No-Bake Cookies: A Classic Treat
The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with the delightful aroma of freshly baked holiday cookies filling your home? Well, here is a classic treat that requires no baking. These decadent no bake Chinese New Year Cookies are delicious, and it is super easy to whip up a batch quickly. These cookies are a delicious treat that brings joy to any occasion.
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Chinese New Year Cookies
Creating these irresistible treats is a breeze! Simply melt semi-sweet and butterscotch chips together in a double boiler. Once the chocolate is smooth and melted, fold in your chow mein noodles and cocktail peanuts for a delightful blend of textures. Using a spoon, drop heaping tablespoons of the mixture onto aluminum foil or wax paper, leaving space for spreading.
Let them cool completely before storing them in airtight containers or cookie tins.
Pro-tip: If you want to safeguard your Chinese New Year cookies from disappearing before Santa arrives, stash them in the freezer! They’ll stay fresh and delicious; you can thaw them whenever a craving strikes.
Chinese New Year Cookies
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Butterscotch Chips
- 6 ounces Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 3 ounce can Chow Mein Noodles
- 1 cup Salted Peanuts
Instructions
- Melt the chips in a double-boiler.
- Mix in Chow Mein Noodles and peanuts. Stir until all ingredients are well combined.
- Drop by teaspoon on to wax paper in stacks.
- Allow to completely cool. The chocolate will harden and you will be able to place in storage container or cookie tins.
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Tradition of Holiday Cookies
Do you know how the holiday cookie traditions came about? The historical roots of the Christmas cookie tradition trace back to Europe, to where winter feasts and emerging Christian celebrations began to blend. During this era, trade routes expanded, making expensive and exotic ingredients like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves accessible. These precious spices, along with sugar and butter, were considered highly prized and were reserved only for the most significant and celebratory occasions, particularly the Christmas feast. Bakers utilized these costly ingredients to create dense, flavorful biscuits that could be stored for long periods without refrigeration, making them ideal for the cold winter months and for sharing generously with a constant stream of holiday visitors.
The famous Gingerbread (or Lebkuchen in Germany) is often credited as the earliest form of the traditional Christmas cookie, embodying this blend of rare spices and celebratory baking.
Spread To America and Modern Traditions
The Christmas cookie tradition came to the Americas from Dutch immigrants around the by 17th century, where their term koekje (“little cake”) gave us the English word “cookie.” The practice flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cookie cutters were inexpensive and imported from Germany. It aided it the widespread home-baking and elaborate decoration. This led to the development of unique American traditions of cookie trays as gifts, cookie swaps and the very popular classics of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa Claus.
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The Christmas cookie has emerged into from an essential, interactive, and cherished part of the modern holiday traditions for families.
So, grab the ingredients and your double-boiler, and let’s make these delicious Chinese New Year Cookies. These No-Bake Cookies are a perfect treat for your holiday cookie tray or gift-giving this season!
Happy baking, sweet friend!
These look so yummy! When I saw the picture, I thought they were made with pretzel sticks. I had no idea you could use chow mein noodles for cookies!
I know right? And, they taste so darn good.
These sound interesting. But I can’t get my mind off of the almond joy cookies. 🤣
I wished I had a group of friends close by to do a cookie swap with. That would be fun!
I miss doing cookie swaps. Covid kind of ruin it around here.
Yummy! W have never heard of these.
Thanks for popping over to the blog today, sweet friend.
I never heard of these. Pinned 2
Thank you, Cindy. These cookies are really yummy!