Here's an ideal candy recipe for beginner cooks and an easy favorite of well-seasoned cooks. No candy thermometer is needed.
Crunchy Peanut Clusters
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 78
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 24 oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark)
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 cups Cheerios™ cereal
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 2 cups dry-roasted peanuts
- Colored sugar, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In 4-quart saucepan, melt candy coating over medium heat, stirring frequently. Stir in peanut butter until mixture is smooth. Add remaining ingredients, stirring until completely coated.
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Step2Drop mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper or cookie sheet; sprinkle with colored sugar. Let stand until firm, about 1 hour. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition
100
Calories
6g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 75mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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