Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2008

Fantastic candy! I do homemade baked goods instead of giving out store bought gifts to my family. I added these to the mix this year and took them to my Grandpa's house this past weekend and they were ALL GONE by the end of the night! Instead of baking them in a pan, I spooned them out into Christmas printed baking cups. Thanks for Sharing!

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AppleBrownBettie

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2008

My mom made these every Christmas. They're so easy! As others have mentioned, we just drop spoonfuls onto wax paper to set up.

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Shunnie74

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2008

I learned how to make these during preschool years ago, only we called them Haystacks. I make these with my oldest every once and a while for something fun for he and I to make together. It's very kid friendly.

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tat2whttrsh aka Lambchop's Mom

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2008

This was very good! I didn't want to make a large amount of this recipe so I used 1 cup of chocolate chips, 1 cup of crushed chow mein noodles and 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts instead of peanuts. I omitted the butterscotch chips. I used a heaping coffee spoon as a measure and dropped it onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. I sprinkled it with grated coconut. This made 15 pieces of candy.

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Lillian

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

Very tasty candy! Enough said.

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ALLISON13

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2008

This is a family tradition for the holidays in my house. One suggestion- I "drop" the combined ingredients onto wax paper then chill instead of trying to cut them.

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Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2008

Yummy! I've been making this since I was 6 years old. The only thing I do differently is that I make individual candies by dropping spoonsfuls on a baking sheet. Then I stick them in the fridge or freezer until chilled. Then just stick them in a ziplock bag and keep in the fridge. Also, if you don't have peanuts, you can use walnuts or any other nut you like. Enjoy!

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2008

I grew up on these. I can remember my mom making them when we were kids. When kids were able to actually go trick or treating without any worries, my mom would give these out to the neighbor kids and they loved them! Now that im dating myself, BIG time, I will say that these are delicious and an old time favorite. I still make them at Halloween but only for family & friends, to keep up my mom's tradition!

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2008

We had a chocolate social at an event I went to and these were snapped up so fast! And they're so easy to make. Will definitely do again.

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Haagendoggy

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Reviewed: Jun. 12, 2008

I made this with 1 can of chin. noodles, 1 cup of nuts, and 2 cups of chips, melted....put nuts and noodles in large bowl, melted choc. and stirred altogether thorougly....then dropped on wax paper with a teaspoon (heapint) they were very good and we could not stop eating them....def. i would make again.

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KIT1

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Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2007

I love the candy but found it easier to drop the candy by teaspoon rather than try to cut it later, because it crumpled too easily.

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Nancy

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Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2007

This was fun to make and change it around. Later on I made this variation and it was a huge hit: I used the chips but nixed the nuts and instead added marshmallows and cherry chocolate chips during the mixing.

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Dragenflie

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Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2007

A huge hit! I made this for a family diiner (30+ people) and everyone kept coming back for more.

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DTWIRLER

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Home Town: Plano, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2006

This isn't a particularly Chinese dessert (they wouldn't indulge in something so sweet), but it's a fun recipe nonetheless with Chinese elements (the chow mein).

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Gwynne Kloch

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Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2006

making this as a gift for Chinese New Years but tasty anytime. So easy

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MARYTNY

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Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2005

You can make a nice treat for Easter with this recipe. I omit the peanuts when I do this, but that's just my preference. Make them drop style and make an indent in the centre with your thumb to form a nest. Chill, and when they've set, fill the indent with a few Jelly Beans or Cadbury mini-eggies. Kids love them!

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2003

I substituted white chocolate chips for chocolate and they were wonderful. I ha a hard time getting the chips to melt to a good consistency so I had to add some Gulf wax to it. This is my favorite so far of all that I have made!

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Kristi

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Reviewed: May 28, 2003

Thanks for providing this roadmap to our creativity, Sam. These were great. Since we really enjoy our chocolate and butterscotch in separate doses, I made mine with just the chocolate chips and added raisins, mini marshmallows and toasted slivered almonds. There are many many variations to this great recipe. Thanks for sharing!

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MAGGIE MCGUIRE

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Reviewed: May 14, 2003

I've been using this recipe for years. I always made drop cookies with it. What a great idea to put it in a pan! Used a few less noodles and peanuts and turned out great.

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