Crockpot Candy Recipe

My Crockpot Candy recipe is so easy it might need a warning label! This is wonderful to make for Christmas or Easter gifts. No need to go to the candy store to make delicious chocolates, you can make it at home with very little effort!

This candy recipe has exactly four – yes, FOUR – ingredients, and all you have to do is dump them in your slow cooker and wait. It’s basically, chocolate, chocolate, more chocolate, and a few peanuts thrown in for good measure.

The texture of these little clusters is somewhere between a Hershey’s-style bar and a Mr. Good Bar! It has all the complex chocolate flavor with a rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture. Skip the stop at See’s candy store and make these at home in a fraction of the time.

So what’s the secret for making great holiday candies….make sure to make a lot!!! I hope you’ll try more of my favorites like my super easy fudge, rocky road candy, polar bear paws (a See’s candy copycat recipe!), and my viral Christmas crack (sorry about the name!!).

Crockpot Candy Ingredients

• Peanuts: I use dry roasted. A note about the peanuts – some recipes suggest using ½ dry roasted peanuts and ½ unsalted dry roasted peanuts. Since I have fewer nuts in my recipe than others, I haven’t had any problem with this being too salty. If you’re especially sensitive to sodium, though, you might try using the lightly salted variety.
• Chocolate Chips: I like semisweet.
• German Chocolate: Buy the bar in the baking section. It was created by Samuel German (hence the name) and is a slightly sweeter version of semi-sweet chocolate that has a little chocolate liquor mixed in to intensify the chocolate flavor. It’s also called “baking chocolate” because the strong chocolate flavors stand out better in baked goods than traditional chocolate after being diluted with flour.
• White Vanilla Almond Bark: This melts beautifully and also helps to stabilize any other chocolate you add. Don’t substitute this for white chocolate because it isn’t as easy to work with and it burns very easily.  This is often called “candy coating” in places like craft stores that carry cake-decorating supplies. It comes in a white (or vanilla) flavor and in a chocolate-colored version. There actually aren’t any almonds in it (I believe it’s called that because you can make almond bark with it), and doesn’t have any cocoa butter either.

Recipe Notes For Crock Pot Candy:

• Careful with your Crockpot – My candy was at the perfect temperature after 2 hours to start the stirring/watching process. Cooking temperatures of every crockpot manufacture vary, though, so if your crockpot runs hot, start stirring the mixture before the 2-hour mark so it doesn’t burn.
• Gift Giving – Need a quick and easy gift for hostesses or teachers? These are perfect any time of year! Put a few pieces in a decorative bag, tied with a pretty little ribbon, and just wait for the smiles.
• Garnish – This Crockpot Candy makes a beautiful little treat just spooned out onto wax paper, but you can also spoon them into mini-cupcake liners to mold them with little-ridged sides (like the Trisha Yearwood crockpot candy recipe suggests). You can also melt a few dark chocolate chips, or even a little extra white almond bark, and drizzle over the top for a nice color contrast.

More Homemade Candy Recipes?

• Microwave Fudge
• White Trash Recipe
• Peanut Brittle
• Pretzel Snowmen
• Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
• Rudolph Noses
• White Chocolate Caramel Fudge
• Dubai Bar

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Crockpot Candy

Satisfying that pesky chocolate craving couldn’t be simpler. My Crockpot Candy recipe is so easy it might need a warning label!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings: 24 candies

Author: Kathleen

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 (16-ounce) package dry roasted peanuts
• ▢ 1 (12-ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 1 (4-ounce) bar German sweet chocolate
• ▢ 3 pounds (2-24 ounce) white almond bark (aka-vanilla flavored candy coating)

Instructions

• Sprinkle peanuts in the bottom of a 4-quart crockpot. Layer chocolates over peanuts in the order they are listed. Do NOT stir.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. Continue to cook on low, stirring every 30 minutes, for approximately 1 hour (exact time may vary because every crockpot cooks at slightly different temperatures) Turn the crockpot off and stir to combine.
• Meanwhile, Lay long sheets of wax paper on the counter. Drop heaping tablespoonful, spacing the candies 1 inch apart. Allow cooling completely.

Fans Also Made:

• 
  Bourbon Toffee
• 
  Christmas Chex Mix
• 
  Peanut Brittle
• 
  Polar Bear Paws

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Nutrition

Serving: 1candy | Calories: 543kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 2mg

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