Sam's Place: candy

This simple recipe for these chocolate peanut butter peanut clusters was given to us by a good friend years ago.

We normally make these every Holiday season. This year we just ran out of time and never got around to making these.

That means that I had all of the ingredients in the house and ready to go. The AFC playoff game this Sunday was so one-sided, that I decided to gather everything and check these off my list for some sweet treats.

These little treats are just so easy to make. And, what a great idea to make them and keep some in the freezer for that chocolate and peanut craving.

Here are the simple ingredients I used. Reese's Peanut Butter Chips, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, and Salted Peanuts.

After melting Reese's Peanut Butter Chips and the Chocolate Chips together, I stirred in the peanuts and dropped them onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Peanut Clusters

Ingredients:

1- 10oz. bag Reese's Peanut Butter Chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1-1/2 cups salted peanuts

Directions:

In a microwave-safe bowl or double boiler melt the peanut butter chips and chocolate chips. (I used my double boiler on the stovetop)
Stir the chocolate continuously until all is melted and smooth.
Add the peanuts, stir, and mix well.
Drop onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper using a tablespoon.
Let them set up for a few minutes and place them in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

I yielded 24 of these little treats but, I used heaping tablespoons. I could have had 30 or more if I used just a little less.

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!

Farberware Classic Stainless Series 2-Quart Covered Double Boiler

These sweet and salty chocolate turtles are a treat anytime. This year I decided to make my own homemade chocolate turtles for the holidays. The only problem was that I didn’t take any pictures to post this sweet treat, so I made them again. Some people call these cookies, and some candy, I think they’re candy.

Here is what I used: In my Homemade Chocolate Turtles Recipe

1-11oz. bag of Kraft Caramel Bits

1-11.5oz. bag Nestle Milk Chocolate Morsels

2 tablespoons of heavy cream

1 cup of pecans (cut in half)

Sea Salt (Optional)

Making Chocolate Turtles is easy and here is how:

I lined two cookie sheets with tin foil, and greased the tin foil with Pam non-stick spray, this prevents the candy from sticking.

In a microwave bowl, I mixed the caramel bits and heavy cream. By the way, these caramel bits are wonderful because they are already unwrapped and ready for any recipe.

Melt the caramels in the microwave 30 seconds at a time stirring between each interval. I have to tell you that I was so excited to use my microwave for something other than heating up my cold coffee.

When the caramel stirs easily add the pecans and mix well. Drop onto the tin foil with a tablespoon.

I melted the chocolate in the microwave using the same 30-second method as the caramels. Use a tablespoon to cover the caramel and pecan drops. I sprinkled some sea salt over the chocolate to make these sweet and salty. You don’t have to use the sea salt if you don’t want to.

Place the cookie sheets in the freezer for about 15 or 20 minutes until the candy is firm. They peel right off of the tin foil because of the non-stick spray, now refrigerate and enjoy.

This recipe yielded me about 27 of these delicious beauties; I had to give some to my daughter so I wouldn’t be in sugar overload.

You might also like my: Easy Chocolate Covered Strawberries

As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy.

Here is everything you need to make chocolate covered turtles