We love these snacks. Sometimes, I vary this up and use Reese's peanut butter chips or either dark or semi sweet chips in place of the butterscotch chips. It's all a matter of what you like or have on hand. The kids LOVE to make these. NOTE: I rarely keep wax paper on hand, I just drop them on tin foil.
I have been making these for 13 years. They are my husband's favorite dessert. SO easy and wonderful!! At Easter I make them deeper around the edges with a depression in the middle and put 3 small jellybeans in the center. They look like small birds nests. Really cute!!
The best haystacks recipe! Be careful about the amount of peanut butter--it will still taste great but may get sticky.
I replaced the peanuts with rice krispies and marshmallow. Yummy!!
This was my first time making Haystacks and they turned out great!!! I didn't have a double boiler so I melted my butterscotch chips & peanut butter in the microwave. I've made this recipe twice in the last 2 weeks. Second time I doubled it. Wonderful!
Unbelievably simple and delicious. After tasting at a cookie swap I immediately looked up the recipe. I followed others' advice and flattened mine a little to make easier to bite. Had to chill mine to get them to totally harden but I doubled the recipe and may have gone heavy on the peanut butter. Will DEFINATELY make again!
this is a great cookie....another variation is to use a few milk choc. chips along with the butterscotch and leave out the p.b.....yum!
Love this recipe! My mom has been making these for Christmas for as long as I can remember. However I have never had them with peanuts before...she always mixes in M&M's instead. SO GOOD! Also be sure you let the peanut butter and butterscotch cool just a little before adding in the M&M's or they will melt. The recipe she gave me was 1 12 oz package of butterscotch chips 2/3 cup peanut butter 1 cup M&M's and 3 oz can of chow mein. I buy a little more than 3 oz's and just add until it looks good.:)
Tastes great every time. Great use for the organic peanut butter that has separated and is now a big peanut blob at the bottom of the jar.
Even after I added more peanut butter and peanut butter chips, I couldn't get it to stick together.
