Butterscotch haystacks with peanut butter are like a cross between a candy and a cookie — an easy-to-make confection that requires no baking! Popular optional mix-ins for these butterscotch haystack cookies include chocolate chips, peanuts, and raisins.
These treats (and ones very similar) have lots of names — we found some called P-nutty Butterscotch Crunchies (1961 — see more about that one below our recipe), Hopscotch (1962), Butterscotch Crunchies (1966), Butterscotch Spoonoodles (1967), Chow Mein Chews (1977), Hopscotchlers (1983) and Butterscotch Hopscotch (1983).
“Call them what you may, it seems that almost everyone has a recipe for the combination of uncooked Chinese noodles, butterscotch bits and nuts,” wrote Helen Moore in The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) back in February 1981. “I received 27 different names last week from about 95 readers,” she added.
Butterscotch haystacks/Hopscotch cookies recipe
Oakland Tribune (California) May 16, 1962
A few key ingredients, small butterscotch candies for baking, chow mein noodles, miniature marshmallows and peanut butter, combine for a new cookie-like confection.
You’ll be making Hopscotch cookies again and again through the summer, for they’re a no-bake treat that goes together in minutes.
MORE: Get 7 classic recipes for deliciously decadent old-fashioned 7-layer bars (aka magic cookie bars)
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Butterscotch haystacks with peanut butter
Here's an easy vintage dessert made with butterscotch chips, peanut butter and chow mein noodles. They create a butterscotch cookie-like confection that requires no baking!
Popular optional mix-ins for these butterscotch haystack cookies include chocolate chips, peanuts, and raisins.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 2 cups canned chow mein noodles
Instructions
- Melt butterscotch candies for baking over hot, not boiling, water.
- Stir in peanut butter.
- In a large bowl, mix miniature marshmallows and chow mein noodles.
- Add the heated butterscotch mixture and blend thoroughly, moving quickly to cover the noodles before the mixture begins to firm up.
- Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto wax paper-lined cookie sheet. Chill until set — about 30 minutes.
Notes
You can also make these like cookie bars: Spread mixture evenly in greased nine-inch square pan. Chill until set. Makes 36 1-1/2-inch squares.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 116Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 143mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g
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Bonus similar recipe: P-nutty butterscotch crunchies (1961)
