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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These have been around for a looooong time. I can remember making them when I was a kid (when only JIF peanut butter was available!!) back in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Taught my first child (a daughter) to make them in the early 1980’s. We often change out the peanuts with cashews, that is just sooooo good. 😉
Very easy to make and they are delicious
Basically you can use any type nut, correct? We’re not fans of peanuts although we love peanut butter..go figure. ♀️
Yes, you can use another kind!
I make these with potato sticks,,sweet & salty
The chips did not melt into a creamy mixture but instead they crumbled! I’ve melted chips before in a microwave and never had this happen. Help! What did I do wrong, I used a non stick saucepan on medium heat.
Hi Sheila,
I’m sorry to hear you had issues! I recommend using the stove to melt the chips. It could be that the chips were overcooked in the microwave and they seized.
The chips were too old. Stale chips will not melt. They just crumble.
Can you use honey roasted peanuts
Yes, for sure! I bet they’d be tasty!
I don’t have peanut butter chips with just peanut butter work
Sorry darn auto correct. I only have peanut butter will that work? Or go I need the chips?
I think peanut butter would be fine because you’re are melting the chips anyways! Let me know how it turns out if you try it.
Do you use salted or unsalted peanuts? Looks very interesting to make with my grandaughter..
Either one works. I like using salted peanuts.
Growing up we used the chow mein in a black can with a close up picture of the yellow noodles.. no longer made anymore yet have not been able to find any that even come close 🙁 I always make them with Reese peanut butter chips and semi sweet chocolate chips
Yes, I remember that can! I can’t find it anymore either. Too bad because they were the best!
I make this same candy with butterscotch chips.
I have always made these with semisweet chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. Yummy
I use to make these with pretzels instead of noodles the sweet and salty together is very good.