Chocolate Haystack Cookies | No Bake Cookies Chews | Chow Mein Noodles

 Always a favorite during the Christmas Holiday Season, these Chocolate  and Butterscotch No Bake Cookies with Chow Mein Noodles were always a favorite during childhood that my mom made.

With all the hustle and bustle goings on, they're easy to make; can be made ahead and refrigerated; and even the kids can help!

Every generation had their name for them - some called them by Chews made with Chow Mein Noodles - my kid's generation called them Bird's Nests, and now they can be known as Haystack. 

Combine your favorite flavors and decorate! 

Other easy Christmas or Holiday Cookie Recipes
Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies with Andes Mints
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles Cookies from Cake Mix

Chocolate Butterscotch Haystack Cookies

Ingredients:

12 oz. Semi Sweet Chocolate chips (any brand will work, but to be indulgent, try Ghiradelli for a richer cocoa flavor)

12 oz. Butterscotch Chips

12 oz. Chow Mein Noodles

Sprinkles, Jimmies or Shots to decorate

• Place chocolate chips and butterscotch chips into a microwave safe bowl, and melt on high power in 30 second intervals, stirring to mix. Continue microwaving in 30 second intervals until smooth and creamy
  
  
• Add Chow Mein noodles and mix gently until fully covered
  
  
• Spoon about 2 Tbl. of mixture on to parchment lined cookie sheets
  
  
• Decorate with sprinkles while cookies hasn't set up yet
  
  
• Refrigerate until firm

Can be kept in refrigerator in an airtight container for up to about 6 days

Easy clean up in the kitchen with Handmade Cotton Dish Cloths from Moomettes Crochet Shop!

Merry Christmas! 

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Easiest Ever No Bake Christmas Cookies | Oreo Truffles Balls | Recipe

Here's one of my family's favorite easy no-bake cookie recipes. These Sandwich Cookie Oreo Truffles Balls, Poppers or Bonbons steal the show at any holiday or Christmas party!

Oreo Truffles Balls No Bake Cookies

When the holidays arrive, everyone enjoys homemade baked goodies. I always enjoy making platters of cookies, candy, breads, cakes and pies to bring to Christmas parties for family, friends, neighbors or a Cookie Exchange with co-workers. However, ingredients for baking from scratch can still be expensive and put a dent in the family budget. I always find that Aldi is the best place to shop for most items.

Add a festive touch to the kitchen with these pretty handmade crochet Dishcloths available for sale in my Moomettes Crochet shop! 

No Bake Christmas Cookies

This year I've been shopping at Aldi, and decided to give their products a try to cut down on the grocery bill. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Aldis carried everything I needed to make Oreo Truffles Balls on my baking list this year, including peppermint sandwich cookies as well as mini-chocolate chips (for another recipe I'll be posting for Chocolate Cherry Cake) They even had mini crockpots, glass pie plates and take-along containers!

In the meantime, there's still plenty of time to make these no bake Christmas cookies, even if you don't start your baking until the night before Christmas - and you still have quite a bit of time to make these Oreo Truffle Balls bonbons ahead for New Year's Eve or New Year's Day parties!

Next on my list to try are Tiramisu Poppers!  Oh my!

Check out my recipe for No-Bake Brandy Balls too !

Sandwich Oreo Truffle Balls

1 (18 oz.) package of Oreo Sandwich-type cookies (regular size, 3 rows of cookies)
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese block
4 oz white, milk, or dark chocolate bark

Add Oreo sandwich cookies to food processor and blend until fine.
Add cream cheese to Oreo sandwich cookie crumbs and blend until dough-like.
Chill mixture for 15 minutes.
Roll into bite-size balls.
Chill balls in refrigerator for 15 minutes
Melt chocolate bark in microwave according to package directions. Dip chilled Oreo sandwich cookie balls in melted chocolate using a toothpick so chocolate can "drip off".
Set covered cookie balls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment or waxed paper and let set approximately 30 minutes. If using jimmies, shots, sprinkles or decorative sugars do so before chocolate sets.

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Brandy Balls | Cookie Balls | Easy Christmas Candy Recipes

It wouldn’t be Christmas without some sweet chocolate treats. Besides Valentine’s Day, Christmas is another holiday where people give food as gifts. What better gift to give to friends or to your family than a pretty Holiday tin full of Liqueur Brandy Balls.

Easy Christmas Candy Recipe

Brandy Balls are sweet and not tooth-friendly. Some people call them Brandy Truffles.  But, it is the Christmas season and it only comes once a year. Your teeth will forgive you as long as you brush afterwards. Brandy Balls look good and are easy to make. Be sure not to leave it unattended or the ingredients may overcook and ruin your batch of candy.

Making candy doesn’t have to be hard. Start out with simple recipes and work your way up to the more difficult ones. Most candy is mixed in a saucepan over varying levels of heat.

This is my mother's recipe for Brandy Ball Truffles.  Sometime mom would make brandy balls, sometime she'd make Rum Chocolate Balls.  Some folks even like to make Bourbon Chocolate Balls.

Mom used to crush her Vanilla Wafers and walnuts with an old-fashion rolling pin. I used to do the same for years too, but now I enjoy using my Cuisinart food processor - makes short work!

However, I do stick with tradition and use my mom's now vintage glass Pyrex mixing bowls that I inherited!

I haven't made these Brandy Balls in quite some time.  In years past I would start making my Christmas candy recipes the day after Thanksgiving.  But fast forward, and the Friday after Thanksgivings is now Black Friday, and I'm usually out trying to score Black Friday deals.

These Brandy Balls need some time to ferment.  The first time charming son-in-law ever tasted them, he said "whoa!"

That's just how good they are!

Check out my recipe for No Bake Oreo Truffles Balls and other cookie exchange recipes too!

Every year after Thanksgiving I start to make my Brandy Balls recipe.  Sometimes I make Rum Balls.  Think I'll be sending some up to my brother in Upstate New York, along with a few of my crochet handmade Dish Cloths that I sell at my Moomettes Shop. Aren't these old fashion handmade dishcloths pretty?

Brandy Ball Chocolate Truffles

12 oz package chocolate chips morsels
6 Tbl. Karo syrup (clear)
1 c. brandy, rum, bourbon or whiskey
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. confectioners sugar
5 c. crushed Vanilla Wafers

Mix together in a large mixing bowl chocolate chips and Karo syrup

Add brandy, rum, bourbon or whiskey, or liqueur flavored extracts if you desire, and mix well

Add together chopped nuts, confectioner's sugar and vanilla wafers

Mix all ingredients together and let stand for 1/2 hour in refrigerator

Roll into balls in confectioners sugar or nuts

Store in an air-tight container until ready to serve

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