Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Candy made with just four ingredients is a perfectly easy holiday recipe that will make gifting even easier!
This recipe is made with Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter. We love this brand it because it is all natural and has amazing flavor. They’re also GMO-free, and have tons of protein!
Sabrina’s Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Candy Recipe
Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Candy is actually even easier than most slow cooker dishes on the site. Usually, I tell you tips and tricks about browning and liquids and keeping things crisp. In this recipe, it is as simple as it gets, and it takes no time at all!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup salted peanuts , not dry roasted
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Into a small 3- or 4-quart slow cooker, add all the ingredients.
- Mix and cook on low heat for 90 minutes.
- Stir and if not easily combined to a creamy consistency, cook on low an additional 30 minutes.
- Line a mini muffin tin with liners.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop the candy into the mini muffin liners.
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes to harden.
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About this Recipe
I’ve include jars of Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter in every care package I ship to college-aged friends! When presented with the opportunity to work with them after meeting them in Chicago, I was overjoyed about it. Our first recipe together was for Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake, which is both a family favorite and a blog favorite! Over 750,000 people viewed that recipe the first year alone!
Chef’s Note: Why Slow Cooker
You could warm up the chocolate in another container over a double boiler or in a microwave. However, cooking it in the slow cooker allows for an even, low heat to warm through all the ingredients, and it keeps them warm in the process of scooping them. PLUS, an added bonus of making this delicious Chocolate Peanut Candy in the slow cooker is that you can scale to more and more candies with no extra effort. We’ve tripled this recipe in a 7-quart slow cooker with no issues (just 30 minutes more on the cook time). It made 150 chocolate candies!
Serving Ideas: Giving as Gifts
Looking for delicious and EASY holiday treats you can pass out to your friends? It doesn’t get any easier than crockpot candy. You don’t even have to turn on the oven; you just have to keep scooping and giving it fridge time to set back up. Another non-cooking option? Christmas White Chocolate Trash Snack Mix.
Variations
- Caramel: Add a chocolate-covered caramel into the liner before scooping on the candy (this will make significantly more as the caramel will take up space too).
- Pretzels: Top with a mini pretzel and call them chubby hubby chocolates.
- Monster Candy: Add in raisins and crumbled granola bars at the last second for a monster cookie crockpot candy.
- Jellies: Add in diced jellies for a PB&J slow cooker candy.
- White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter: Swap the semisweet for all white, then add in pistachio and dried cranberries for a Christmas fruit and nut treat.
- Fluffernutter Candy: Using mini marshmallows, you fold in after allowing the mixture to cool for 10 minutes first. You can make Fluffernutter slow cooker candies. Use white chocolate instead of the semi-sweet and Smooth Operator Peanut Butter.
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We someone who is allergic to peanuts can I leave the peanuts out
Yes you can and feel free to substitute with pecans, almonds or even walnuts!
I want to make these but I have some family who will not eat peanut butter. They do not like it. How do I adapt this recipe? Thanks
Do they enjoy almond butter? That may be a good option for you. Let us know how your candy turned out!
So good! I think I’ll try Nutella and PB next time. What’s the best way to store them for a week or two?
I’d store them in a covered container in refrigerator to last the longest. So glad you enjoyed them.
Do you think Nutella would work?
Oooh, I haven’t tried it but it sounds amazing!
Yes. I used half PB and half Nutella. It was great
Do you need to make this in a slow cooker? Could it be made in a saucepan or in the microwave?
You can warm up the chocolate in a double broiler or in the microwave but the process is so much easier using a slow cooker…and less mess too!
I can’t find this peanut butter. What else do you suggest? I saw Reese’s spread in the store. Would that work?
Oh no!! If you click on the hyperlink in the recipe card, it will take you to their website. They have a “where to buy” tab that will allow you to enter in your zip code to find a store near you.
I’m in Canada so we don’t have it. I used half peanut butter and half Nutella. It worked
This is a candy recipe I will enjoy making time and time again.
It will quickly become a family favorite!
That’s a great way to do candy in bulk! Looks delicious!
Thanks Michelle!
Will make candy looks good
I absolutely love that peanut butter, and I am so making these!
Isn’t it the best?!? I hope you enjoy them!!
Holiday treat perfection! And I LOVE the idea of making it in the slow cooker! Brilliant!
Thanks Michelle!
I love making candy in the slow cooker and these look perfect!!
Thanks Amanda! It’s so fun to do especially during then holidays!
The crock pot is so handy! I could eat that chocolate peanut butter right out of the jar!
I won’t tell anyone if you do 🙂
YUM! Can’t wait to try these. Love homemade candy.