Cooking Activity – Chocolate Easter Nests
These lovely nests are colourful, simple to make and are tasty! They’re also quick to put together and look great. This is a fun activity that both adults and children will enjoy doing while learning different mathematical and science concepts.
Ingredients:
Makes 12 nests
• 200g chocolate
• 12 paper cupcake cases
• 100g cornflakes
• A knife
• 75g butter
• A saucepan
• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• A wooden spoon
• 24 chocolate eggs
• A muffin tray
Get your ingredients together. Then ask your child: ‘how do we weigh the ingredients?’, or: ‘what do we use to weigh the ingredients?’. Explain to the children the importance of using scales for measuring. To make the activity more challenging you can also compare different weights and introduce the concepts of heavy and light.
Break the chocolate into chunks and chop the butter into cubes. With the help of an adult, put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup into the saucepan and melt together over a low heat, stirring frequently. Ask the children what they think will happen to the chocolate and butter once you put them on the stove? (They melt because of the heat from the fire).
Let the melted chocolate mixture cool for a couple of minutes and then pour over the cornflakes. Mix the chocolate and cornflakes together.
Place the paper cupcake cases into the muffin tray. Ask the children to count the cupcake cases while putting them in the muffin tray. Help the children spoon some chocolate cornflakes mixture into each case.
Place the chocolate eggs on the top of each nest. The adult can tell the child or write a number on a piece of paper of how many eggs to put in each nest and child will do so while counting. This helps to improve number recognition and value.
Leave to set and then…ENJOY!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the love and happiness that only Easter can bring! Have a joyous celebration with your family!
Ms Maria Camilleri K 2.2
St Ignatius College, Patri Ġużè Delia, Siġġiewi Primary 