Halloween haystacks are so cute and an easy no bake dessert to make! The perfect peanut butter Halloween treat that your kids can help you make. Just like our butterscotch haystacks we make during other holidays but shaped like mummies this time.
Halloween is a fun time to bake a create yummy creations, like these mummy haystacks!! They’re easy to do. We made these last year for Easter and made them into birds’ nests…switched it up a bit and now they’re an easy Halloween dessert! (affiliate links present)
Halloween Haystacks Recipe
Ok so when it is the holidays it is fun to bake things that look spooky. Halloween is so fun. This is one of those we came up with in the kitchen with my girls way back when. Since then as they have gotten older we have created other mummy appetizers like our Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers wrapped with crescent rolls / gauze.
Let your imagination go wild and see if you can come up with a few others that look like this! You can make is peanut butter dessert into any shape you like. It’s a great “baking” activity you can do with your kids for the fall…..just like our Halloween Rice Krispie Treats we love.
FAQ
You only need a few ingredients to make these. Use creamy peanut butter, butterscotch chips and crunchy chow mein noodles. To transform them into Halloween haystacks add frosting and edible eyes. If you want to make butterscotch haystacks for Easter, into nests, you’d need chocolate shaped eggs too.
The best way is to use a paper bowl (easy clean up) with just a touch of coconut oil. Microwave in 30 second increments stirring in between. The oil will make it smoother and not clumpy.
You could leave them out as they won’t really spoil, but any warmth will soften them quite a bit. It is best to just leave what isn’t eaten in the fridge so they remain firm and shaped properly.
If you’re referring to the edible kind like this one, it’s quite easy. You just need to combine ingredients, shape on to a piece of parchment paper and then decorate as desired.
No bake desserts are the best because they’re quick to throw together and the kids can help out too. This is a pretty inexpensive snack to make too since you only need a few ingredients and most you probably already have at home. Mine enjoy them while enjoying our Halloween Color by Number.
It’s quite an inexpensive Halloween treat to make too which is always a plus. Peanut butter is big in our house, but if you cannot have that I imagine you may be able to substitute for sunflower butter or possibly cookie butter.
Ingredient Tips
- Creamy peanut butter is preferred vs. using chunky but any brand works. Do not use natural or one that has to be stirred, it isn’t as thick so the consistency won’t be quite right.
- Butterscotch chips will be melted, I mean you really could use any flavor of chips, peanut butter varieties are the same color too.
- Crunchy noodles also called Chow Mein noodles are used for the base and yes it will be sweet when done vs savory when they start out.
- Vanilla frosting or candy melts melted are used to make the design on the top
- Candy eyes you can actually eat and look pretty realistic.
The parchment or wax paper is just so that it doesn’t stick. If it does then when you pick them up they’ll kinda’ fall apart, destroying the overall look of them. Shape them into pumpkins if you like and mix them up! I found these small candy eyeballs on Amazon but in the years since I have found them at Walmart too. Wilton makes small and large sizes. You can find them in the cake mix aisle year round.
Tips
You need to melt the chips and peanut butter together but there isn’t any baking required. Once smooth you add the chow mein crunchy noodles and stir until all pieces are coated, then spoon some on to some parchment paper, add the eyes, and pipe some vanilla frosting in a zigzag across your mummy haystacks to create this cute treat.
I just fill a pint sized freezer bag with frosting, snip the end off, and squeeze on top. Here’s a printable recipe for you.
Putting into the fridge will harden faster, keep in fridge so they remain in the shape you want until you’re ready to enjoy them. Enjoy as a fun Halloween snack and/or party food with friends.
Below is a quick video showing how easy these Halloween haystacks are to make. Give them a whirl, and while you’re at it have some more holiday fun with this Halloween word search printable, makes for a great afternoon.
Halloween Haystacks
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 c crunchy chow mein noodles
- 1/2 c butterscotch chips
- 1/2 c peanut butter
- 2 candy eyes each
- 1 tub vanilla frosting
Instructions
- Melt chips and peanut butter together in microwave for 30 seconds at a time stirring each time until smooth.
- Pour on top of crunchy noodles, mix well until coated.
- Scoop and place on parchment paper in the shapes you want them to be in.
- Add two eyes to each.
- Add frosting to a ziploc bag or pastry bag and pipe zigzag across haystacks. Let set until hard and easy to pick up.
- Putting into the fridge will harden faster, keep in fridge so they remain in the shape you want until you're ready to enjoy them.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I can’t believe how adorable these are! So excited to make these with my kids. Great idea!
My kids are so excited to make these. I love this spooky idea!
These look very good – yummy treat to make
Greatly cute treats! Looks like it tastes good too.