Crockpot Candy
Learn how easy it is to make this delicious Christmas candy in your crockpot. It’s chocolate covered peanuts plus caramel bits plus pretzel pieces – delish! Perfect for holiday gifting.
Servings: 50 Candies
Ingredients
- 12 oz Dark Chocolate Chips see note
- 12 oz White Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 16 oz Salted Roasted Peanuts
- 3/4 cup Caramel Bits half of an 11 oz package
- 3/4 cup Pretzels broken into small pieces before measuring
Instructions
- Place dark chocolate chips, white chips, and peanuts in a crockpot. Cover with a kitchen towel and the crockpot lid.
- Cook on low temperature for 30 minutes, then stir thoroughly. If chocolate is not completely melted, cover again with the towel and lid and check in 15 minutes.
- White the chocolate is melting, break pretzels into small pieces.
- Once chocolate is melted, turn crockpot off (or turn to keep warm). Stir in the peanut butter. Then stir in the caramel bits and pretzel pieces.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or mini cupcake liners. Use a medium cookie dough scoop to portion out candy. You'll need 2 cookie sheets.
- Place cookie sheets with candy in the fridge for 1 hour to set up. Then keep at room temperature until serving. I recommend waiting 24 hours to package candy if you did not use the liners.
- Candy should be stored at room temperature. It can go a few days uncovered. For longer storage, place in an airtight container.
Notes
Many brands of dark chocolate come in 10 oz bags, not 12 oz bags. If you use a 10 oz bag you will have a slightly lower chocolate to peanut ratio, but it will still be fine. What I did was add 2 oz of semi sweet chocolate chips because I always have plenty of those on hand.