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Chocolate Peanut Clusters

April 4, 2014 By Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com 12 Comments

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

 

If you need a super quick party treat, this is it! I don’t mean super-quick as in 30 minutes. I’m talking 5 minutes. You probably already have everything at home to make them, too. Grab the rest of the bag of milk chocolate chips that you have been snacking on since you last made our lovely cannoli recipe, some peanuts or cashews and you are ready to go!

 

 

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

 

While I have to again admit that I am not much of a chocolate person (I sorta think it tastes like the smell of burned leaves…..), the bit of saltiness that these peanuts gave the chocolate had me enjoying them more than I want to admit. Next time, I think I will try a few different variations. Maybe try to mix some caramel in. Everything is better with caramel, right?

 

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

 

For these, I (sorta) tempered the chocolate. Tempering gives the chocolate a bit of a shine for the finished product. This is normally prevented when you break all of the nice lattice bonds on the chocolate when you heat it. By bringing the chocolate to a certain temperature and letting it cool while mixing in unmelted chocolate, you recreate a nice crystalline matrix that brings back the glimmer of the chocolate. You may be saying… “These don’t look all that shiny!”. Well… I tempered them slightly. I was rushing a bit, having just made a 4-tier red velvet cake that I possibly had eaten too much of in the process.

 

 

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

 

Like I said, the tempering process is completely optional. You can leave it out completely if you just want the mounds of delicious nutty chocolate clusters. It doesn’t do anything to change the taste. If you want to give it a go, check out this page for a full tutorial.

 

 

Chocolate Peanut Clusters
 
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Cook time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Simple, quick 5-minute chocolate peanut clusters.
Serves: ~50 clusters
Ingredients
  • 1 package (12 ounces) chocolate chips
  • 4-5 cups nuts of choice (I prefer salted)
Instructions
  1. Prepare baking sheet with paper liner.
  2. In a saucepan (or double boiler), heat about an inch of water until steaming.
  3. Place a heat safe bowl (if not using double boiler) larger than the pan over the steaming saucepan.
  4. Place chocolate chips (only ⅔ of pkg if tempering, keeping other to mix in per linked page instructions above in post) and melt slowly. Stir constantly.
  5. When melted remove from heat and mix in nuts.
  6. Place spoonfuls of mixture on baking sheet and let cool.
  7. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cluster
3.5.3226

 

What variations of these did you end up making? Pistachio, caramel, …? Let us know!

 

 

Filed Under: Confections / Sweets, Few Ingredients Tagged With: chocolate, christmas, holiday, nuts, peanuts, quick, sweet

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  1. Kim

    December 18, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    I will be making these tonight. Can’t wait to try them.

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      December 18, 2018 at 10:26 pm

      Hope you enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Rick moore

    December 4, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    I’m making these for the first time, can I melt the milk chocolate in the microwave?

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      December 4, 2018 at 2:29 pm

      Absolutely. Just be sure you heat it at about 30 second intervals, stirring after each, so you don’t overheat and split the chocolate.

      Reply
  3. Jennifer Fields

    December 21, 2017 at 8:43 am

    Super easy to make! I took all of my opened packages of nuts and tossed them in the chocolate, there were cashews, walnuts, peanuts, pecans and almonds!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      December 21, 2017 at 12:52 pm

      Isn’t it crazy how simple these are?! Love the combo. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  4. Kitchen Kelli

    February 24, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    These look great and thank you for submitting to Yum Goggle a while back. Will be sharing tomorrow in celebration of National Chocolate Covered Peanut Day

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      February 25, 2015 at 9:57 am

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  5. Risa

    April 4, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    Oh boy, these took me right back to my days of working in a candy store, memmmmorieeees! My tip is to let them cool at room temperature if possible. Cooling in the refrigerator alters the texture of the chocolate.

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      April 4, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      Definitely good advice. Also pulls moisture. Nobody wants that!

      Reply
  6. Angel

    April 4, 2014 at 2:56 pm

    I’m too hungry to be reading this. I’ll make some as soon as I leave the lab and make it home!

    Reply
    • Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com

      April 4, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      Let us know how they go!

      Reply

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