Crockpot Candy

By foodiva

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 2 pound white almond bark
• 4 ounces German chocolate bar
• 12 ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips
• 24 ounces dry roasted peanuts
• Instructions
• Add all ingredients to slow cooker. Let cook on low for 1 hour without messing with it. After an hour, stir to combine everything. Allow to cook for another hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Drop spoonfuls of the candy onto wax paper and allow to cool completely.
• http://fakeginger.com/2009/12/18/crockpot-c

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from fakeginger.com

Preparation

Step 1

This recipe comes from my best friend and her mother. They make it every Christmas and every Christmas I beg her to bring me some every time I see her. I honestly had no idea it was so easy.

The recipe only calls for peanuts but my friend usually does a mixture of peanuts and pecans. I stuck with only peanuts out of cheapness but the pecans are really good in it. Also, I halved the batch and got a ton (as you can see from the picture below) so if you make a full batch, be ready to eat a lot of peanuts!

Add all ingredients to slow cooker. Let cook on low for 1 hour without messing with it. After an hour, stir to combine everything. Allow to cook for another hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

I make this candy and it always turns out yummy! I also use paper candy liners and put half of the candy mixture in bottom of liner, add teaspoon of marshmallow cream and put more candy mixture on top. I also substitute walnuts and pecans for the peanuts. Delicious!

Carol maddison

Any white candy coating should work in place of the almond bark. I’m not sure about the German chocolate bar. The website says it’s sweeter than semi-sweet chocolate and contains a blend of chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, flavorings, and lecithin. Hopefully you can find something like that! :)

I’ve made a different variation of this. I usually make the whole batch up from start to finish, box them up in their gift giving portions and freeze any that will be given out at a later date. They do just fine in the freezer!.

We make this a lot. We put into mini cupcake liners and they freeze great.

I’ve used my small round one and my large oval one and they’ve both turned out fine. Since this is one of those recipes you have to stir and pay attention, I think you’d notice if it was burning or melting unevenly or whatnot.

Did you chop up or break into chunks any of the chocolate or bark items or just place them whole into the crock pot?

This sounds so good and easy to make. I want to try it but I only have a slow cooker. Would that work just as well as a crock pot?

Any kind of “candy coating” chocolate product will work for the almond bark. It’s just really easy to melt and doesn’t seize up easily. The website for the German chocolate bar says that it’s sweeter than semi-sweet chocolate and contains a blend of chocolate liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, flavorings, and lecithin. Hopefully there’s something in your stores that’s similar. :)

I’ve wanted to make this since I first pinned it. I didn’t have the almond bark but refused to wait any longer. Sooo I substituted white “vanilla candy coating”. turned out just great. Family loved them. Can’t wait ’til I get all the specific ingredients in the house at the same time! :)

vanilla candy coating IS DEFINITELY the same as almond bark. Some companies label it one way, some the other way. But its all the same. You can get better quality candy coating (also sometimes called summer coating) by mail ordering. Nestle makes some that is really wonderful, has more chocolate in it than the store bought stuff. Candy coating/summer coating/almond bark is way easier to handle, much more forgiving than dealing with real chocolate. The flavor is the same, (It pretty much is the same as real chocolate) but it does have a less-pleasing “mouth feel” than real chocolate.

Has anyone ever added pretzels along with the nuts?

Yes, you could do a double batch, as long as your crock pot/slow cooker was big enough to hold the ingredients. The chocolate/almond bark mixture doesn’t set up fast as long as the crock pot is warm. (and even if it did, you could just re-heat to re-melt the chocolate, and continue on.) The stoneware liner stays warm for a long time, so you have time to work the candy. I would, however, advise you to NEVER make a double batch of divinity, because that is NOT forgiving with the working time. (Did that once, too. What a sticky disaster!!) Once divinity is ready to go, its ready to go. And, peanut brittle can be tricky, too; though a double batch is quite possible. But this recipe would be super easy to double or even triple. Its a great beginner candy!!

could you add peanut butter?

Yes, I’ve added peanut butter before but I just added a couple spoonfuls so I don’t have exact measurements.

You could also try substituting the white almond bark for chocolate almond bark, then changing the chocolate chips for the peanut butter chips… just an idea. I love the “variations on a theme” method of making things!

Can you add caramel? Macadamia nuts?

You can definitely use macadamia nuts in place of some or all of the peanuts. I bet that would be delicious. I’ve never tried adding caramel though.

Can caramel be added to these candies so they taste like turtle candy

I have not tried it so I can’t be sure. Maybe add it after the initial melting?

do you use salted or unsalted peanuts? I always use unsalted when I make this recipe but wonder if salted would taste better?

was easy to make.we cut amount I half.

can you add raisins?

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