chocolate peanut clusters
Chocolate peanut clusters are a crazy easy holiday candy to make at home. Crunchy sugar-roasted peanuts, snappy chocolate and sea salt make clusters that are better than those from a chocolatier!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 16
- Category: Candy
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched peanuts
- 1 tsp dark rum (can substitute vanilla extract)
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 8 oz good chocolate (milk, semisweet or bittersweet), chopped into 1/2-inch pieces, plus more if needed
- flaky sea salt (like Maldon)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss peanuts with rum to moisten. Sprinkle with sugar and toss to mix. Spread nuts on prepared baking sheet in an even layer. Roast, stirring once or twice, until golden and fragrant, 25- 30 minutes. Transfer nuts to a bowl and cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, arrange about 16 paper candy cups or mini muffin liners on a sheet pan.
- Place 6 1/2 oz of the bittersweet chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave for 30-second intervals at 50% power, stirring in between, until just melted (temperature should be about 115°F). Add remaining 1 1/2 oz bittersweet chocolate, stir until melted and temperature cools to 90°F. If warmer than 94°F when all of the chocolate is melted, add a few more small pieces and continue to stir until temperature reaches 90°F.
- Add peanuts to chocolate and stir until well mixed. Spoon 1 tablespoon of nut mixture into a paper candy cup or mini muffin liner. Sprinkle with flaky salt before the chocolate begins to set. Repeat until all of the peanut mixture is used (you should have about 16 clusters). Allow to set at room temperature.
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Store clusters in a covered container at room temperature, for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cluster
- Calories: 148
- Sugar: 1.4g
- Sodium: 186mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5.8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6.8g
- Fiber: 3.1g
- Protein: 4.3g
- Cholesterol: 0.3mg
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