Peanut Butter Haystacks
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This easy 4 ingredient dessert is sweet, salty, and endlessly snackable! Great make-ahead recipe for game day gatherings and potlucks!
This recipe comes with two warnings: 1) it doesn’t make nearly enough and 2) if you decide to set them by placing them on cookie sheets in the cold winter air, even plastic wrap will not deter squirrels from eating several of them.
I’m serious. They’re lucky they’re so cute – I was not happy to find little bite marks and missing pieces!
Anyway, they’re divine and super easy, and they taste just like the ones my aunts always made when I was little. Woohoo!
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Peanut Butter Haystacks
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
Description
This easy 4 ingredient dessert is sweet, salty, and endlessly snackable! Great make-ahead recipe for game day gatherings and potlucks!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups chow mein noodles
- 1/2 cup salted peanuts
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat, parchment paper, or wax paper.
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl, melt together butterscotch chips and peanut butter. Stir until smooth. (You could also do this on the stovetop over a double boiler if desired).
- Add chow mein noodles peanuts and stir gently to combine.
- Drop mixture by forkfuls onto lined pans. Let sit until solidified (you can transfer them to the refrigerator, if desired, to speed up the process).
Notes
Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.
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Ashley
Ashley Covelli is a food photographer, recipe developer, and culinary instructor based in Ossining, New York. She loves helping people become enthusiastic and adventurous in the kitchen so that they can build skills and confidence to cook for themselves and their loved ones. She can almost always be found with at least 3 different beverages within arm's reach.
5 Comments
Jhonny walker
That is a fantastic image..:)
Katy ~
I am sooooo going to make these for the grands when we see them in the next couple of weeks. then I’m just going to stand back and wait for the loving!
small kitchen table
Peanut butter really is the best! I am starting to crave for peanut butter now!
Chef Aimee
I am just too scared to make these in fear I will eat the entire serving in one fell swoop! MMM!
Julie
Well, I’m glad the squirrels didn’t eat them, because they look great!