How to Make Your Green Coconut Nests . In the top of a double boiler, melt coating over hot, not boiling, water. Add coconut and mix together well. Add very small amounts of water to coconut mixture until it thickens enough to hold shapes. Form into small nests by making mounds and then hollowing them out with the bowl of a spoon.
Fill nests with jelly beans or molded chocolates.
Makes 8 nests. These can be made long before needed. Their flavor improves as they ripen. In a saucepan, cook sugar, syrup, and water to 265 degrees. Add marshmallow creme and beat until almost firm.