

STORE the chocolate clusters in a cool room, a temperature of 15 degrees celsius or 59 degrees fahrenheit would be ideal. I use my small cookie scoop that takes 2 teaspoons and place the clusters on to the parchment covered baking. Next, stir with a spoon until the peanuts are covered with chocolate. Once the chocolate melts, remove the bowl from the heat and add the peanuts. Chocolate peanut clusters Finishing up the chocolate peanut clusters - 15 minutes You should stir often while melting the chocolate. REPEAT this step for the white chocolate, but skip the whole tempering part since white chocolate isn't actually real chocolate.
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USE a tablespoon to scoop out one tablespoon full of dark chocolate and peanuts, pile that on the pre-lined baking sheet, don't touch it again. REMOVE the bowl from the pan, quickly wipe the underside of the bowl with a clean kitchen towel to prevent water from dripping.ĪDD 200 grams of unsalted peanuts into the melted dark chocolate, stir using the silicone spatula and coat well. Return to the large pan to melt a little more for one minute. TEMPER the dark chocolate, add back into the aluminium bowl and mix together with the melted chocolate that was left inside the bowl. POUR the melted dark chocolate onto the marble slab. MELT the dark chocolate while gently stirring with one of the silicone spatulae. ADD into the aluminium bowl when the water is boiling. If you used a chocolate bar like us, break it into smaller pieces. This method of melting chocolate is called "au bain Marie", which means that you melt chocolate without burning. It’s not a bad problem to have.ADD water into the large pan, bring to a boil. Lots of neighbors will be getting a package of them for Christmas. If I make these again, I’ll likely cut the recipe in half, as eighty is a lot. I allowed them to set up on the counter overnight before packaging. I lined baking sheets with parchment and using a 2 tablespoon scoop, made eighty clusters. I set my slow cooker for 1 hour and the chocolate was just starting to melt they ended up taking 2 1/2 hours to completely melt, but they were hands off, except for an occasional stir. The recipe would have been fine with the 10 ounce bag. I was unable to find a 12 ounce bag of peanut butter chips so added an additional 1/4 cup to the 10 ounce bag to yield 12 ounces (about 1 1/2 cups.) It was unnecessary. To avoid peanut dust that might create grittiness, I dumped the peanuts into a fine strainer and shook out the dust. I would enjoy the with dark chocolate and there is no reason why it should not work. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.įrom a flavor standpoint, these are very good. Sea Salt – Sprinkle with sea salt on the top of the clusters.Make sure to stir constantly while the chocolate is melted so it doesn’t burn. Stovetop – You can make this on your stove top.Drizzle with Chocolate – Use a different color of chocolate and drizzle the top after the clusters have hardened.Sprinkles – Add sprinkles or M&M&’s to the melted chocolate.

You can use dark chocolate or white chocolate chips.

You can set it for the time you want it to cook and not worry about overcooking anything. These delicious clusters contain roasted peanuts drenched in rich milk chocolate. We love this programmable crock pot and it is so handy. If you love the slow cooker like we do around here, why not make dessert in it? Peanut Clusters in crock pot is such a great recipe and oh so tasty. This is probably one of the easiest chocolate candy recipes I have ever made and it tastes out of this world! You just throw everything in the crock pot. If you are having a busy week or one of those days, this is the perfect recipe to make because it requires hardly any work. Sometimes I shy away from desserts because I just don’t have the time to stand over a stove or mess with a lot of ingredients. CLUSTERS What a quick and easy recipe to satisfy my sweet tooth My kids loved these Place chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and coconut oil in a. The Crock Pot makes chocolate peanut clusters so easy!
