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Crockpot Candy is one of the easiest holiday gift ideas you can make with just 4 ingredients! Simply melt almond bark and chocolate in your slow cooker, mix in crunchy peanuts, and top it all off with colorful sprinkles. It’s a fun and delicious treat that everyone loves.

For more homemade holiday gifts, try my White Chocolate Peppermint Bark next!

Crockpot candy is an easy recipe for chocolate peanut clusters that's perfect for the holidays

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Why We Love This Crockpot Candy Recipe

Made In The Crockpot – An easy hands-off treat that everyone loves. No baking or standing over the stovetop! Just put everything in the slow cooker and let it do the hard work.
Perfect For Gift Giving – Perfect for Christmas and holidays, this homemade crockpot candy is a gift everyone loves to receive!
Only 4 Ingredients – This candy recipe could not get any easier! With only 4 ingredients, it’s easy to make anytime of year, and all the ingredients can be easily stored in the pantry.

RECIPE WALK-THROUGH

Ingredient Notes

Almond Bark – This helps the chocolate clusters set and ensures that they’re creamy, smooth, and not too sweet.
Dark Chocolate and Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips – You can use all dark chocolate if you prefer to make a richer, dark chocolate treat.
Peanuts – I like to use salted peanuts for a sweet and salty candy, but you can use unsalted peanuts too.

How To Make Crockpot Candy

See the recipe card below for full, detailed instructions

Simply dump the almond bark and chocolate into your slow cooker on low heat.
Cover the lid and let everything melt together for 1 hour, then give it a stir and continue cooking for another 30 minutes.
Turn off the slow cooker and stir in the peanuts.
Drop tablespoon-sized clusters onto a lined cookie sheet. I like to add holiday sprinkles on top of each cluster for a more festive look, but that’s optional.

Crockpot candies on a baking sheet hardening.

Serving Suggestions

I love to wrap these up to gift to family and friends. You can also serve them as part of your Christmas cookie trays.

Create a tasty cookie spread or dessert table with Frosted Sugar Cookies, Christmas Pinwheel Cookies, Molasses Cookies, and Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.

Storage Tips

How To Store the Candy

Make sure to let candies harden at room temperature for about 2 hours before storing. If you’re in a hurry, you can pop them in the fridge to set faster.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks or in the refrigerator for up to one month.

Recipe Tips

Microwave Option – Add the almond bark and chocolate to a very large, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium power for 1-minute intervals, stirring between each. Make sure your microwave is on medium power (not high!); otherwise, the chocolate can bake instead of melt. Once everything is melted together, stir in the peanuts and drop them into clusters onto your cookie sheet, as detailed in the instructions below.
Make a White Chocolate Version – Simply replace the chocolate almond bark with white almond bark, and the semi-sweet chocolate and dark chocolate with white chocolate.
Gift Wrapping – You can wrap your candy up with festive cellophane bags or use holiday tins for an easy, delicious gift.

A container of Crockpot candies with a glass of milk.

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Recipe

Crockpot Candy

Crockpot Candy is the perfect easy holiday recipe. It’s creamy, chocolatey and filled with crunchy peanuts for a salty-sweet treat. Made in the slow cooker with only 4 ingredients!

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1 30

Total Time 3 40

Servings clusters

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Ingredients

2 pounds Almond bark
4 ounces Dark chocolate
12 ounces Semi-sweet chocolate chips
32 ounces Salted peanuts
Holiday sprinkles optional

Instructions

Roughly chop the almond bark and dark chocolate.
Place the almond bark, dark chocolate, and semi-sweet chocolate in the Crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 1 hour.
Give it a stir then cover and cook for an additional 30 minutes.
Stir in the peanuts.
Drop tablespoon-sized dollops onto a lined cookie sheet. Optionally, add a few sprinkles on top of each.
Let the clusters set for about 2 hours, or until hardened.

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Nutrition

Calories: 218kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 71mgPotassium: 163mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 4IUCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional Disclaimer Kristin Maxwell of “Yellow Bliss Road” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. For accurate calorie counts and other nutritional values, we recommend running the ingredients through your preferred online nutritional calculator. Calories and other nutritional values can vary depending on which brands were used.

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Comments

Linda says:

July 20, 2019 at 11:58 am

Can you add some melted caramel to
Melted chocolate and SWIRL it in before
Adding the nuts or add them together
And swirl & then drop? I love chocolate
and caramel nut clusters!
Called Turtles, but crockpot method sounds
easy and great!

1. Kristin says:
  
  July 22, 2019 at 10:02 am
  
  Yes you could add caramel into this recipe. I think it would be delicious!
  
Karen says:

November 5, 2018 at 12:32 pm

This sounds delicious, but I am not sure about which kind of dark chocolate to purchase. Is it in a bar like the almond bark or baking chocolate and with the other bar type chocolates and chocolate chips, etc.? Thanks for your help.

1. Kristin says:
  
  November 5, 2018 at 6:46 pm
  
  You can find it in a bar, like Baker’s brand.