so. i signed up to bring the treat for rush’s preschool class party yesterday. what do we do first in this day and age, when faced with such a task? why, head to pinterest and search whatever you are looking for, only to find a bevy of suitable options. i found an adorable idea and set out to make it. i would make these little bird nests with a cute peep and a few chocolate eggs too. done!
i go about making this little recipe…it seems pretty simple. melt the butter and marshmallows together, then stir in chow mein noodles and meld them into little nests, let cool, and then add the nest inhabitants.
i love how the recipe casually says, “oh yeah, coat your hands with cooking spray or shortening so they don’t stick to the mixture” – i did that and it worked for the first three seconds (generous estimate) i had my hands in that pot. here’s what it looked like the rest of the time … on my fresh birthday manicure … !!
i don’t think that picture even begins to show the intricacies of these spiderwebs i was dealing with. i mean, i don’t know if i did something wrong or what, but the concoction in my pot was superglue. i could only manage to drop a few lumps of the stuff – no nest melding going on – onto parchment paper and then rbb came in behind me and quickly pressed a peep onto it. i could barely even get my hands off of one to move onto the next!!! what the HECK?!?!?!!?
i’m getting all hot and bothered remembering how frustrating it was.
anyway. they turned out cute i suppose.
except the poor preschoolers could not break apart the CEMENTED together chow mein noodles…so they had to be broken up by kind teachers and parents.
sign. it’s fashion over function for me even in the preschool treats arena. i’ll never learn.
xoxo