Guest Blogger! Butterscotch Chow Mein Candy
Today we have our first guest blogger! My son, Brady, has always loved to tinker about in the kitchen. He comes up with fabulous recipes (like when he slices bananas, mixes them with raisins, and tops our waffles with them!). This is his favorite candy to make and so I am very pleased to introduce him as Southern Plate’s first guest blogger!
You will need: Bag of butterscotch chips, little bit of shortening, and chow mein noodles!
Stir until it looks like this!
YUMM!! These are super simple and my kids go crazy over them! A great cooking project for any kid to do with their parents!
Butterscotch Chow Mein Candy
1 bag Butterscotch chips
1 T shortening
1 bag chow mein noodles
Melt together chips and shortening. Stir in noodles and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and allow to dry.
Tomorrow, I’m going to give you a recipe that is economical, delicious, men ♥ it, kids ♥ it, AND it will save you from having to cook this weekend!
Remember, WE LOVE COMMENTS!! Thank you for reading!!
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These treats are always yummy and so easy to make! I am glad to have the reminder and will probably be making some this weekend. Glad to see little ones getting to start cooking/baking early!
Thank you for reading!! My son would be in the kitchen every day if I let him! Unfortunately, with only 5×8 feet floor space, its not too conducive to family cooking experiences!
Have a great weekend and enjoy your candy!
Hi Christy , I love my kids helping out in the kitchen. Our space is small as well but I can never keep them out. It so funny all it takes is the sound of the mixer going and they come a running. I love that candy and its so simple to make. Great post.
Hi chef Brady!!
That’s the best candy recipe I’ve ever seen.
It sounds and looks very tasty, and I’m sure I’ll give it a try soon, because now I want to eat them too!
Thanks for sharing and keep on cooking
Mommy’s Kitchen: Thank you for reading Brady’s post! He is thrilled with all the comments! He’s famous now! ~grins~
Someday we’ll have the kitchens we deserve…
That’s the cutest guest blogger I’ve ever seen!
These look good! I’ve done something similar, except I used chocolate chips, then turned the mass of chocolaty chow mein noodles into nest shapes and filled them with mini robin eggs and marshmallow Peeps for Easter. I’ll definitely have to thy these with butterscotch chips. Yumm!
Stephanie:
You know, I keep looking at that pic and thinking about how cute he is. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pulled up my site just to see that cute little pic, lol! I’m so biased but at least you agree!
I LOVE your idea!!!!! I think I’m going to do that at easter this year. I’ve done something similar with rice krispie treats as the nest but I have no idea why I didn’t think of chocolate and chow mein noodles!! I bet they are so cute!!! Thank you!!
We used to eat these years ago when I was a kid, but we didn’t use Crisco. I bet that makes them easier to adhere to the noodles, though. We used half butterscotch and half chocolate chips, and added some peanuts. I fixed it one night when I was in college and ate the entire batch myself… LOL
I have to try these new twists on this! Brady will be thrilled!!
I add the crisco just to make the chips a bit runnier, it stirs and spreads over it a bit easier, but it is not required in any way!
Chocolate and butterscotch…….oh my! We may make more this weekend…
When I was a kid, we used half chocolate and half butterscotch, too, but instead of peanuts we added marshmallows. I love recipes that are so forgiving of substitutions!
You know, I am going to have to try some of these variations, especially since this is such an easy recipe for Brady to do relatively on his own!
Thank you for the ideas!!
Christy,
I couldn’t imagine the holidays without making these…we call them haystacks or spiders. I mix the butterscotch chips with a bag of milk chocolate chips and add a small bag of chopped salted peanuts (no skins). I’ve never had to add shortening to mine either. My kids (most are grown now) love these and two of them cook them every year at their house. I see so many of my favorite recipes here. I’ve been cooking like a fool all week. The scale was up two pounds this morning. Has to be fluid retention…can’t be all this good cooking;)
Oh my gosh, I didn’t think anyone outside of my family knew this recipe!
These treats have been a staple at family get togethers for as long as I can remember. We’ve always called them Haystacks…and Christmas isn’t Christmas without a BIG batch of Haystacks! 
We’ve been known to have a batch of chocolate and a batch of butterscotch haystacks…and we’ve also done many different variations other bloggers have posted about: adding marshmallows or peanuts. One year my aunt added peanuts and raisin to the butterscotch batch. My favorite’s still the plain ‘ol butterscotch ones, though!
Gail: I called my mother and read your comment to her over the phone. We both agree that we LOVE your thinking! I think we may be related – that would explain the fluid retention on our side, too!
Landon’s mommy: I know just what you mean! I have seen such amazing variations posted here, I am going to have to make tons of these at Christmas and try all of them! these are my son’s thing, so he’ll be thrilled to have more opportunities to be in the kitchen!
Hi, I’m new to your site, but I feel like I’ve known you for years after reading your recipes and the funny stories that go with them. I LOVE the pictures. I don’t know why more cookbooks don’t do it!
My husband it not a “sweets” person, but he has to have a batch of “butterscotch” candy every Thanksgiving. His aunt made them by combining butterscotch chips, smooth peanut butter, the noodles and mini marshmallows. No one can pass the bowl without grabbing some!
Thanks again for your site–I think I’m addicted!!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! My granddaughter is turning 3 and her birthday party is tomorrow…she is having a Cow Party so this hatstack candy will go perfectly with the theme!!!
They are so delicious!!!!!