Chocolate Peanut Brittle Recipes

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Lightly butter cookie sheet and set aside for now.
• In small bowl, stir the cocoa and baking soda, then the butter; set aside.
• In heavy 2 quart saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and whipping cream, stirring to combine.
• Cook over medium heat. Keep stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in the peanuts and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until mixture reaches 300° or when syrup dropped into very cold water separates to threads that are hard and brittle (of course, make sure the bulb on the candy thermometer is not resting on bottom of the pan when used).
• Remove from heat and stir in cocoa mixture.
• Immediately pour onto the buttered cookie sheet.
• With tongs or wooden spoons, quickly spread and pull into a 1/4-inch thickness.
• Put cookie sheet on a wire rack to cool completely.
• When the brittle is cool, break into pieces.

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
• In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
• Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• My microwave is 1150 watts. If yours is different you will need to adjust your cooking times.
• Cover an 11 x 17 cookie sheet or jelly roll pan (needs to have sides), with parchment or wax paper and spray with cooking spray, set aside.
• Combine the sugar and corn syrup and cook for 4 minutes on high.
• Add the peanuts or nuts of your choice (if you like more nuts add another cup) and cook for 3 minutes on high.
• Add the butter and vanilla and cook for 2 minutes on high.
• Add the baking soda and stir well. the mixture will turn a lighter color at this point.
• Pour immediately onto the prepared pan and spread out quickly.
• Let set for 1 minute, then sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top.
• Allow the chocolate to soften (approximately 5 - 10 minutes). Then spread out to cover the brittle. If you wish you made sprinkle chopped peanuts (or nut of your choice on top).
• Let stand until chocolate is no longer sticky (usually about 2 hours). Then break into pieces.
• Will keep will for weeks if stored in cool, dry place. If it lasts that long!