Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2011

This recipe has problems with it; my bad for not studying the whole recipe before making them! 1) Mini marshmallows come in 10.5-oz bags, not 16 oz. 2) Even using a 10.5 oz bag - 50% less than the recipe calls for -- there's way too many add-ins for the chocolate used. There's only a small amount of chocolate to hold together all the nuts and marshmallows, and there's lots of nuts and marshmallows left over at the bottom of the bowl. It doesn't look at all like the picture, in which everything is covered with chocolate! 3) The recipe is for "clusters" and the picture shows what looks like dropped candies, but the instructions say to pour everything into a 13 X 9 dish, which does not form clusters. Even if you cut them apart afterwards, it won't look like the picture.

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Sue

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2010

I was very dissapointed in this recipe! I had such high hopes with the title and especially the picture. They looked like "little soft fudge candies." However, the end result was what looked like and somewhat tasted like a bowl of sticky chocolate frosting lightly coating lots of marshmallows and some nuts. The coating was way too thick and there was too many marshmallows and nuts. As a result the mixture was difficult to mix or shape into anything. Marshmallows come in 10.5 oz bags, so even using less marshmallows there still was not enough of the thick chocolate mixture to coat the ingredients. I finally stuck the mixuture in the freezer to harden it slightly. After about an hour I could scoop it into globs, but they were still quite sticky and appeared like nothing more than small piles of marshmallows completely visible and lightly mixed with some chocolate frosting. It would take at least another full bag of melted chocolate to re-dip these and turn them into actual candy!

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Baker Bee

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2010

a chocolaty, gooey dessert but it's just so-so for me. I would like Chex cereal mixed in it.

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kimime

Reviewed: May 20, 2010

These were good, but mine didn't harden up as much as I had hoped. I didn't have any marshmallows so I used marshmallow fluff. Maybe that is why; it's more like a fudge than cluster. Even though we have to eat them with a spoon (or really fast with fingers before they melt) my hubby and 3 kids enjoyed them.

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5 in family

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2009

After reading reviews about the marshmallows making these too gooey, I decided to leave them out. I tried a variety of nuts & pecans seemed to taste the best to me (even though I'm not really a pecan fan). Mine never set however, in fact I have to keep them in the freezer or fridge just to be able to remove them from the parchment paper. I was going to throw the whole batch out because I figured I wouldn't be able to give them as gifts or even plate them without a huge mess. After letting my parents & the kids taste them, I changed my mind -everyone loved them. They have a fudge-like consistency & great flavor! Thanks!

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6MOUTHS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2009

Turned out great, I cut down on the marshmallows and used chopped pecans that I toasted and salted under the broiler instead of peanuts. I also added toffee bits to the marshmallow mixture.Whole family loved these!

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rocksteady

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2009

4 stars because it is SIMPLE and tasty. It is super sweet and hard to eat too many of these, but it would be good for a party or something.

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Jbooshey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Columbus, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009

Very good!

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ADEWING

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2009

Yummy. I was going to try pouring the plain chocolate over marshmallows and pretzel but it never got to pouring consistency, so I added the peanuts, spread on a plastic wrap covered cookie sheet, stuck in the fridge and called it a night. DH's coworkers were happy to have "fudge" with peanuts instead of walnuts lol.

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