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Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters

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These Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters are made from just 3 easy-to-find ingredients!

chocolate butterscotch peanut clusters stacked on white plate

Sometimes you just need a super easy dessert recipe. This is it! These Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters are made in a jiffy. There is no baking involved at all. It’s a “no bake” dessert recipe. That means that even people who say they can’t bake will be able to make these. No baking is involved at all!

We’re all about making easy dessert recipes here on RecipeBoy. Remember my Frosting Fudge, 3-Ingredient Peach Cobbler and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars?

bowls of chocolate chips, peanuts and butterscotch chips

Ingredients needed:

four photos showing process of making chocolate butterscotch peanut clusters

How to make Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters:

Melt the milk chocolate chips and the butterscotch chips together in a pan. Alternately, you can use the microwave to do this if you heat them in short bursts, stirring in between bursts. Add the peanuts, and stir them in. Scoop or spoon mounds of the melted chocolate/peanut mixture onto a parchment or wax paper-lined baking sheet, and let them sit until the chocolate hardens again. Those are the 4 simple steps to make these heavenly Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters.

chocolate butterscotch peanut clusters stacked on white plate

If you want to get fancy like we did here, then melt a few extra butterscotch chips separately and put the melted butterscotch in a little zip baggie. Snip the corner of the baggies and drizzle some melted butterscotch on top of the clusters.

chocolate butterscotch peanut clusters stacked on white plate

I think it looks kind of pretty to add the drizzle on top, and it lets everyone know that it’s not just a regular chocolate cluster. There is butterscotch in there too!

Substitution and add-in suggestions:

  1. Use peanut butter chips instead of butterscotch.
  2. Add 1 1/2 cups of crushed Ruffles potato chips into the mix.
  3. Use dry roasted peanuts instead of Spanish peanuts
  4. Add in some dry chow mein noodles to the mix.

peanut cluster on white plate

This is a very quick and easy recipe to make, and it doesn’t really require any special cooking skills. I suggest you bring it to a potluck, and it’s a good one for the holiday season too. If you are looking for more easy dessert recipes, you might consider making these No Cook S’Mores Parfaits too.

Chocolate Butterscotch Peanut Clusters

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Such a SIMPLE recipe with only 3 ingredients. And HEY, it's good too!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 clusters (1 per serving)
Calories 161 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • In a double boiler, melt the butterscotch and milk chocolate chips together. Stir until the mixture is nice and smooth. Add the peanuts and stir.
  • Immediately drop little blobs of the clusters onto a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper- using a spoon or a cookie scooper. Let them sit until the chocolate is set.

Notes

  • If you'd like, you can melt some extra butterscotch chips, spoon it into a little zip baggie, snip the corner and drizzle on top of the clusters.

Nutrition

Serving: 1clusterCalories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 108mgPotassium: 115mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 14IUCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword butterscotch, chocolate, clusters, peanut
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This recipe was originally shared in 2011. It was edited to add new photographs and re-published in 2021.