reviews.

 

Carrot Patch Cupcakes recipe

3. Carrot Patch Cupcakes

These are almost too cute to eat! Cultivate a crop of carrots with dollops of orange icing topped with fresh mint sprigs in mini 2 1/2-inch terra-cotta pots.

 

Peanut Butter and Candy Egg Blondies recipe

4. Peanut Butter and Candy Egg Blondies

If you love peanut butter, you’re in for a real treat with these amazing blondies above. Kids and adults alike will adore these peanut butter blondies that are both baked and topped with peanut butter candy eggs.

 

Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies recipe

5. Classic Easter Cake with Coconut and Jelly Beans

This cake is nothing short of pure American ingenuity, in my mind — a sweet and sticky confection of angel food cake, marshmallow icing, and all the jelly beans you can handle. It’s a little bird’s nest for your Easter table, and its deep nostalgia for me is only matched by how easy it is to make and how fun it is to eat.

 

Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies recipe

6. Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns are lightly sweetened, mildly spiced rolls with a distinct image of a cross that runs across the top. They are specifically associated with Good Friday, and have been for almost a millennium. Over time, hot cross buns in the U.S. became extremely sweet, and today are often criss-crossed with a sugary icing, but that isn’t the recipe of yore; the original crossing mixture was more of a paste.

 

Warm Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Sauce recipe

7. Warm Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Sauce

This warm mini carrot cake recipe is made in two tiny ramekins (the same size you use for creme brulee–6 ounces). Then, make the warm cream cheese sauce the moment the cakes come out of the oven. A sprinkling of toasted pecans on top is, well, the icing on the cake.

 

Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies recipe

8. Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies

These egg-shaped chocolate chip cookies can be festively decorated with colored frosting for a sweet Easter treat.

 

Egg-Ceptional Easter Cookies recipe

9. Mini Lemon Lime Tartlets

These cute Mini Lemon Lime Tartlets above give the fresh taste of spring and are the perfect way to celebrate any occasion.

 

Chocolate Chip Easter Baskets

10. Chocolate Chip Easter Baskets

These little Easter baskets above are sure to delight everyone in your Easter celebration.

Filed Under: Recipes, Spring, Sweets Tagged With: candy, Chocolate, cookie, Easter, Easter dessert, Easter recipe, Easter sweet, egg

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