Chocolate Peanut Clusters

Updated: Sep 1, 2023

These chocolate peanut clusters are a favorite of our family. The original recipe was given to us by my husband's mother, Betty Olson.

Ingredients:

1 lb. chocolate chips
1 lb. white melting chocolate
16 oz. peanuts (we use low salt, but you can use full salt or not salt, depending upon your taste) (you can also substitute cashews for a different take on the recipe)

Instructions:

Combine chocolate chips and melting chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Melt in the microwave (normally 2+ minutes on high) until you can stir and mix the ingredients completely.
Pour the peanuts into the melted mixture and stir well until all the nuts are coated.
Put a piece of wax paper on your counter top. Or, if you plan to quick-harden them in your refrigerator, put wax paper on a jelly roll pan or other pan that will fit in your refrigerator.
Scoop out small clusters of the chocolate covered peanuts, either in small spoonfuls, or you can use a small melon-baller for standardizing the size.
Allow clusters to harden on the counter, or to speed the process, put them in the refrigerator.

Notes:

You may wish to have a few extra peanuts on hand in case at the end you have some chocolate left in the bowl - you can make a few extra clusters for the cook!
I keep the clusters in a container in the refrigerator as we like that 'hardness' to eat them.
The ingredients can be kept on hand for a quick dessert or treat as you can harden them very quickly.
You can also easily make a smaller quantity. I just use a kitchen scale as it's a 1:1:1 recipe.
Vegetarian friendly

Contributed by Hilary Olson (member)

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