Easy Chocolate Chow Mein Noodle Cookies recipe that only requires 4 ingredients! They’re simple to make and you only need chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, chow mein noodles and peanuts! Make them for dessert or a alternative to Christmas cookies!
Chow Mein Cookies
These Chocolate Chow Mein Noodle Cookies are delicious and completely addicting! Even better is that they’re made with only 4 simple ingredients, they don’t require baking and are kid friendly to make! I made these for a friends party, but they were so good that Matthew and I gobbled them up at home causing me to make a second batch!
Chow Mein Noodle Cookies Ingredients
- chocolate chips
- peanut butter chips
- peanuts (or cashews)
- chow mein noodles
Even though these are called “cookies” they’re really not cookies at all, but I find them to be a delicious cookie substitute for holiday gifts and candy, bake sales, and even leaving out for Santa (wink wink).
They’re not made with flour or butter, but instead only require 4 simple ingredients – chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, peanuts and chow mein noodles. Yup, chow mein noodles! You can use the skinny ones that come in the can or you can use the wide ones that are usually sold in a bag, I prefer the wide ones.
Who knew that crunchy chow mein noodles could be so delicious covered in semi-sweet chocolate?
How to Make Chow Mein Cookies
These are no bake cookies so they’re easy, peasy (as my daughter would say).
- Prepare a cookie sheet with wax paper on it for easy cleanup.
- In a medium saucepan melt chocolate chips and peanut butter chips over low-medium heat, until completely melted. Remove saucepan from stove.
- Add chow mein noodles and peanuts to the saucepan and mix. You want to do this quickly as the chocolate will set fast.
- Spoon out tablespoon size mixture and place onto wax paper. Continue doing this until you have no more mixture left. Add a pinch of sea salt on top if you’d like.
- Place in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving. Enjoy!
Once you melt the chips in a sauce pan, you’re going to add your chow mein noodles and peanuts into it, mixing around quickly (the chocolate sets quickly). You’d think that adding the chow mein noodles to melted chocolate would cause them to get soggy, but instead they keep their crunch!
With your hands or a spoon, form large tablespoon sized clusters and put on a piece of wax paper for easy cleanup! Because I love the combination of sweet and salty (like these Double Chocolate Chip Cookies!), I always add a pinch of flaky Maldon sea salt on top.
After the salt is added, throw in the refrigerator for about 2 hours to cool so the chocolate completely sets. After that, dig in and good luck not eating them all at once!
I store these in the refrigerator or you can freeze them for longer periods.
I hope you enjoy these Chocolate Chow Mein Noodle Cookies!
Other Cookies You Might Like:
Cream Cheese Christmas Cookies
Christmas Cookies to Make With Kids
Peanut Butter Christmas Sugar Cookies
Sugar Puff Cookies
Snowball Cookies
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Chocolate Chow Mein Noodle Cookies
PrintIngredients
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup peanut butter chips
- 2 1/2 cups chow mein noodles
- 1/2 cup salted peanuts or cashews
- sea salt optional
Instructions
- Prepare a cookie sheet with wax paper on it for easy cleanup.
- In a medium saucepan melt chocolate chips and peanut butter chips over low-medium heat, until completely melted. Remove saucepan from stove.
- Add chow mein noodles and peanuts to the saucepan and mix. You want to do this quickly as the chocolate will set fast.
- Spoon out tablespoon size mixture and place onto wax paper. Continue doing this until you have no more mixture left. Add a pinch of sea salt on top (optional).
- Place in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving. Enjoy!
Mary says
I’ve never heard of it but it looks super delicious. I will definitely give it a try.
Kathleen - Bloggers Lifestyle says
What a great idea for a snack. It is obviously very popular, the Blogger’s Pit Stop will feature this for you on Thursday. Get a few more people drooling 🙂
Kathleen
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Shinta Simon says
This is such a unique recipe! Never did I imagine chow mein noodles could be used as cookies, what a fun idea!
Sue Ready says
Love love these and they are so easy to make
thanks for sharing
Sandra L Garth says
My oven has been working overtime and this no-bake recipe is needed. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story and we hope you will join us again next week.
Monika Dabrowski says
What a wonderfully creative recipe! These little nibbles look amazing:) #Fiesta Friday
Jhuls | The Not So Creative Cook says
I have never tried something like this, but it sounds really interesting! Wow! I am sure this will be a hit at this week’s Fiesta Friday party! Thank you for sharing! I hope you get to visit other party goers! Have a lovely weekend!
The Recipe Hunter (Cook and Enjoy) says
Never heard of using noodles in cookies – this immediately got my attention and I will for sure have to try this out. Have tweeted and pinned to try out soon
Roseann Hampton says
Love how easy these are to make! Thanks for sharing at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from http://www.thisautoimmunelife.com
Natalie A says
My family always made this with butterscotch chips. They are so good! I’ve never had them with the bigger noodles! It’s a great idea to make these during the holidays!
Leslie says
Chow mein noodle cookies are classic! Though I’ve never seen them made with the fat noodles. Can’t wait to give them a try. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Heather says
I’ve never even thought about using chow mein noodles this way. This sounds delicious! I love anything chocolatey, especially with a little sea salt! Very creative!
Grammie B says
I WANT TO MAKE THESE FOR MY KIDS IN CHILDRENS CHURCH BUT BECAUSE OF ALLERGIES WE ARE NOT ALLOWED ANY NUTS. WHAT COULD I USE INSTEAD OF PEANUT BUTTER CHIPS AND P-NUTS?
Pamela says
Hrm. That’s a good question Grammie B. Instead of peanut butter chips you can use butterscotch chips! Instead of peanuts use broken up pretzel pieces! Enjoy!
lisa says
I love simple recipes, and never thought to use Chow Mein noodles. I can’t wait to try this, thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Katherine says
Were do you find the noddles in the can
Pamela says
Hey Katherine, I don’t usually use the noodles in the can, but they can be found at any grocery store that has a Asian section. The most popular brand is La Choy.
Sues says
What?! These look crazy awesome! Such a fun idea!!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
ahhh I loved these as a kid! I can’t believe I haven’t made them yet—and that sprinkling of salt on top is inspired!
Hena Tayeb says
wait what? noodle cookies? lol.. that sounds crazy awesome… thanks for sharing
Pamela says
You need to try then Hena! We’re obsessed with them!