Birds Nest Cookies

This is a new cookie we made for Santa last year, but in my never ending list of things to do, I never posted this recipe. My delay actually works out because these make great Easter cookies. To be honest, they are not my favorite, but they are so easy to make. If you have little ones, they'll have fun helping, and the best part is that their fingers get dirty from forming the nests so they'll just like being able to lick their fingers when they're done.

The recipe calls for a mix of chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. I think the reason I don't like these are the butterscotch chips - they just don't taste natural. Perhaps I need to find a better butterscotch chip. But there's no reason why you couldn't make these with just chocolate or white chocolate chips. White chocolate would make a pretty cookie for Easter and spring time. And then fill with pastel M&Ms or little foiled eggs - pretty!

Ingredients:
1 bag of chocolate chips (11 ounces)
1 bag of butterscotch chips (11 ounces)
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 bag chow mein noodles (12 ounces)
candy for decorating/filling

Directions:
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in double boiler and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Stir in chow mein noodles until completely coated. Drop coated noodles onto parchment of wax paper. Make a little "well" with a spoon or your fingers in the center and add candy of your choice. The chocolate set ups fast so you need to work quickly.