Some days all I want to do is be completely lazy. And let me tell you, laziness has its privileges. Spending the entire day in my pajamas, sleeping in, and selfishly setting aside my normal routine in order to experience the type of instant gratification becoming of a six year old child. Yep, that was me the other day, except without the tantrum but complete with dancing to Beyonce’s Crazy in Love (booty shake included) while kicking my daughters’ butts in Wii’s Just Dance 2. I held no prisoners and proved once and for all, I still got game. No…. not really. I can’t dance. But the three of us had a lot of fun with my oldest daughter commenting how surprised she was with my moves. I’m still trying to figure out if she meant that as a compliment or as an insult. Either way, for one moment in time, I was a kid again.
My girls have no school this week and after our little dancefest we decided to make cookies. But my lazy self did not want to bake for some unexplainable reason. Instead, I looked in our cupboards to see what we had on hand to make something which required little work. Seeing that lonely box of unopened Corn Flakes was just the inspiration I needed to satisfy my sweet tooth and affirm my laziness with very little clean up.
I’m all about simple recipes which are ridiculously easy to prepare and are oh-so-good. My kids and I made these chocolate peanut butter haystacks except I made them with Corn Flakes instead of the typical dried chow-mein noodles. I heart no-bake treats, especially when they’re only 3 ingredients and include chocolate. In my opinion they are a borderline no-bake cookie or possibly a crunchy chocolate candy bar. Who cares,they are super crazy good! Enjoy!
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
- ½ cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups Corn Flakes cereal
- Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Repeat this until the chocolate chips are smooth. Add peanut butter and stir until well combined. Fold in Corn Flakes until the flakes are evenly coated. Drop the mix by the tablespoons on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Allow mounds to cool and harden in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Or if you're experiencing snow (like we are in Seattle) and your refrigerator is packed (like mine), stick them in your car.
YUM! I second the Fiber One haystacks..they are delish! My kids love them!
I didn’t have cornflakes but really wanted to make these today so I used Special K. Delish!
These look so good, Alice. And I love how you put them with the blue background—a perfect complement.
Welcome back!!! These look delicious, and fantastically easy! Thanks for sharing!
I have a crazy craving for chocolate right now, and I think this might just do the trick! I love how simple your recipes are, and I love the picture of your kids helping you bake!
But next time, you should also include a picture of you beating your girls in Just Dance 2. 🙂 I think your readers would like to see that.
I haven’t read through all the comments, but if someone hasn’t mentioned using Fiber One cereal instead of corn flakes, I will now! I’ve made that recipe for Weight Watchers and one “haystack” cookie is only 1 WW point. Definitely ups the fiber content so you can only eat a few without having a bad reaction 😉
Just Dance 2 rocks! My girls say I have a few moves left too. 🙂 I have made this recipe with oatmeal and it is pretty tasty. One can never go wrong with chocolate and PB!
The chow mein noodle version of these was a staple in my house growing up. This sounds like a wonderful variation!
Yum! These remind me of no-bake cookies my mom used to make, but they are SO much easier… Love it! If I had cornflakes in my pantry, I’d totally be making them right now. I have to go check to see if I have rice krispies… I’m thinking they might work, too.
Yay for some lazy fun times! I can totally relate… I was playing Wii resort with my 6yr old, sword play and had to totally play with no holds bar, take no prisoner attitude b/c the kid was beating me up. So fun!
It sounds like you’re having a great week with your girls. There’s nothing like being active and silly with kids!
These stacks are perfect for an easy treat.
Simple food is quite often my favorite. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter! Yum!
These look SOOOO GOOD – and the perfect treat your kids can help with too!!!!
Thanks Alice for this!
How great is staying in your pajamas all day! I’m guilty of doing this once a week, is that bad? My nephew is staying with us this weekend and this is perfect to make with him, since the attention span is less than 30 seconds when the Wii’s involved. Ok, I’m off to bust a move 🙂
If I make these with bran flakes, will they qualify as health food?
Please?
You might have just upped your coolness factor to your kids with all of your booty shakin! Love the chocolate treats
Alice, lovely to have you back dancing, cooking, and blogging : )
SOLD!
I must add cornflakes to my grocery list. : )
Happy to see you blogging here again. I miss your great recipes and photos.
Yum! These look great and I love how easy they are.
Yup, have the snow out here too and a packed fridge. =)
Love this simple recipe. My sister-in-law loves to make the chowmein butterscotch haystack/birdsnest, but it’s too sweet for me.
Chocolate and peanut butter, that I like, and over corn flakes. This is great! No need to buy those noodles that I don’t usually eat!
This looks soo good…Glad to see you’re back!!
Who doesn’t love a ridiculously easy recipe? Especially when it has chocolate and peanut butter!
Hi Alice, im so happy tohave found ur blog as i was searching for buttercream frosting. ur work is absolutely perfect and u teach very well too. please do more tutorials for us.
Could u plz give us a perfect cream cheese frosting recipe that is firm enough to pipe rose swirls with . i made one using philiadelphia’s cream cheese but it was spreadable version . it was ok but i cudnt only frost with it but cudnt decorate with.
Thanx
I love simple, yummy food! I’m actually posting a 3 ingredient muffin later today 🙂
oh oh! toss in pretzel and potato sticks for a real wacky taste combination that you CANNOT RESIST EATING.
i love these things.