These are the easiest desserts in the entire world. I make these almost every year for the school's cookie walk, and can make a gazillion dozen in no time at all. Last year, I was making them when the cable guy came and gave him a half dozen and made a new friend, LOL.
They are made in a crock-pot. No lie, a crock-pot. I have doubled this in a big crock-pot very successfully.
Easy Chocolate Peanut Clusters
2 pounds white almond bark (it comes in this big block at Wal-Mart)
4 1-oz squares German's bittersweet chocolate
12 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
24 oz jar roasted honey peanuts (you can use other kinds but I love the honey kind)
Put all ingredients in crock pot; cook 1 hour on high. Stir once in a great while just to prevent burning on the edges. Turn crock pot to low and stir every 15 minutes for 1 hour, or until thoroughly melted and combined. Drop onto waxed paper in clumps that fit in your mouth. Leave to cool, remove and either freeze or put in covered containers and store for up to a week.
These freeze great, they store great...I can't think of anything they aren't good for. I've made little ones, big ones (which just take longer to cool). If you want to make tons and tons, just cool them fast in the freezer so you can take them off the waxed paper. The waxed paper is pretty essential to protecting your countertops and making your life easy :-). I also recommend checking the crock-pot and stirring from time to time so it doesn't burn along the sides. But truly, these are as easy as it gets! They're like turtles, but without the caramel.
Hey...there's a variation I haven't tried. Hmmm...might be some experimenting in my future! Voting is still going on the bear, so take a chance to win a Shirley Jump travel mug!
Shirley
They are made in a crock-pot. No lie, a crock-pot. I have doubled this in a big crock-pot very successfully.
Easy Chocolate Peanut Clusters2 pounds white almond bark (it comes in this big block at Wal-Mart)
4 1-oz squares German's bittersweet chocolate
12 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips
24 oz jar roasted honey peanuts (you can use other kinds but I love the honey kind)
Put all ingredients in crock pot; cook 1 hour on high. Stir once in a great while just to prevent burning on the edges. Turn crock pot to low and stir every 15 minutes for 1 hour, or until thoroughly melted and combined. Drop onto waxed paper in clumps that fit in your mouth. Leave to cool, remove and either freeze or put in covered containers and store for up to a week.
These freeze great, they store great...I can't think of anything they aren't good for. I've made little ones, big ones (which just take longer to cool). If you want to make tons and tons, just cool them fast in the freezer so you can take them off the waxed paper. The waxed paper is pretty essential to protecting your countertops and making your life easy :-). I also recommend checking the crock-pot and stirring from time to time so it doesn't burn along the sides. But truly, these are as easy as it gets! They're like turtles, but without the caramel.
Hey...there's a variation I haven't tried. Hmmm...might be some experimenting in my future! Voting is still going on the bear, so take a chance to win a Shirley Jump travel mug!
Shirley
A Dirty Santa party? Okay, I have to ask. What on earth is that?
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