Description
Delightful cookies with a crunchy outer layer and a creamy peanut butter and butterscotch filling, topped with festive candy eggs.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups crispy noodles (or cornflakes)
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- Candy eggs (for topping)
Instructions
- Melt the butterscotch chips in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat until smooth.
- Stir in the creamy peanut butter until well combined.
- Pour the mixture over the crispy noodles in a large mixing bowl and toss gently.
- Shape the mixture into nest-like forms on a parchment-lined tray.
- Set the nests at room temperature or refrigerate for about 30 minutes until firm.
- Delicately place candy eggs into the hollows of each nest before serving.
Notes
Can be made a day in advance; store in an airtight container. Use crunchy peanut butter for added texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: cookies, desserts, butterscotch, peanut butter, Easter treats