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Slow Cooker Peanut Brittle Candy (Not Brittle)

If you like peanut brittle, you will be amazed when you make Slow Cooker Peanut Brittle. This unique candy offers a fantastic flavor and texture that’s not your typical brittle.

ApplianceSlow Cooker
Cook1 - 1 1/2 hours
Serves3 pounds
Jenn BareWritten byJenn Bare
Slow Cooker Peanut Brittle Candy (Not Brittle)

Method

Step by step

  1. 01

    Place the butter into the slow cooker.

  2. 02

    Pour the sugar and the corn syrup over the butter. Add vanilla.

  3. 03

    Cover. Cook for 1 hour on High.

  4. 04

    Stir well and mix in the baking soda.

  5. 05

    Cover. Cook on high for another 30 minutes.

  6. 06

    Stir in peanuts.

  7. 07

    Cover. Cook again for another 15-30 minutes, or until the sugar mixture is brown and looks more like the color of peanut brittle.

  8. 08

    Line two large baking trays with parchment paper.

  9. 09

    Use oven mitts and pour half of the mixture onto each tray. Spread out with a buttered spatula.

  10. 10

    Let cool for one hour, then cut into pieces.  Store in an airtight container.

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Originally published on getcrocked.com.

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Jenn Bare, founder of GetCrocked

About the author

Jenn Bare

Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.

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