Holiday Crock Pot Candy

"This recipe was given in one of my recipe swaps and I've been making a batch every Christmas season. Makes a lot! Enough for family and 1 or 2 gift trays."
 
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photo by Shelby Jo photo by Shelby Jo
photo by Shelby Jo
photo by Shelby Jo photo by Shelby Jo
Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
4 lbs
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ingredients

  • 453.59 g unsalted dry roasted peanuts
  • 453.59 g lightly salted dry roasted salted peanuts
  • 340.19 g semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 340.19 g white chocolate chips
  • 453.59 g vanilla bark (I always use almond) or 453.59 g almond bark (I always use almond)
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directions

  • I whirl my peanuts in the food processor just to grind them a bit but if you prefer just go ahead and use them as is.
  • Pour peanuts into a large crock-pot; add chips and vanilla or almond bark. Cover and turn setting on low. Now get busy with something else for an hour or so. When you come back, stir mixture with a large spoon making sure all the peanuts are well coated.
  • Using whatever size spoon is appropriate for you, (I use a small cooking scoop and it just fills the mini muffin cake liners) spoon out on a cookie sheet and let harden.
  • Keep crock-pot on, no big rush, this is a generous recipe and you will have plenty. When sufficiently hard place in festive containers.
  • Don't expect it to last very long because each piece is filled with a wonderful taste of chocolate and is chock full of peanuts.

Questions & Replies

  1. How long does crock pot candy last? Shelf life? Thank you!
     
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Reviews

  1. I can't believe I never rated this! I've made it many times, it works perfectly. It really does make a lot like she says. I've never used the bark, I'm going to try it next time. I just increased the number of chips instead. The almond park might add a nice touch. I just dump it in without the processor, it's faster and I'm lazy. Thank you for the recipe, I use it time and time again! NOTE:: Make sure you cool this somewhere cool or in your fridge. Mine were still yummy soft on the counter 3 hours later, when it was 100 degrees outside.
     
  2. If anyone wants an easy impressive treat to give as a gift, this is the one. I made this candy for my 12 co-workers as I wanted something easy and relatively inexpensive. This was absolutely fabulous! I have a large crockpot, so I doubled the recipe and had no problem. I do want to caution, don't leave it unattended too long without stirring, as the almond bark will burn. I used a spoon to drop them onto waxed paper, and then to speed up the process, I placed my trays in the freezer and refrigerator. My co-workers absolutely loved this candy! Julie B, this is a winner. Merry Christmas and Hapy New Year. Sue
     
  3. These little treasures are excellent. I didn't grind up my nuts but I think next time I will give them a whirl in the food processor. I didn't have any bark so just replaced it with more white chocolate and it tasted fine to us. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
     
  4. Made as directed other then I didn't grind up my peanuts, I just threw them in. This was easy to make and tasted yummy. My son and I enjoyed making and eating these! Makes a lot.
     
  5. These are perfect for holiday goody trays! I left the peanuts whole and enjoyed these little babies a lot. I did use milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet just for personal preference though. Thanks so much for sharing! made for Photo Tag.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This recipe is great and you can always change it up a bit if you don't like the flavor combo. One work of caution. Do not think you can substitute white chocolate chips or the Baker's white chocolate baking bars for the almond bark. They do NOT melt the same. They melt, but aren't as viscous as the almond bark. I ended up having to add another 12 oz of chocolate chips (all I had) to get it thin enough to stir and dip! YIKE!!! But, still....not the recipes fault!
     

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