Easy Christmas Crockpot Candy
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Easy Christmas Crockpot Candy
Description
The recipe starts by combining chopped white almond bark, semisweet chocolate chips, and broken German sweet chocolate in a slow cooker. Cooking at high temperature briefly then lowering heat until fully melted ensures a smooth chocolate base. Adding a kitchen towel under the lid helps manage condensation.
Once melted, dry roasted peanuts are stirred in, evenly coated with chocolate. The mixture is spooned onto wax paper-lined trays in clusters, with optional festive sprinkles added before the candy sets.
Refrigeration accelerates hardening, but leaving clusters at room temperature also works. The candy stores well in a cool place, wrapped airtight, and offers a straightforward solution to making handmade chocolate nut clusters during the holidays.
Due to slow cooker variations, monitoring the melting process is important to avoid overheating or burning the chocolate.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs white almond bark broken or chopped into smaller squares, might be labeled as white candy coating
- 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips bag
- 4 oz German sweet chocolate broken or chopped into smaller squares, bar
- 32 oz dry roasted peanuts or cocktail peanuts
- holiday sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- If desired, spray slow cooker insert lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Add chopped almond bark, chocolate chips and German chocolate.
- Place a clean, dry kitchen towel over the top of the slow cooker, then place lid on top of that. Cook on HIGH for 1 hour. Reduce heat to LOW, and cook 1 more hour (or until fully melted), stirring every 15-20 minutes.
- Remove lid and towel (be careful not to let any condensation drip into melted chocolate), and add peanuts, stirring well to combine.
- Line several baking sheets with wax paper. Drop candy mixture by spoonfuls onto wax paper (or use small cookie scoop). If using sprinkles, sprinkle onto clusters before they harden.
- Refrigerate (if possible) 30 minutes to 1 hour, until set. If unable to refrigerate, let stand on counter at room temperature until set. Store in a cool place in an airtight container.
Notes
- Monitor the slow cooker temperature carefully as cooking times and heat levels can vary significantly between machines.
- Use a kitchen towel under the lid to reduce condensation dripping into the chocolate mixture.
- Store finished candy in an airtight container in a cool place to maintain texture and freshness.
- Sprinkles can be added before candies harden for decorative effect but are optional.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 80servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 164 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 164kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 0.3mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 50mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 96mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 2IU | 0% |
| Calcium | 9mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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