Crock Pot Candy
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If you’re looking for a delectable homemade candy that’s easy to make and perfect for holiday parties, look no further than Crock Pot Candy. These slow-cooked nut clusters are a crowd-pleaser! And they really fill up your holiday platters.
When we have little helping hands around the holidays, we tend to make easy recipes kids can help with. This Crock Pot Candy recipe is perfect for little helping hands, so if you have kids or grandkids, it is perfect to make with them.
Why Make Candy in the Slow Cooker?
Wondering WHY in the world you would want to make candy in a slow cooker?
Here’s a couple of reasons:
- One of the key reasons to make crock pot candy is its simplicity. Even if you’re not an experienced baker or candy maker, you can easily whip up a batch of this delightful treat
- It requires nothing special; you can find all the necessary ingredients at your local grocery store, right in the baking aisle
- The recipe requires minimal hands-on time, so you can focus on other holiday tasks while your candy cooks
- it makes a BIG batch, about 3 pounds or 30 pieces, depending on how big or little you make your peanut cluster
What you need to make crock pot candy
All these ingredients are found in the baking or cereal aisle of your local grocery store.
- white almond bark
- Spanish peanuts
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- butterscotch chips
- peanut butter
- crock pot/slow cooker
- silicone spatula or wooden spoon
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
To Make Substitutions
You can swap out the butterscotch chips for more chocolate chips. And if you like dark chocolate or milk chocolate, swap out the semi-sweet for those instead.
Make this with Kids!
This is a fun and easy recipe for kids because they can add all the ingredients and take turns stirring every 10-15 minutes or so. The big plus is that it won’t be too hot for kids. So it’s safer in a way for kids to help.
Kids around here also love making these Pop-Tart Houses! If they’re extremely young, make the houses for them and just let them decorate them!
Need a Christmas Platter Filler?
This recipe is IT! It makes about 3 pounds of candy. And depending on how big or small you make the nut clusters, you can make a lot of candy at once. This is great for filling in when you need just one more thing or filler for your platters, boxes or plates.
More Candy Recipes?
Need more candy recipes? I have a few! This Peppermint Bark recipe is a perennial favorite! My personal fave will always be Dark Chocolate Truffles they’re so smooth and creamy. Candied Pecans are popular as a snack or on top of scones. And be sure to check out this Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Recipe!
Love your Crock Pot??
If you love your crock pot why not try making Crockpot Hot Chocolate? It’s so easy to make and it keeps it warm and ready to serve. And if you want to make dinner in the crock pot try this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole!
To store these Nut Clusters
Nut clusters can be stored in airtight containers in your pantry. If you store them in the fridge they’re liable to build up condensation on the inside of the package, and then it can make your chocolate spotty and gross. Cool and dark is good.
Once ready to serve them, just put them out on platters at room temperature. And then can go back in their airtight containers when you’re ready to store them again. That is, if they’re not all eaten immediately!
Crock Pot Candy Nut Clusters
Ingredients
- 1 lb white almond bark
- 1 lb raw Spanish peanuts
- 10 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 c butterscotch chips
- 3 T peanut butter
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a 3 or 6 quart slow cooker or crock pot. Turn to low heat and let the mixture melt together, untouched for 1 hour. Use a wooden spoon to stir the mixture together, ensuring to go all the way to the bottom of the pan.
- Continue cooking and melting the mixture together for 1 more hour, stirring every 15-20 minutes so that the mixture does not burn.
- Once the mixture has cooked together, spoon the mixture into 2-3 tablespoon sized dollops onto a large piece of parchment paper. Let the candies set at room temperature for at least 1 hour or until hardened.
