Easy Crockpot Candy (Chocolate Peanut Clusters)
Indulge your sweet cravings with our super easy Crockpot Candy recipe! Just 4 main ingredients to make such a delectable sweet treat featuring white almond bark, salted peanuts, and a heavenly blend of chocolate and butterscotch. You can garnish it with sprinkles for a festive holiday touch and it's great as an edible gift for Christmas, too.
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 lb white almond bark
- 1 lb roasted salted peanuts or raw Spanish peanuts
- 10 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 3 Tablespoons peanut butter (optional)
- Sprinkles and M&M minis for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a 3 or 6 quart slow cooker or crock pot. Turn to low heat and let the mixture melt together, untouched for 1 hour. Use a wooden spoon to stir the mixture together, ensuring to go all the way to the bottom of the pan.
- Continue cooking and melting the mixture together for 1 more hour, stirring every 15-20 minutes so that the mixture does not burn.
- Once the mixture has cooked together, spoon the mixture into 2-3 tablespoon sized dollops onto a large piece of parchment paper. Let the candies set at room temperature for at least 1 hour or until hardened.
Notes
Tips and Tricks
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips - Any type of chocolate chip will work well in this recipe such as dark chocolate or milk chocolate.
- Butterscotch chips - Chocolate chips can be used instead for a less potent flavor though I suggest sticking with butterscotch for a little more complex flavor.
- Peanut butter - This can be omitted completely without any consequence. Biscoff butter could be used in place of peanut butter for a flavor difference.
- Be sure to stir the mixture every 15-20 minutes as once everything starts melting, it will burn against the sides of the pan if left too long.
- If at any point the mixture does scorch slightly on the sides of the pan, stir it in, it will not make a difference in flavor. The keyword here is slightly. If the entire sides of the pan are scorched, you can mix everything together and test the flavor but you may have to start over.
- I recommend about 2 tablespoon dollops for the candy size, however, you can make them as large or as small as you prefer. Could make up to 36 candies.
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