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Crock Pot Candy

Do you associate the smell of baking cookies with Christmas, or do you have a favorite Christmas candy? My Christmases have been filled with Christmas cookies and candies for as long as I can remember.

My mother’s favorites are still my favorites today. She made fudge, buckeyes, and her legendary chocolate-covered cherries every holiday season! Legendary to my dad, brother, and myself anyway!

The women in a friend’s family gather every year during December to make candy together. They make several different varieties, and then everyone packs a box to take home.

I know traditions change as the years pass, but I get lost in the nostalgia of the season when I turn down the lights and light the fireplace, with only Christmas music and tree lights glowing. I could enjoy that peace for hours with a cup of coffee and some homemade goodies!

My cousin told me about this crock pot candy a few years ago, but I tried it for the first time this year. It is incredibly easy, and there is minimal clean-up! However, you should check the candy often, especially if you have a newer crock pot. The newer crock pots get hotter than the old ones, and my first batch of candy burned! And if you have never smelled burnt candy, it isn’t good! Thank goodness for candles!

I set my crock pot to warm the second time, and it worked great, taking only about 30 to 45 minutes for the chocolates to melt. I slowly added the peanuts to the melted chocolate to combine.

Scoop the mixture onto waxed paper and allow to set at room temperature. Then, fill decorative tins and share them with your friends and family!

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Crock Pot Candy

Course Candy
Author Amye Melton

Equipment

  • Crock Pot

Ingredients

  • 1 (20-oz.) pkg. white almond bark candy coating
  • 1 (10-oz.) bag 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 1 (11.5-oz.) bag milk chocolate chips
  • 1 (10-oz.) bag peanut butter chips
  • 1 (16-oz.) jar salted dry roasted peanuts
  • 1 (16-oz.) jar unsalted dry roasted peanuts

Instructions

  • To a crock pot add the almond bark, bittersweet chips, milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Set crock pot to warm and check after about 20 minutes; stir.
  • Continue warming and stirring until the chocolate has melted enough to stir smooth.
  • Add peanuts, a little at a time, stirring after each addition.
  • Drop candy by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow to set up at room temperature.
  • Store in an airtight container on counter.

Homemade Payday Candy

 

 

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The first taste of this fantastic Homemade Payday Candy took me back 40 years or more.  Back to a time when I could walk to the Beeler’s store with my cousins for a Coke and candy bar.  Those were the days!  We didn’t even need money because we would put it on daddy’s tab.  The gas tab that he would keep and pay at the end of the month.  The one that would undoubtedly have a few surprises on it when he went in to pay.
This candy is one of the easiest candy recipes you’ll ever make.  Waiting for the candy to chill is the hardest part!  The Payday candy would be a great recipe to get the kids involved.  With only five ingredients and the microwave, you will be licking the bowl in a matter of minutes!

 

Homemade Payday Candy
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 (16-oz.) salted cocktail peanuts
  • 2 c. peanut butter chips
  • 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 (14-oz.) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (10.5-oz.) bag mini marshmallows
Instructions
  1. Spray a 9 x 13-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle 1 c. peanuts on the bottom of the pan, set aside.
  2. In a large microwave-safe bowl, heat peanut butter chips and butter in 30-second increments on 50% power, stirring after each, until melted.
  3. Stir sweetened condensed milk into the chips and microwave on high power for 1 more minute. Stir until smooth and combined.
  4. Fold the marshmallows into the peanut butter chips mixture until evenly coated. Pour over the peanuts in the pan. Spreading even with a spatula, try not to disturb the peanuts.
  5. Press the remaining 1 c. nuts into the marshmallow mixture. Cover and chill for at least one hour.
  6. Cut into squares.
Notes
You may substitute salted dry-roasted peanuts for the cocktail peanuts if you prefer.