Easy Easter meringue nests made with shop-bought mini meringues, lightly whipped cream, and decorated with Cadbury Mini Eggs and crushed Cadbury Flake.
4 ingredients and 5 minutes are all you need to make these cute Easter meringues! A simple make-ahead dessert for Easter Sunday! You might also like my easy hot cross bun bread and butter pudding made with ready-made custard!
I've cheated a little bit by using shop-bought meringues in this easy recipe, but doing so means these cute meringue nests can be made in just 5 minutes!
By all means, make your own mini meringues if you prefer (with egg whites and caster sugar), but you can get really good quality (crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside) meringues these days, perfect for busy people like me! It also means you don't have to get that piping bag out!
👩🍳 Love Mini Eggs? Try my easy no-churn mini egg ice cream too!
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✔️ Why you'll love this recipe!
- Easy Easter recipe.
- Make-ahead.
- Only 4 ingredients.
- Perfect dessert for Easter Sunday.
🛒 Ingredient notes
- Meringue Nests - 8 store-bought mini meringues (buy the best you can afford!). Alternatively, make you own mini meringues by whisking egg whites, lemon juice, and sugar, then piping the mixture onto parchment paper in nest shapes and baking in the oven!
- Double Cream - lightly whipped until soft peaks form.
- Cadbury Mini Eggs - a 297g bag with a third crushed with a rolling pin, a third left whole...and a third for the chef!
- Cadbury Flake - crushed into small pieces for decoration.
🔪 How to make Easter mini meringue nests
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Whip the double cream to soft peaks. If you are using an electric whisk this should take just a minute or two, by hand it will take a little bit longer.
Two: Fill the meringue nests with the softly whipped cream using a spoon.
Three: Top with the mini eggs.
Four: Sprinkle over the crushed flake. Chill until ready to serve.
💭 Expert tips
- Whip the cream to soft peaks in a mixer with a balloon whisk attachment, handheld electric whisk, or by hand. If you accidentally overwhip your cream, add a tablespoon more of double cream and use a hand held whisk to whisk it into the mixture and rescue it!
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve the Easter meringues for dessert on Easter Sunday after a main course of lamb, roast potatoes, and all the trimmings!
The kids might like their meringues filled with mini egg ice cream instead of whipped cream! Try adding different chocolate Easter eggs on top too!
📖 Variations
- Make Cadbury Creme Egg meringues and top the whipped cream with halved creme eggs.
- Flavour the cream with vanilla extract and a little icing sugar.
- Fill the nests with chocolate buttercream instead of whipped cream.
- Make them for Mother's Day and top the whipped cream with lemon curd, fresh fruit, and blueberry compote, instead of chocolate eggs.
- Use different types of sweets and candy such as jelly beans and smarties.
- Top the Easter meringue nests with meringue cookies!
- Make one large Easter meringue instead of 8 individual ones.
🥡 Storage
Make-ahead: You can make the Easter meringue nests up to 6 hours before serving. If more than 6 hours in advance, whip the cream and crush the mini eggs and flake, but don't assemble them until you want to serve to guests.
Store: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
❓ Frequently asked questions
At the time of publishing (March 2022) Cadbury mini eggs are gluten-free. Ingredients can change over time so it's always worth double-checking yourself
Mini eggs are available to buy in all major supermarkets between February and April in the UK, so stock up when you have the chance! Some independent retailers do sell them all year round, but they are much harder to find.
😋 More Easter recipes
- Mini Egg Brownies
- Mini Egg Cookie Bars
- Chocolate Mini Egg Cookies
- Easter Chocolate Cornflake Nests
- Creme Egg Brownies
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Recipe
Easy Easter Meringue Nests
Equipment
- Rolling Pin to crush the mini eggs
Ingredients
- 8 Mini Meringue Nests
- 250 ml Double Cream heavy cream
- 297 g Cadbury Mini Eggs some crushed with a rolling pin, and some left whole
- 1 Cadbury Flake crushed
Instructions
- Whip the double cream to soft peaks. If you are using an electric whisk this should take just a minute or two, by hand it will take a little bit longer.250 ml Double Cream
- Fill the meringue nests with the softly whipped cream using a spoon.8 Mini Meringue Nests
- Top with the mini eggs.297 g Cadbury Mini Eggs
- Sprinkle over the crushed flake. Chill until ready to serve.1 Cadbury Flake
Notes
- Whip the cream to soft peaks in a mixer with a balloon whisk attachment, handheld electric whisk, or by hand. If you accidentally overwhip your cream, add a tablespoon more of double cream and use a handheld whisk to whisk it into the mixture and rescue it!
- Make Cadbury Creme Egg meringues and top the whipped cream with halved creme eggs.
- Fill the nests with chocolate buttercream instead of whipped cream.
- Make them for Mother's Day and top the whipped cream with lemon curd, fresh fruit, and blueberry compote, instead of chocolate eggs.
- Use different types of sweets and candy such as jelly beans and smarties.
- Top the Easter meringue nests with meringue cookies!
- Make one large Easter meringue instead of 8 individual ones.
Ieva
What a wonderful idea! I always have leftover egg whites, so I make meringue nests from scratch, but I love the Easter-themed decorations! Will definitely be making some of these for children this Easter!
Sara Welch
These are such fun and beautiful treats for Easter; looking forward to giving these a try this year! Definitely look too good to pass up!
Gina
I love meringue! Making these cute mini egg nests are such a fun and festive way to enjoy meringue for Easter! These are for sure going to be a hit!
Tara
Oh how fun! Such an adorable treat for Easter. I love the addition of those Cadbury Eggs and flakes.
Michelle
So beautiful and festive. I love the pastel flavors, and the meringue is perfectly light