Slow Cooker Chocolate Candy

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I actually made this last night and let it cook almost 4 hours!! I could tell some parts would have burned had I let it go longer. I have an older crockpot so we checked it a couple times and all was fine.I used pecans instead of peanuts; just chopped a bunch and put in first. Rave reviews on the fudge when I shared it at work. Anytime you make a recipe from someone else, you have to be prepared to tweak it for your conditions or circumstances so for those who had problems, try again. I spooned mine into mini-muffin papers which made perfect portion control servings.

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I read the reviews first, and honestly don't know why you would do this in a crock pot.
I roasted 1.15 pounds of "roasted, salted" peanuts in a 200F oven for 30 minutes until they smelled very fragrant and tasted great
While that was roasting, i put 1.5 pounds of almond bark in a double boiler.
When the bark was melted, i added 2 oz German chocolate and 6 oz semi sweet chips and stirred until melted together.
i poured the peanuts into a large bowl. I poured the melted chocolate over the nuts and stirred until combined.
I spooned a little more than a tablespoon of chocolate into 2 ounce solo souffle cups (I picked them up at ACE restaurant supply. the cups were about half full.
this recipe made 46 cups. i cooled half of them on the counter and half in the fridge. there was no difference.
now i'm putting on the little lids and shipping them off to family members out of state for xmas.
The blend of chocolate is SO GOOD

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i made this last night. based on reviews of burning, i chose to only cook mine 2 hours and it was perfectly fine. don't know if it would have burned had i let it go the full 3 hours. i think it is a perfectly good recipe. they make great gifts! next time i may try different things, such as: chop up the nuts a little, add raisins after stirring, possible mini marshmallows, crushed pecans.....options are endless. merry christmas everyone!

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I really enjoy Trisha's show. I read the ratings on this recipe before I tried it. Thank you so much for the honest reviews. I cooked mine in a black crock pot, but only for an hour and ten minutes, stirring after thirty and it turned out perfect. I added 1/3 cup of Jif mocha cappuccino hazelnut spread. Really yummy!

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Food Network should tweak this recipe or take it down.I have never given a bad rating before. I was so excited about this recipe because I saw Ms. Yearwood make it on tv and it looked wonderful. I wasted time, money I could barely spare this time of year, and my house reeks of burnt chocolate and peanuts.

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Wonderful recipe and it worked great in my crock pot! I have an older model with just a low or high setting and it worked wonderful and at exactly 3 hours! Thank you so much Tricia!!! Wondeful easy way of making some candy!!!!

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I used a Hamilton Beach programable crockpot. I also cooked half of the recipe. Half made 23 regular size cupcake cups. I filled them half full. I ONLY cooked it on the low setting for 1.5 hours. It was melted perfectly. No need for 3hrs. I also added about a tsp of vanilla extract. I would recommend only using half of the peanuts. I halved the recipe, but that seemed a little peanut excessive. My measurements were:

8oz of cocktail peanuts ( not dry roasted
2oz German's chocolate
1/2 bag semi-sweet chocolate
1 pckg 20 oz almond bark
1tsp vanilla extract

Hope this helps! It is delicious !

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What a very sad day. I have never given 1 star to any foodnetwork chef before. I have a 5 qt. crockpot brand slow cooker. I followed the recipe to the "T." At 1.5 hrs, there was a burning smell. It was ruined. Peanuts & chocolate were burnt to the bottom & sides of my crockpot. I do believe the recipe is solid but should stress the timing issue. I will be repeating this recipe by melting chocolate using a double-boiler, pan roasting the nuts,combining ingred., cooling slightly, & portioning out.

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I followed this to the receipt and ended up with a mess. The peanuts burned black and the rest was dried out. I am so mad over this a lot of money wasted.

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This was an easy and simple recipe for candy! I made a 1/2 batch and used mini muffin cups with a pretty gold foil paper liners. I loved how easy it was and I filled all 36 of my mini muffin tin slots. I agree that the chocolate was done earlier than 3 hours, but mine peanuts never burned and the chocolate stayed in place until I stirred it. For my 2nd 1/2 batch the next day, I used less peanuts (1/2 dry peanuts and 1/2 regular peanuts plus chopped pecans, walnuts and some slivered almonds. I also used more dark chocolate and less white. I liked this mix better. Next time I will try the almonds and rice crispies as suggested. It's a fun and easy recipe.