Crockpot Christmas Candy
An easy and festive way to make homemade candy, these slow cooker treats are delicious and not too sweet. You'll love the blend of chocolates in this recipe
Servings: 24 candies
Equipment
- 2.5 quart or larger slow cooker
Ingredients
- 16 ounces lightly salted roasted peanuts
- 10 ounces 60% cocoa baking chocolate
- 4 ounces 48% cocoa baking chocolate
- 4 ounces white baking chocolate
- 10 ounces candy melts Vanilla Flavored
- holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Assemble. In a 2.5 quart or larger slow cooker, add the peanuts, and layer in all the chocolate, breaking up the chocolate bars as you go.
- Cook. Cook on LOW heat for 1 hour, stir and cook for another 1 ½ hours on LOW heat and stir. Turn off the heat and let sit for 30 minutes covered.
- Drop. Lay out parchment paper or wax paper and 2 large baking sheets. Drop by 2 tablespoon-sized portions, leaving at least a ½ inch space between each one. Repeat until all the mixture has been used. Sprinkle on the sprinkles while the candies are still wet. You should get about 35-40 candies. Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator to set for at least 1 hour, until set.
Notes
The blend of chocolates in this recipe gives it a great flavor. Try to stick to the ingredients as written: you can find them in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips.