Best Chocolate Covered Peanuts Recipes

LISA'S HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• This is a two to one for the chocolate covering.
• Melt the chocolate in double boiler with the butterscotch chips Or you can use a large micro safe bowl (50% power for 30 secs) at a time till melted.
• Pour in the peanuts.
• Stir till coated.
• Drop by tablespoon full on to parchment paper.
• Cool till hard.
• Store in airtight container at room temperature.
• Mine never lasted longer than a week but I don't recommend that you serve them much after a week of shelving.

ALEXANDER'S CHOCOLATE-COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Place almond bark in a slow cooker. Stir occasionally on High until mostly melted, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to Low. Stir in chocolate chips until mixture is completely dark, about 30 seconds. Add peanuts.
• Drop a spoonful of the peanut clusters onto a parchment paper-lined countertop to test if they are thick and chunky. Mix in more peanuts and chocolate chips if the mixture is too loose and runny.
• Line 4 to 5 baking sheets with parchment paper. Lay spoonfuls of the peanut clusters on top using a melon baller. Allow to harden, about 1 hour.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Put the pieces of chocolate in an absolutely dry heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water to melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth. In the meantime, stretch a piece of plastic wrap over a dinner plate.
• Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat and stir in the peanuts, coating them with the chocolate. Spread the mixture on the plastic-lined plate and chill.
• Mixing them in:
• Use a chef's knife to chop the chocolate-covered block of peanuts into bite-sized pieces, then mix them into 1 quart (1 liter) of ice cream as you remove it from the machine.

CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS- CROCK POT CANDY

Steps:

• Cut chocolate into smaller pieces and add all ingredients including peanuts to crock pot. Turn on low and cook one hour with lid on. Do Not Stir. Turn off heat, remove lid, stir every 15 minutes for two hours. Drop with a melon baller onto wax or parchment paper. Let set until hardens. Store in covered container. Will freeze well in sealed bags. Makes over 100 pieces.

CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• 1. Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips with vegetable oil in microwave a minute at a time and stir up and stop when mixture is smooth. Then add peanuts and stir well. Drop on wax paper or foil covered cookie sheets, and place in fridge to harden. Store in fridge. VEGETABLE OIL USED IN WITH CHIPS PREVENTS THE CHIPS FROM DRYING OUT.

CROCK-POT CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• 1. DUMP all the above ingredients in the order given into your crock-pot.....(don't even need to stir!) Put the lid on your crock-pot and cook on LOW for 2 hours. Open and stir really good, making sure that all of the chocolate is melted. (If you still have some chunks, put the lid back on and let it go a bit more).
• 2. Drop by tablespoons onto parchment or wax paper and let cool!

CHOCOLATE-COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Put the pieces of chocolate in an absolutely dry heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water to melt the chocolate, stirring until smooth. In the meantime, stretch a piece of plastic wrap over a dinner plate.
• Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat and stir in the peanuts, coating them with the chocolate. Spread the mixture on the plastic-lined plate and chill.
• Mixing Them In
• Use a chef's knife to chop the chocolate-covered block of peanuts into bite-sized pieces, then mix them into 1 quart (1 liter) of ice cream as you remove it from the machine.
• Variation
• You can substitute Salt-Roasted Peanuts (page 188) or Pralined Peanuts (page 196) for the roasted peanuts in this recipe.
• Storage
• Chocolate-Covered Peanuts can be stored for several months in an airtight container, refrigerated or at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS

Steps:

• In microwavable bowl heat chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Do not burn.
• Heat on low. Stir until both are blended.
• Pour in peanuts and drop by teaspoons onto wax paper.
• I usually limit the drops to about 5 peanuts each to make them small bites.