Chocolate-covered Peanut Candy is a super easy recipe that everyone loves! Crunchy nuts, peanut butter, dark chocolate, and sea salt come together to make the best homemade peanut clusters.
Make peanut candy for the holidays, or any time you want to share a sweet treat with your family.
Why This Peanut Candy Recipe is So Good
- It's super simple to make! Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in the microwave, stir in some peanuts, and spoon the mixture out into clusters. The hardest part is waiting for the candy to harden before you dig in!
- There are only four ingredients in this recipe, and you might even already have everything you need in your cupboards.
- Peanut candy makes a great handmade gift. Tie up a few of these in a pretty bag and hand them out as tasty gifts for the holidays. Think about teachers, coworkers, and all of those people that are hard to shop for.
Tips and Tricks for Making This Easy Peanut Candy
- Sprinkle flaky sea salt over the clusters before they harden. This helps to balance the sweetness of the candy. If you don't have sea salt, kosher salt will do, but avoid using regular table salt.
- Instead of using the microwave, you can melt the chocolate on the stove using a double boiler.
- Any type of peanut butter works in this recipe, so feel free to use standard or all-natural nut butter.
- Salted, roasted peanuts are your best choice, as they give the candy the best salty crunch on the inside!
Peanut Candy Variations
Once you have the hang of this easy peanut candy recipe, you can adjust it to make all different kinds of chocolatey treats!
Try using different types of nuts, like cashews or almonds, along with the peanuts or in place of them.
Other mix-ins, such as raisins, or dried cranberries would be delicious!
You can also try using half chocolate chips and half white chocolate or butterscotch chips for a whole new flavor.
Decorate your peanut candy clusters with festive sprinkles for the holidays!
More Sweet Treats to Make
- Chocolate Bliss Balls
- Gluten Free Tagalong Cookies
- Vegan Rice Krispie Treats
- Strawberry Macarons
- Christmas Pretzels
- Vegan Marshmallows
- Coconut Peanut Butter Balls
Crunchy, sweet, tasty nut recipes are a real treat for the family. Check out these recipes: Candied Pecans, Candied Cashews, Cashew Brittle.
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Peanut Candy
Equipment
- Microwave safe bowl
Ingredients
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups roasted salted peanuts divided
- 1 teaspoon flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Add the chocolate chips and peanut butter to a medium sized microwave safe bowl.
- Heat in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Add the peanuts to the melted chocolate and stir to coat the peanuts with chocolate.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of chocolate onto the lined baking sheet.
- Sprinkle over the flakey sea salt and place the peanut candy in the fridge until it is set– about 30 minutes.
- Transfer the peanut candy to an airtight container and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week.
Notes
- Sprinkle flaky sea salt over the clusters before they harden. This helps to balance the sweetness of the candy. If you don't have sea salt, kosher salt will do, but avoid using regular table salt.
- Instead of using the microwave, you can melt the chocolate on the stove using a double boiler.
- Any type of peanut butter works in this recipe, so feel free to use standard or all-natural nut butter.
- Salted, roasted peanuts are your best choice, as they give the candy the best salty crunch on the inside!
- Store peanut candy in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
