These homemade Peanut Clusters are a holiday classic made with just 2 ingredients! A must have on your Christmas baking list.

No-Bake Peanut Clusters

Need an easy dessert to add to your Christmas baking list? These no-bake peanut clusters take less than 10 minutes to make and everyone will love this classic treat!

Peanut clusters are always one of those desserts that I look forward to every Christmas. They are simple to make and nostalgic to eat.

All you need is just two ingredients for the basic recipe, but you can customize them however you please with holiday sprinkles or extra drizzles of chocolate on top.

Peanut Clusters Ingredients

Roasted salted peanuts
Semi sweet chocolate chips: swap these out for milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, or a mix of multiple kinds.
Optional toppings: flaked sea salt, drizzled white chocolate, sprinkles

How to make peanut clusters

Step 1: Melt a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments until smooth. Be careful to not do longer increments as you do not want the chocolate to burn. Stir the chocolate after each time, until it is completely melted and smooth.

Recipe Tip

To make these dairy free peanut clusters, use no dairy chocolate chips.

Step 2: Once the chocolate is melted, stir in the roasted salted peanuts and combine. That is it! Now it’s time to form the peanut clusters.

Step 3: Use a spoon or mini cookie scoop to drop spoonfuls of chocolate covered peanuts onto a lined baking sheet.

Waxed paper or parchment paper will both work for lining your sheet pan. Since you are not cooking with heat, you just need to use a nonstick surface.

If you are topping with flaked sea salt or Christmas sprinkles, do this step now so that it sticks before the chocolate is hardened.

Step 4: Once you have finished assembling the peanut clusters, place them in the fridge to chill until the chocolate is set.

Step 5: This is only necessary if you want to drizzle some with white chocolate. I like doing this with half the batch to add a little variety!

Once the chocolate has hardened, drizzle the tops with melted white chocolate, then place in the fridge again until hardened.

These peanut clusters are so simple, but really delicious. Everyone loves a good salty sweet combo and the crunchy peanuts are so satisfying.

If you need a last minute holiday dessert, these will not disappoint!

Freezing

These are delicious straight from the freezer too. You can just let them thaw for several minutes at room temperature to soften. Just allow the peanut clusters to set, then place them in an airtight freezer ziploc bag.