Santa Crisps
Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Santa will have to share these traditional holiday treats.
Prep time: 10 min.
Decoration time: 15 min.
Cooking time: 35 min.
Cooling time: 60 min
Difficulty: Challenging
What you'll need:
- 1 bag DOVE® Brand Rich Dark Chocolate
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup roasted peanuts
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Candy thermometer
- 2 cookie sheet pans
- Aluminum foil
- 3-quart heavy bottomed pot
What to do:
- Line cookie sheets with foil, set aside.
- Bring the sugar, corn syrup and water to a boil in a heavy bottomed saucepan over a medium heat. Insert a candy thermometer into the boiling mixture and continue cooking until it reaches 250 degrees. Add the peanuts and stir occasionally until mixture begins to turn a golden color. Remove immediately from heat onto a heatproof surface. Add the butter and the baking soda. Be very careful! The mixture will foam and double in size.
- Working quickly, drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheets, about 1 inch apart. Let candies harden and cool completely, about 1 hour.
- In the meantime, melt DOVE® Brand Rich Dark Chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Peel brittle off the foil and cover the backs with chocolate using a palette knife or table knife. Place the candy with the chocolate side up until it sets.
