Valentine's Day Peanut Chews Candy Pops are a crunchy, chewy peanut butter treat dipped in chocolate. Easily turn the pops into a flock of Love Birds and gift them to your Valentines.
Why you'll love this recipe
- These adorable Valentine's Day treats are sure to make everyone smile.
- Peanut chews pops make great gifts or colorful holiday desserts.
- Fully coated pops stay soft and fresh for over a month which is great for making ahead or for long distance care packages.
Valentine's Day Peanut Chew Pops are a fun to make treat with lots of peanuty flavor and crispy, crunchy chew. The no bake peanut butter candy is shaped in a mold and frozen until you are ready to decorate.
Use candy melts, sprinkles, and candy eyes to easily decorate the chocolate coated peanut candy for your Valentines!
Make a whole batch of pops (25) and freeze the ones you don't use right away. The uncoated pops can be kept frozen for a month or more to decorate as needed.
Use the recipe and instructions for how to make Peanut Chews Candy Pops . Then use these instructions to decorate the candy for Valentine's Day.
Ingredients
- Use the easy recipe for Peanut Chews Candy Pops to prepare the pops the same day as decorating or freeze the pops until ready to use.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
Follow instructions to make 1 batch of 25 Peanut Butter Candy pops.
Love birds
- Melt white chocolate melts, then dip and coat 12 pops.
- Dip the top of each pop twice in melted pink candy melts at an angle. Tilted to the left, then tilted to the right.
- Attach small heart sprinkles for beak and feet with melted chocolate as glue.
- Attach candy eyes with melted chocolate as glue.
Spirals and Sprinkles
- Dip 6 pops in melted dark chocolate melts and 6 pops in melted white chocolate melts.
- Pipe spirals of melted chocolate, then add sprinkles.
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Storage
Store coated pops at room temperature in an airtight container for up to one month. Separate layers with a sheet of wax paper.
For best freshness results, seal coated pops inside individual 3" x 5" bags before storing.
Tips
- When using frozen peanut candy pops, allow the pops to warm slightly at room temperature for about 10 minutes before dipping in chocolate. If the pop is too cold the coating can crack as it firms.
- Use a glass bowl to melt coating for dipping. The chocolate will melt more smoothly and evenly. Transfer, if needed, into a dipping bowl or piping bag.
- Melt the candy wafers in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute, then stir. Return to the microwave and continue cooking at 50% power for 15 minute intervals, stirring between intervals, until completely melted and smooth.
- If your coating is too thick, stir in a table spoon of paramount crystals or 1-2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening.
- My favorite containers for dipping (not for melting) are OXO silicone measuring cups.
- Oil based food coloring can be used with white melting chocolate instead of using candy melts.
- For year round gifting, make the Love Birds in blue for Blue Birds of happiness.
- To keep the pops fresh longer, enclose each pop in a self sealing 3" x 5" plastic bag.
- These 9 ½" x 6" boxes are the perfect size for gifting 4 peanut candy pops.
Frequently asked questions
If your melting chocolate or candy melts are too thick for dipping, for best results add about a tablespoon of paramount crystals to make the coating more fluid. You can also add 1-2 teaspoons of vegetable shortening or coconut oil.
Paramount crystals are chips of partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil combined with lecithin and citric acid. You can buy them at cake and candy supply stores or online.
Melted white chocolate can be used for both the white and colored parts of these pops. Use only oil based candy coloring and refrigerate to firm the coating on the dipped pops.
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Valentines Day Peanut Chew Candy Pops
Ingredients
- 25 peanut chews candy pops 1 batch
- 3 cups dark melting chocolate or candy melts
- 2 cups white melting chocolate or candy melts
- 1 cup pink candy melts
- 12 candy eyes
- small heart sprinkles
- mini heart sprinkles
- Valentines Day nonpareil sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare the Peanut Chews Candy Pops according to the recipe. Bring the pops to room temperature for about 10 minutes before dipping and coating.
Love Birds
- Dip 12 pops in melted white chocolate. Place them on a wax paper lined baking sheet and chill 10 minutes or until firm.
- Melt pink candy melts.
- Dip each white coated pop into the pink candy melts twice at an angle. The first time tilt the pop to the right and the second time tilt the pop to the left. Place them on a wax paper lined baking sheet and chill 10 minutes or until firm.
- Use a toothpick to add a bit of melted white chocolate to the candy eyes and small hearts and attach them to the pops for the birds' eyes, beaks, and feet.
Drizzle and Sprinkle
- Dip 6 pops in melted dark brown chocolate and 6 pops in melted white chocolate. Place them on a wax paper lined baking sheet and chill 10 minutes or until firm.
- Place ¼ cup of melted white chocolate melts in one ziplock sandwich bag and ¼ cup of melted dark chocolate melts in another bag. Cut off a small corner piece of each bag.
- Drizzle or swirl the melted chocolate across each pop and top with Valentine's Day colored sprinkles.
- Allow the melted candy to firm completely before storing or placing in bags.
- Store coated pops at room temperature in an airtight container for up to one month. Separate layers with a sheet of wax paper.
Notes
- When using frozen peanut candy pops, allow the pops to warm slightly at room temperature for about 10 minutes before dipping in chocolate. If the pop is too cold the coating can crack as it firms.
- Use a glass bowl to melt coating for dipping. The chocolate will melt more smoothly and evenly. Transfer, if needed, into a dipping bowl or piping bag.
- Melt the candy wafers in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute, then stir. Return to the microwave and continue cooking at 50% power for 15 minute intervals, stirring between intervals, until completely melted and smooth.
- If your coating is too thick, stir in a table spoon of paramount crystals or 1-2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening.
- Do not send Peanut Chews Pops during hot weather months.
- For best freshness results, seal coated pops inside individual 3" x 5" bags before further packaging.
- Place bagged pops in an airtight storage container with padding, if needed, to prevent any movement.
Cathy jo
Great recipe, but where do you get the molds?
Wendy Sondov
This recipe post explains how to decorate the basic plain pop. If you go to the link in the recipe card (and several times in the post) it will take you to the recipe you need to make the pops before decorating. There you will find all the links to the ingredients and molds (from Amazon). Please take a look at the posts so that your pops will be perfect! 🙂
This is the post about how to make the basic pop : https://themondaybox.com/peanut-chews/ This is the link to the molds: https://amzn.to/40mozeR