Sunny's Easy Kitchen Sink Clusters

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 12 clusters
  • Total: 1 hr 30 min (includes chilling time)
  • Active: 25 min
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Ingredients

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 tablespoons powdered sugar 

1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke (depending on how smoky you like it) 

Kosher salt 

24 small pretzels 

12 individual caramels, preferably Kraft, unwrapped

1 cup chopped milk chocolate or milk chocolate chips 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with the paper liners.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together the peanut butter, powdered sugar, liquid smoke and a pinch of salt. Transfer to a zip-top bag. Slice about 1/2 inch off one of the bottom corners of the bag.
  3. Place 2 pretzels in the bottom of each muffin cup. Pipe a heaping teaspoon of the peanut butter onto the pretzels in each cup. Top each with a caramel and press it down into the peanut butter. Bake until the caramel is melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Remove the clusters from the oven and top each with about a teaspoon of melted chocolate and a pinch of salt. Place in the refrigerator until set, about 1 hour. Remove from the muffin tin and serve.

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Tina C.

I'm always on the lookout for recipes that translate well to sugar free.  This one worked really well.  I used natural peanut butter and swerve for the filling.  Topped with dark chocolate (78% cocoa) and a sprinkle of flaky salt.  I used mini muffin cups for portion control and reduced the bake time to 7 minutes.  I left out the caramel because sugar free caramel doesn't melt well.  They were a big hit.  I'll try them again with other toppings, nuts, dried cherries.....

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