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Chocolate & peanut clusters.

Servings: 20

Ingredients

  • 200 g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 60 g unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 170 g caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp natural vanilla extract
  • 200 g peanuts toasted and chopped ( I used salted, it's up to you)
  • 155 g raisins ( optional, I didn't used them)
  • 40 g plain flour ( or gluten free if you need)
  • 2 tbsp dutch cocoa powder
  • icing sugar for dusting

Instructions

  • Heat oven at 340°F, line 2 baking tray with baking parchment.
  • Put 80 g of the chocolate in a heatproof pan with butter, golden syrup, sugar and vanilla.
    Put the pan over a bigger pan filled with hot water and let everything melt until smooth and shiny.
  • Mix the remaining chopped choccolate with peanuts and raisins then sift in cocoa and flour.
    Add the melted chocolate and mix well with a wooden spoon.
  • Make little mounds of mixture over the baking tray keeping distanche between them.
    Bake for about 15 minutes.
  • Clusters will be very soft out of the oven: let them cool completely before removing them.
    Store in an airtight container, dust with icing sugar before serving.