Crockpot Candy

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Made with just 5 ingredients, including dry roasted peanuts, chocolate, and toffee bits, this Crockpot Candy is a terrific sweet and salty treat that is ridiculously easy to make. Great for the holidays, gift giving, or any occasion.

Prep Time5

Cook Time2

Total Time2 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate peanut clusters, crockpot chocolate peanut clusters, peanut candy

Servings: candies

Equipment

6-quart Crockpot

Ingredients

2 jars (16 oz. each) lightly salted, dry-roasted peanuts (see note)
32 ounces white/vanilla candy coating (see note)
10 ounces dark chocolate chips semi-sweet also works
6 ounces butterscotch chips
⅓ cup toffee bits
festive sprinkles optional garnish
sea salt optional garnish

Instructions

Coat a 6-quart crockpot with nonstick cooking spray (or use a liner.)
Add to the crockpot in layers: the peanuts, candy coating, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and toffee bits. DO NOT STIR.
Cover with the lid and cook on low for 1 hour.
After an hour, then stir the mixture until the peanuts are completely coated with the melted chocolate. Continue to cook on low, stirring every 15 to 20 minutes for an additional hour. Turn off the crockpot.
Line a couple large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop (or spoon), drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the parchment paper, leaving space in-between. Sprinkle with festive sprinkles and sea salt, if using, before the chocolate hardens.
If you have room in your fridge, chill for about 1 hour until hardened. If not, just let stand on the counter until set, which is perfectly fine, it will just take longer.

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Notes

Use different nuts. This recipe works with any nut. Feel free to swap the peanuts with walnuts, pecans, almonds, or a combination!

Candy melts, melting wafers, or almond bark is essential. You can use either Wilton candy melts, Ghirardelli melting wafers, or CANDIQUIK Almond bark (broken into pieces), but do not replace it with regular chocolate chips. The candy melts are essential for creating the perfect texture and also ensures the chocolate sets and hardens to create the candy.

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