One of our favorite family Christmas traditions is to make candy together. And one of our favorite - and easiest - Christmas candies is Chocolate Butterscotch Clusters, a recipe we got from our friend Wendy Williams, probably 20 years ago.

It is not possible for a candy to be easier to make, than this recipe!

Only three ingredients: chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and nuts. We usually use cashews, but pecans, walnuts, peanuts or mixed nuts, all work. Use what fits your personal taste.

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Pour two 12-ounce bags of chocolate chips (or 4 cups) and one 11-ounce bag of butterscotch chips into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high until chips are melted. This takes 3 minutes in my microwave. I do it one minute at a time, and stir between minutes.

When chips are melted, and stirred, add nuts and mix those in.<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/clusterinbowl.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-837" title="clusterinbowl" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/clusterinbowl-300x221.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="221" /></a>

Drop the mixture by spoonful onto wax paper or aluminum foil. Or, this time, I put a spoonful into 1-inch cupcake papers.  Let them cool and