Christmas baking doesn't get much easier than this super simple Crockpot Candy recipe! Made with chocolate, marshmallows, and peanuts, just toss all of the ingredients in your crockpot, mix it together, melt, and scoop and you have one of my family's favorite treats!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas candy, crockpot candy
Servings: 50clusters
Author: Alyssa Rivers
Ingredients
4cupslightly salted dry roasted peanuts
2lbsvanilla almond barkbroken into pieces
1 12ozbag semisweet chocolate chips
1 4ozdark chocolate barbroken into pieces (I like to use Ghirardelli 60%)
4-5cupsmini marshmallowsthis is about 1 cup shy of a 10 oz bag of mini marshmallows
Sprinklesoptional
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
Updated Dec 13, 2022Originally posted Dec 12, 2018