When I was growing up Easter was one of the prime “candy holidays”- a time when you would receive a ton of candy all in one go. While much of it was jelly beans, there’s a special place in my heart for homemade candies as well. These fun treats make the big day even tastier. Sharing these Easter tumbleweeds is extra fun since they don’t require baking or even much of a time commitment.

The original tumbleweed candies are a Texas dessert made with those thin potato sticks that sometimes come in a can. This tasty twigs are the foundation of this dessert and give it that sweet-salty flavor that will have you reaching for a second one before you know it.

If you can’t find the potato sticks in a can some stores also carry them in bags, so keep an eye if you don’t find them on the first try.

I used an ice cream scoop to make it easier to get a consistent size with these candies as they can be a bit hard to tame with all the potatoes sticking out.

The coating is also salty and sweet since it’s a mixture of butterscotch chips and peanut butter. This combo can be quite soft, so if you want these to set quickly then pop them into the freezer for a few before serving so that they harden and stay together.

But, before you do that make sure your pastel candies are placed in the middle of each tumbleweed, turning them into little nests. You can use those yummy robin’s eggs candies or you can use pastel M & M’s. My local grocery only had the larger robin eggs, which would have been too big for these little nest-like candies. So I used the pastel Easter M & M’s. You can use either one here.

These are the Easter version, but I love that you could use and red and green candies for a Christmas candy or orange and black for Halloween!

The combination of peanut butter and chocolate, along with the undertones of butterscotch, gives these candies a flavor not unlike Reese’s Pieces, but with a tasty crunch from the potatoes.

For a beautiful and fun holiday treat these Easter tumbleweed candies sure do bring a lot to the table!