No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks are an easy treat that I serve every holiday season. Made with only four ingredients, you’ll love this sweet and crunchy dessert.
I can’t even remember where I first found this recipe because I’ve been making haystacks since I was a teenager. I think it was the first holiday treat I made when I first started my family. I’ve been making them year after year without fail.
I even got my best friend, Angel, on board. She’s been making them for years since she tried them at my place 20 years ago! They are a keeper, for sure.
They are beyond easy to make and only four ingredients. Sometimes I’ll change around a few of the ingredients and use butterscotch chips with the chocolate chips.
For this recipe today, I used milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Chocolate and peanut butter is the perfect match don’t you think?
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks
Years ago I used to buy the chow mein noodles in a can. I can’t even remember the brand, but I’ve checked all the grocery stores near me and they don’t sell them. I found chow mein noodles in a bag…. about the size of a bag of chips!
I know it may seem weird to put chow mein noodles in a dessert. I’ve used ramen noodles in a dessert before. You’ll be surprised by how yummy they taste. I love each crunchy bite!
They also freeze well. At Christmas time, I make a bunch and keep a few batches in the freezer. I sometimes eat them straight out of the freezer without waiting for them to thaw.
How to Make No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks
Add the chocolate chips and peanut butter chips to a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until they are fully melted and remove from heat.
Stir in the peanuts and chow mein noodles.
Drop by tablespoonfuls on a sheet of wax paper. Let them sit at room temperature for a few hours for the chocolate to harden.
Then they are ready to eat! Yum!
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No-Bake Desserts
Are you on the hunt for more no-bake desserts? I can help! Check out these sweet treats.
- No-Bake Butterscotch Cookies: Perfectly sweet and chewy, these no-bake cookies never last long in my home.
- No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls: Whip up these decadent treats for your friends and family to share over the holidays. They also make a nice DIY gift!
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies: Rich, chewy and easy to make! Make these cookies once and you’ll never forget the recipe.
- No-Bake Nougat Bars: Prepare for a sticky sweet explosion with this No-Bake Nougat Bars recipe! Only 6 ingredients. I make this recipe every Christmas.
Make sure you try these Goldfish Drops or Rocky Road Bites, too!
It doesn’t get any easier than this recipe. What would you put in your haystacks?
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks
Ingredients
- 1 package milk chocolate chips 12 oz package – about 1½ cups
- 1 package peanut butter chips 10 oz package – about 1 ¼ cups
- 1 cup peanuts
- 2 to 2½ cups chow mein noodles
Instructions
- Combine chocolate chips and peanut butter chips in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat on the stove. Stir often until fully melted. Remove from heat.
- Add in peanuts and chow mein noodles and stir to fully combine.
- Drop a tablespoon of the chocolate mixture on a sheet of wax paper. Let sit for a few hours until the chocolate hardens.
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Yummy! I love Haystacks… I love to mix up the nuts at times (walnuts, pecans or almonds instead of peanuts) or add tiny marshmallows. Thanks for the easy-peasy recipe!
id like to try these with chocolate chips and a cup and half of peanut butter, add almond cashews chopped up mix and the noodles, yummy, one day
Oh my gosh, these look so good! And so easy to make!! Thanks for posting! My gramma makes these a lot, I’ll have to see if she has this recipe or not!
These look yummy and I have a lot of peanut butter lovers in my house!
We make these in my family too. I don’t think we’ve ever used peanut butter chips though!
I love these haystack cookies brings back memories of my Grandma who use to make them for my sister and I growing up
Oh my goodness! I am SO making these tonight.
These look so good,i wanna make the,thanks
I have never had a haystack before. I want to make these they sound so easy and look so good, and no you can’t beat chocolate and peanut butter!!
We call them spiders in my house..haystack is a good name too..or piles if barn floor sweepings..
those look great. No one else in family except myself likes peanuts or peanut butter. Not an allergy thing -just a dislike (boy are they weird!). I might have to make a batch -it is one of the only things I would never have to share!
you could leave out the peanuts as well as use butterscotch chips for pb chips..add rice crispies..I have made them with only chocolate chips and chow mein noodles..the chocolate and the crunch is great i think.