Chocolate "Chunky" Haystacks

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cookies, Chocolate
Keywords:	peanuts, cashews, raisins, haystacks
Serves:	Makes 2- 21/2 dozen
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	5 Min

Ingredients

6 oz.	semi-sweet chocolate chips
6 oz.	butterscotch chips
1 3/4 cups	shoestring potato chips
1 cup	salted cashews or salted peanuts if preferred
1 cup	(packed) raisins
	tiny colorful candy sprinkles for the holidays if desired

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Kelly Williams

Well Seasoned

Forked River, NJ (pop. 154,396)

Wildflours

Member Since Jul 2011

Kelly's Notes:

I came up with this version incorporating some of my favorite ingredients! Tastes even better than Chunky Candybars! I HAVE to give a lot of these away at Christmastime, otherwise I could eat them ALL. :/ A fantastic, quick and easy addition to your holiday cookie tray.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Photo by me. In my pic, they are bottom right. (The chocolate ones.)

Directions

Nuke chips til melted, stirring once through.
Stir in rest of ingredients, and drop onto waxed paper-lined cookie sheet by tablespoons, mounding a bit to form little "haystacks".
Chill til set.
While chocolate is still wet, you can sprinkle them as you go along with small candy sprinkles if desired to add color and fun for a holiday.

Comments

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Regina Vassallo ReginaV52

Nov 10, 2011

can pretzels be used instead of nuts? Our cookie exchange sends trays of goodies to Children's Hospital every holiday season and I don't want to have to worry about nut allergies. Thanks!

Kelly Williams Wildflours

Nov 10, 2011

Sure! I would coarse crush (break them up into small pieces) first. :D Could even add M&M's if you think the kids would like that! :D (So, shoestring potato chips, pretzel pieces, raisins and M&M's!) Sounds good to me! :D

Regina Vassallo ReginaV52

Nov 10, 2011

GREAT!!! thank you for all those suggestions!!

Kelly Williams Wildflours

Nov 10, 2011

No trouble at all, Regina! And it's so very nice of you to make things for the kids! I hate being in the hospital and I'm an adult, I can't imagine how awful (and scary) it must be for a child. :( I'm whatever you bring will cheer them up! :D

Kelly Williams Wildflours

Nov 10, 2011

(oops, was to be I'm sure...) typed too fast LOL

Regina Vassallo ReginaV52

Nov 10, 2011

Philadelphia has a Ronald McDonald House where the families stay when their children are in CHOP and they live far away. So we try to make the holidays as special as they can be in that situation. It's really not much, but it makes them happy. And who doesn't love cookies??? lol