Haystacks Recipe
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Here’s an old-time favorite that my mom used to make every Thanksgiving and Christmas when I was younger, but I think fall is perfect for this special treat, appropriately called Haystacks. This Haystacks Recipe scream fall pumpkin picking, and tailgating time to me, don’t cha think? With a mere three ingredients these are prepped in no time for the best tasting haystack I’ve ever had.
Begin with butterscotch chips/morsels, chow mein noodles, and your nut of choice. The recipe usually calls for salted roasted peanuts, but I only had some slivered almonds on hand. They were perfect. If nut allergies are a concern, just omit them altogether. They’re still mighty good without them.
Melt the butterscotch chips according to package directions. I used the microwave melting method, M3 for short. Stir together the chow mein noodles and nuts, if you’re using them.
Pour the melted butterscotch over the noodle/nut mixture.
Gently combine until all noodles are coated.
On parchment or wax paper, drop little haystacks of goodness in heaping teaspoonfuls. Let cool and firm up. I stuck mine in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Serve right away or store in airtight containers.
A crunchy, sweet and nutty combination like this can’t be beat. If you’ve never tried these, give them a go soon. Makes a whopping 50-60 haystacks.
Enjoy!
Haystacks Recipe
Haystacks Recipe
Here's an old-time favorite that my mom used to make every Thanksgiving and Christmas when I was younger, but I think fall is perfect for this special treat, appropriately called Haystacks. They scream fall pumpkin picking, and tailgating time to me, don't cha think? With a mere three ingredients these are prepped in no time for the best tasting haystack I've ever had.
Ingredients
- 24 ounces butterscotch morsels
- 5 ounces chow mein noodles
- 1 1/2 cup chopped nuts (dry roasted peanuts, almonds, or cashews are a few good choices)
Instructions
- Melt butterscotch morsels according to package directions
- Combine noodles and nuts in a large bowl.
- Pour melted butterscotch over noodle/nut mixture and gently combine until all noodles are coated.
- Drop heaping teaspoonfuls onto parchment or wax paper and let cool. Serve or store in airtight containers.
Notes
Makes about 50-60.
Oh my, I had totally forgotten about these until this post! They were one of my favorites as a kid! Yum.
Oh yeah – those look amazing. I can’t believe they only have 3 ingredients too.
Great idea! I bet a sprinkle of pumpkin spice would be tasty on these.
My dad LOVES haystacks – my mom and I used to make them for him all the time when I was a kid. Thanks for the great memory – now to make some haystacks!
The haystacks I know are made with marshmallows. These are so much easier! Not to mention less sticky…
Never tried these with nuts! My mom always used miniature marshmellows, too. Will have to give it a try with the nuts instead!
Such an easy peasy recipe..been to Julie’s and Sommer’s blog and found about this lovely Halloween festive goodies.
Made these a few years back (minus the nuts) Thanks for the reminder…going to add them to our pumpkin painting party this weekend!
I’m not sure you will realize how much this recipe means to me. I have searched for it high and low since elementary school … so basically, for 20 years. We were learning about the desert and some room-mom made these, but dyed them green. I brought one home to my mom to try and figure out what it was and she never did. I’m SO EXCITED right now!!! Can’t wait to make these!!!!
mnn…I love those things. been too long! thanks for the reminder!
These are a Christmas treat in my family. One year I made a ton of candy and burnt the butterscotch chips when making these. That is one of the WORST smells ever!
We have always mixed butterscotch and peanut butter chips to make these, now that’s yummy!
Wow! Those look so amazing. Especially that photo of all the melted butterscotch–YUM! 😀
I’ve made these for years, but I use part butterscotch chips and part chunky peanut butter. The flavors are great together!
love this my mom always make them for thanks giving!!!
Does anyone have this using potato sticks (in a can) instead of Chow Mein Noodles?
That sounds delicious! I may try that next time I make these. BTW, we always have miniature marshmallows in our haystacks, and because of allergies we can’t have the peanut butter or other nuts. But that’s okay these are out of this world!
I loved it when my Mother would make these! So good! Pinned it!
I had some of these many years ago. Since then I have made a fantastic change. I omit the marshmallows and any nuts, add one cup of chocolate chips in with the butterscotch chips and have to add a few more noodles. To die for.
That sounds crazy good!
I have had them with butterscotch and chocolate combined, very delicious!
Made them as a kid..very good..chocolate ones were called spiders and butterscotch Haystacks