When I was growing up Christmas always meant Christmas baking and goodies. My mother is not a cook at all and most of these goodies would be made by my dad or my older sister, or brought over by friends.
There was never any deviation from the menu, always the same goodies every year. This is not a complaint. It is great to have special treats that you only eat at a certain time of year. It would seem so weird to eat shortbread cookies in May, and for that reason they are all the more delicious in December.
Today’s recipe is called Joan’s Chocolate Yummies because that is what they were called on the recipe card in our kitchen. I think they are known by many other names including bird’s nests. One of my favorite seasonal items was always these little melty, chocolatey, crunchy mounds that melt a little in your hand, forcing you to eat them a little more quickly.
It is such a simple recipe, the only hard part for me here on the east coast for the past six years has been finding butterscotch chips. I usually have to order them from Fresh Direct. Joan was my parents’ next door neighbor when we lived in
Enjoy!
Makes about 2 dozen yummies
1 12 oz bag of chocolate chips
1 12 oz bag of butterscotch chips
3 cups chow mein noodles (the crunchy kind)
3 cups rice krispies
Melt the chocolate chips and the butterscotch chips in a bowl above simmering water.
Remove from heat and add the cereal and the chow mein noodles.
Form a yummy by dropping a tablespoon at a time of the mixture onto waxed paper. Let cool overnight and store in an airtight container.
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They have butterscotch chips at Shoprite, so party on.
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