This chocolate haystacks recipe is chow mein noodles and peanuts bound with melted chocolate and butterscotch. It is not a cookie or a rice cereal bar.
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Chocolate Haystacks
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 24 pieces 1x
Description
Chocolate Haystacks. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 can (5 ounces) chow mein noodles
- 1 cup salted peanuts
Instructions
- Melt both chips together over low heat, stirring until smooth.
- Stir in noodles and peanuts.
- Drop mounds onto parchment and let them set.
Notes
Low heat. Scorched chocolate seizes and will not coat the noodles.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Noodles
Crisp chow mein noodles, not cooked pasta.
Peanuts
Salted. The salt is the point.
Set
Room temperature, or 15 minutes in the fridge.
Size
A tablespoon each.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Butterscotch out?
Use all chocolate. The cluster still holds.
Storage
Airtight, 5 days.
Coconut
A handful stirred in with the peanuts.
No oven
This is a melt-and-drop candy.