Make Chocolate Peanut Brittle

If you enjoy peanut brittle and you're a fan of chocolate, you'll love chocolate peanut brittle as well. This is a traditional old recipe.

Ingredients

 * 1 ½ cups of sugar
 * 2/3 a cup of water
 * ½ a cup of glucose (pure corn syrup)
 * 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
 * ½ a pound of raw shelled peanuts (small ones are the best)
 * 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract
 * 1 level teaspoonful of soda
 * 1 tablespoonful of cold water
 * ½ a pound or more of chocolate drops or broken chocolate pieces (good quality)

Steps

 * 1) Put the sugar, water and glucose in a saucepan.
 * 2) Place on the heat.
 * 3) Stir till the sugar is dissolved.
 * 4) Wash down the sides of the saucepan with a cloth or fingers that have been dipped in cold water.
 * 5) Cover and let boil three or four minutes, then uncover and let cook to 140ºC. When a little is cooled and chewed, it clings but does not stick to the teeth.
 * 6) Add the butter and peanuts. Stir constantly until the peanuts are nicely browned (or are of the color of well roasted peanuts).
 * 7) Dissolve the soda in the cold water, add the vanilla and the soda and stir vigorously.
 * 8) Turn out. When the candy is through foaming, turn it onto a warm and well-greased tray or raised cookie sheet. As soon as it has cooled a little on the edges, take hold of it at the edge and pull out as thin as possible.
 * 9) Loosen it from the receptacle at the center by running a spatula under it, then turn the whole sheet upside down. Again pull as thin as possible.
 * 10) Break into small pieces and when cold, coat with melted chocolate. Half of a roasted peanut may be set upon each piece as coated.

Tips

 * Note that the peanuts used in the brittle are raw. After the peanuts are shelled, cover them with boiling water, let boil up once, then skim out and push off the skin, when they are ready to use.

Things You'll Need

 * Saucepan
 * Mixing implements
 * Baking sheet/tray
 * Candy thermometer

Related Tips and Steps

 * Make Peanut Brittle
 * Make Peanut Butter
 * Make a No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball
 * Make Peanut Butter Cookies

Sources and Citations

 * Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes By Miss Parloa and Home Made Candy Recipes By Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill; public domain resource - this eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Gutenberg. Original source of recipe.

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