These were a regular Christmas time treat in our house growing up. I never ate them, mind you, because I was afraid of them as a child. No reason why. Just was. But now, yum. They are "easy" so to speak: my mom shared the recipe with me, but I have added a few tricks to help out.
Cheesy Factor (1 no cheese, 10 all cheese): nada
Time Factor (1 shortest, 10 longest): pretty dang short
Dummy Factor (1 easiest, 10 hardest): took my twice, but now easy as pie :)
Chocolate Chow Mein Cookies
12 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
12 oz bag of butterscotch chips
12 oz bag/can of chow mein noodles
12 oz bag/can of roasted, salted peanuts (no skin)
Milk (optional)
In a large pot, add half of the chocolate chips and half of the butter scotch chips. Put pot over low heat and melt together, stirring from time to time to mix. When completely melted, add half of chow mein noodles, half of peanuts, and dash of milk to help stir. While mixing everything together, try and cover everything in the chocolate mixture as much as possible. While hot, take two spoons and form clumps of mixture onto wax paper to let cool. Repeat with second half of chips, chow mein, and peanuts. Allow to cool on wax paper, and cover to store.
A couple of notes here:
1) The chocolate needs to still be melted and hot while you are forming the cookies onto the wax paper, which is why I feel this better to do in batches. I actually did it in 4 batches, instead of 2.
2) Be careful not to burn chocolate.
3) Can be made without the peanuts.
