Texas Tumbleweeds

Name: Texas Tumbleweeds
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 4 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butterscotch chips; 1 cup creamy peanut butter; 1 can (9 ounces) potato sticks (about 6 cups)

Total Time Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Yield about 4 dozen

Test Kitchen Approved

Tumbleweeds blow across the roads in some parts of Texas, and I think these cute stacks look like them. I've been making these sweets with my sister for years. —Karen Lemay, Seabrook, Texas

Ingredients

1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 can (9 ounces) potato sticks (about 6 cups)

Directions

In a large microwave-safe bowl in a microwave or in a large metal bowl over simmering water, melt butterscotch chips and peanut butter; stir until smooth. Gently stir in potato sticks.
Drop mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate 10-15 minutes or until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 76 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 57mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

Tumbleweeds blow across the roads in some parts of Texas, and I think these cute stacks look like them. I've been making these sweets with my sister for years. —Karen Lemay, Seabrook, Texas

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