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Christmas baking doesn’t get much easier than this super simple Crockpot Candy recipe! Made with chocolate, marshmallows, and peanuts. Just toss the ingredients in your crockpot, mix it, melt, and scoop. You’ll have one of my family’s favorite treats!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to Make: This recipe is so easy and delicious! It is made of just a few simple ingredients that everyone will love, and it’s so simple to throw in the crockpot.
- Neighbor Gift: This recipe makes plenty of candy, so it’s great to share with neighbors and friends!
- Versatile: This treat is great to just munch on all winter long. You can also take it to share at a party or use it in your Christmas dessert charcuterie board.
Ingredients Needed for Crockpot Christmas Candy
The ingredients for crockpot candy are so simple that you probably already have most of them in your pantry! You can change this recipe and just use what you have on hand. You can find the exact measurements at the bottom of the post.
- Lightly Salted Dry Roasted Peanuts: Roasted peanuts have lots of flavor, and the salt on the outside helps balance out all the sweetness.
- Vanilla Almond Bark: Almond bark is a candy coating made from vegetable fats, sugar, and flavorings. It melts easily and is used for dipping or coating treats.
- Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips: This balances the sweetness. Use dark or milk chocolate chips, and opt for high-quality chocolate for the best flavor.
- Dark Chocolate Bar: I like to use Ghiradelli 60% chocolate. It has great flavor and balances out the sweetness of the other ingredients.
- Mini Marshmallows: Add great texture and a gooey bite you would miss if it wasn’t there.
- Sprinkles: This ingredient is optional but adds a cute festive flare to the candy. You could get gold sprinkles to make it look fancy!
How to Make Crockpot Candy
This crockpot Christmas candy is also easy to make. You just melt the ingredients in your crockpot and then scoop them into balls to cool. They are the easiest treats you will make this holiday season!
- Add to Crockpot: Combine peanuts, almond bark, and chocolate in the basin of a large slow cooker.
- Heat: Heat on low for one hour.
- Stir: Stir well with a spoon until the chocolate is smooth.
- Scoop: Stir in mini marshmallows and scoop onto a wax (or parchment paper) paper-lined cookie sheet. Allow to cool.
Tips for Making Crockpot Candy
This crockpot candy can be anything you want it to be! You can add so many different ingredients to make it your own.
- Try Different Nuts: Almonds, cashews, macadamia nuts, or toasted pecans would be so yummy in this treat. They all go great with chocolate and would add different textures and flavors. Try one, or try them all!
- Add Flavors: Wouldn’t a candy cane crunch be yummy in this candy? Or how about laying down some Graham crackers or toffee before scooping out your treats? A nice crunchy bottom would be so yummy!
- Make Shapes: You can scoop these treats out into fun shapes! Try a snowman or a cute candy cane. You can dress these up however you want!
- Add Toppings: A white chocolate drizzle would look so pretty on top. You could also sprinkle crushed candy cane, toffee bits, or some coarse sea salt. They are so yummy any way you make them!
- Fill Cupcake Liners: If you want to make these treats easy to give away, pour them into a cupcake liner instead of onto a sheet pan. They will be easy to transport and to share!
Saving Leftovers
Here is how to store your delicious and easy crockpot candy. You will be so glad you made this. It’s easy to store, share as a gift, and gobble up!
On the Counter: Crockpot candy will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks. Good luck getting it to last that long. It rarely lasts more than 24 hours in my house!
Other Christmas Candy to Try
I grew up making Christmas candy every year. That’s probably why I love it so much today! It’s a great gift to make for friends and neighbors, and it just tastes amazing. I feel like it brings the holiday cheer into the house. I also love a sweet treat, so it’s a win win. Here are some of my favorite Christmas candy recipes that you have to try!
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Crockpot Candy
Ingredients
- 4 cups lightly salted dry roasted peanuts
- 2 lbs vanilla almond bark broken into pieces
- 1 12 oz bag semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 4 oz dark chocolate bar broken into pieces (I like to use Ghirardelli 60%)
- 4-5 cups mini marshmallows this is about 1 cup shy of a 10 oz bag of mini marshmallows
- Sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Layer peanuts evenly into your crockpot. Add almond bark, chocolate chips, and dark chocolate bar on top.
- Cover with lid and cook on low heat for one hour.
- Remove lid and stir well. If all of the chocolate isn’t completely melted, continue to cook uncovered on low heat, stirring occasionally, for another 15-30 minutes (or as long as is needed until chocolate is melted).
- Turn off heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Add mini marshmallows and stir briefly, just until marshmallows are coated in chocolate and combined (if you stir too much you will melt your marshmallows, you want them to pretty much maintain their shape).
- Immediately use a 1 1/2 Tablespoon sized cookie scoop (or two large spoonand scoop candy by heaping 1 1/2 Tablespoon onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet (you’ll need several, this makes a lot of candy).
- Top with sprinkles, if desired, then allow candy to set before enjoying (about 30-60 minutes).
- Store candy in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I have made this for about 12 years and now everyone ask for it at Christmas so easy and delicious. Got my first recipe in Ala power bill. But never put marshmallows in it going to try it this time ❣️
what a great use of a crockpot, very creative and much easier than any other way, thank you!
does anyone know if you could freeze these?
Yes, these candies freeze really well.
Crockpot peanut clusters a big hit and easy to make, this will be my go to recipe every year.