Haystack Cookies

These fun and festive no-bake Haystack Cookies are made with a handful of common ingredients in less than ten minutes and are customizable for any special occasion or holiday with different sprinkles.

Course candy, cookie, Dessert

Cuisine American Italian

Keyword can you freeze haystack cookies, haystack cookie recipe, how to make haystack cookies

Prep Time 10

Chocolate Setting Time 10

Servings haystacks

Calories 265kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

White Haystack Cookies

1 cup white chocolate melts or white chocolate chips
2/3 cup salted peanuts
2 cups chow mein noodles

Chocolate Haystack Cookies

11 ounces butterscotch chips
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
4 cups dried crunchy chow mein noodles

Instructions

White Haystack Cookies

Add the chocolate chips or white melting wafers to a microwave safe bowl. Heat them in the microwave at 50% power for 30-60 second intervals until melted and smooth. Stir until the bowl is no longer warm between each interval.
Stir in the peanuts and chow mein noodles.
Using a large ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, drop the haystack cookies in a single layer with space between them on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
Allow to set for 10 minutes.

Chocolate Haystack Cookies

Add the butterscotch chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and peanut butter to a microwave safe bowl. Heat in the microwave at 50% power for 30-60 second intervals until melted and smooth. Stir until the bowl is no longer warm between each interval.
Stir in the chow mein noodles.
Using a large ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, drop the haystack cookies in a single layer with space between them on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
Allow to set for 10 minutes.

Notes

White chocolate melting wafers do better with these than white chocolate chips. White chocolate chips have additives to help keep the chip in its original form for cookies.
Find the cooked dried chow mein noodles in the Asian food section of your local grocery store.
Use smooth and creamy old-fashioned peanut butter, not the all-natural one.
When melting chocolate, make sure your bowl and utensils are completely dry. One drop of water can cause your chocolate to seize rendering it useless.
Work quickly as the chocolate sets up fast. If using sprinkles, add them as you go before the chocolate sets up.
They sell sprinkles for virtually every holiday and occasion. I have picked them up at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and my local grocery stores. Just change out the sprinkles to fit the holiday.

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