Peanut Clusters

Making peanut clusters in a pressure cooker are SO easy! The best holiday dessert covered in chocolate. Cheap and always a fan favorite with everyone.

Instant Pot peanut clusters are the perfect holiday or party treat! They’re inexpensive, like our Reeses pretzel bites, bites of heaven I tell you. One of our many Instant Pot recipes here on the blog.

3 Ingredient Peanut Clusters

Do you make Crockpot chocolate candy bites like this every year? Maybe you buy them at the store? DO NOT buy them again, they’re so cheap and simple to make yourself.

Just 3 ingredients to perfection, this is how you make them in your pressure cooker, Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi.

Ingredient Notes

You can use any type of chocolate chips you want really. Mix milk and dark like you see here, or use white if you prefer. Salted cocktail peanuts are best if you want that salty sweet taste to them. And then a bit of shortening or coconut oil will allow the chocolate to melt smooth and coat the nuts well.

Equipment Needed

As far as equipment goes you will want a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, those are best when allowing them to cool down and harden up when done. In this case we are using an Instant Pot for melting chocolate but will go over slow cooker option below.

in Pressure Cooker

You’ll use the slow cooker function on your pressure cooker pot for this. I will say that this is this recipe is the ONLY one that works well with this function (other than this I don’t recommend using that button). Typically it doesn’t get quite as hot as a traditional Crock pot, but all you need is everything to melt in this case.

in Slow Cooker

Want to make Crockpot peanut clusters instead? We have instructions for that too! Works the same way, with the same instructions but is a bit slower. Not a big deal, tastes just the same, just depends on what mood I’m in.

on the Stove

You could do this same thing on the stovetop if you preferred. To do this you’d just need a double boiler (or a pot with boiling water in it with a glass bowl on top where the chips can be heated and melted safely, stirring consistently).

Tips

You do need something like Crisco in order for it to melt smoothly. If not the chocolate will clump up and is likely to burn as it clumps up. Yes you could add dried grapes to this mixture without any other alterations made. Adds a bit more sweetness and texture to it.

Some add a tbsp. of peanut butter into the mix too. That will make it just a tad bit softer in the end when they harden. It is a really yummy addition though I must say.

How to save leftovers

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for best results. Take one at a time out and enjoy. If you leave out at room temperature they may get a bit soft depending on your inside temp.

You should use a container with some parchment paper in between layers so they don’t stick together. Of course you should wait until these are hard and completely cooled before you do so.

One Instant Pot dessert recipe that doesn’t need any special accessories at all and is hard to resist. Try them yourself to serve during the holidays and see just how fast they disappear. 😉

Looking for some other treats to make and serve during a get together? This is how to make candied grapes, they are always a hit, cheap to make, and kids love them!

I love our Instant Pot coffee cake. It can be for breakfast or dessert really if you ask me. Yes you do need a smaller pan for most Instant Pot cake recipes but those can be used later in a multitude of ways. Want to try something else new? Use another device and make air fryer chocolate chip cookies sometime. You can use any leftover bark to make hot cocoa bombs too.

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