NO Bake Butterscotch Haystacks Recipe

These easy no bake butterscotch haystacks nests are the perfect dessert. Easter nests and so yummy made with peanut butter and cute chocolate eggs. You can shape these crunchy chow mein noodles in any shape you love.

Peanut Butter Haystacks

You can jazz them up with little add ins depending on what you like. This time we made them into little nests for Easter. A quick easy dessert for your get together this year. Easter nests are really easy to make!

All you need are crunchy chow mein noodles, butterscotch chips and peanut butter. Then you can add anything else you’d like. We used these fun chocolate egg candies you find at Easter time so they’d look like bird nests but Halloween Haystacks are great too.

First you’ll need a muffin pan. It makes them similarly sized and a great way to store them when you’re done. I found all of the ingredients online this time. I have picked them up in the grocery store as well. 

This is what you’re going to need to get started on these:

Butterscotch Haystacks Ingredients

1. La Choy Crunchy chow mein noodles is what the base is made of
2. Creamy peanut butter is better than chunky for this treat
3. Butterscotch morsels or chips, or really any flavor you like
4. Candy chocolate eggs or M&Ms work great with a bunch of colors

Of course if you aren’t making these for a Spring holiday you can just put large dollops on wax paper or parchment paper. Allow them to cool to room temperature until hardened and enjoy that way too.

Can you make haystacks dessert without butterscotch?

Yes! You totally can use any type of chips you want. You are going to melt it with the peanut butter to coat the crispy Chinese noodles so it doesn’t matter. Using semi-sweet chocolate chips would be another great combination of the two. Make a few and see which is your favorite!

How many calories in a butterscotch haystack?

All in moderation friends when it comes to holiday treats right? Nutritional facts will vary depending on how large your pieces are of course but the size cooled in a muffin tin has about 300 calories in them.

It is a no bake dessert which I love. It’s also easy for the kids to help you with this easy Easter dessert. We even use the same concept but made mummy haystacks for Halloween that were a real hit! 

It’s a favorite, and making them into “nests” is always a hit!  I hope you enjoy our Easter nests haystacks recipe. Check out some other easy recipe ideas on my blog and if you’re cooking with kids you should

• Try how to make ice cream at home in a bag!
• Our strawberry cake in a mug recipe is great and just takes 2 ingredients

There is a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post but here is a quick step by step for you to begin with:

How to Make No-Bake Haystacks

If you want to use the rest of your jar, try making the best ever peanut butter cookie brownies. A batch of Instant Pot peanut butter chicken is amazing for dinner too.

We make zucchini egg nests in the morning during the holidays too.

Peanut Butter Desserts No Bake

For another fun holiday idea, make our Crockpot peanut clusters. Sprinkle on the colors for Easter and they’ll be a huge hit too!