Here are two ways to make candied nuts: one in a frying pan and the other in the oven. These recipes work for any kind of nut, and the current nut of choice in our home is the pecan.
One recipe uses a raw sugar, but you can use any kind of granulated sugar. The other recipe works with honey or maple syrup. I haven’t tried other syrups or sugars, but if you do, let me know. And both recipes can be doubled easily.
Homemade Candied Nuts
Candied Nuts using Granulated Sugar
This ratio of nuts to sugar can be adjusted as desired.- 1 cup of nuts
- 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar (I use muscovado)
- Place the nuts and sugar in a frying pan and turn the heat to medium.
- Wait a few minutes until the sugar starts to melt. Start mixing the nuts in the melting sugar. The sugar will begin to turn brown. Melt most of the sugar without burning it. You can add more sugar depending on how sweet and coated you want the nuts to be.
- Once the nuts are sufficiently covered, take them off the heat and cool for 10 minutes, or until crunchy and dry.
- Break apart and enjoy! We love them on salads.
And now for the other way…
Candied and Spiced Nuts Using Honey (or Maple Syrup)
- 1 cup of nuts
- 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon of butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons of honey (or maple syrup)
- pinch of salt
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix all the ingredients together until well-coated.
- Place nuts on a stick-free baking sheet (I recommend parchment paper) and bake for about 15 minutes or until the nuts start to brown.
- Cool for 10 minutes, or until dry, and enjoy!
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Soy free earth balance butter, and amber agave, with a few splashes of organic pure vanilla,then i am so into those nuts! bravo!
I just made these nuts using the honey recipe and they are SO delicious! These are going to be a staple in my house. I used pecans this time but I’m thinking walnuts are up next. Thanks for the recipe!
I just stumbled across your website while doing research for a candied walnut recipe. Our thoughts on food are very similar and your site is absolutely beautiful!
Katie – beautiful story – and family! So glad you stopped by
I made a pumpkin seed/walnut mix version with maple syrup. I started out in a pan and had melted some butter with it, and decided to put it in the oven. I added some nutmeg, so basically it’s nuts, maple syrup, nutmeg and butter. They are so good!
Thanks for the recipe!..made with 2T Raw Wildflower Honey & 1 T of maple syrup so I could get both flavors…they turned out GREAT!!!…Giving out homeade xmas gifts this year and this will be one of them
good to hear! They do make great gifts!
I made a whole pound of these from local pecans and brought them to work … people LOVED them. I used real Vermont maple syrup. Don’t bother with “pancake syrup” it won’t work. Honey would be my second choice. Try them, you won’t regret it!
I prefer maple syrup also. Honey does work well. I use honey in a variation on this recipe to make granola
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Hi Erica! I made these nuts tonight after the leftover pad Thai. What a treat! I did the honey way because I am on scd. I then I just found a new favorite recipe website! Thank you Erica!
Ps I was thinking to incorporate these awesome candied nuts with apples somehow? What do you think? We’re eating an apple tonight and mixed our bites with the nuts and yummy! I need a recipe though bc I’m not creative like that.
Alyssa
hello Erica
I’ve published Elaine’s book Breaking the Vicious Cycle in Portuguese language and have started a page on facebook about the SCD with hints and recipes for SCD followers in Brazil and Portugal. Brazilians love candied nuts and today I published this recipe in my facebook page (with a few changes). I hope that you don’t mind. Tomorrow I’d like to publish something about your blog (again, I hope that you don’t mind!).
I think that your recipes are great and inspiring. If you want to look at the facebook page, the link is: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DICE-Dieta-do-Carboidrato-Espec%C3%ADfico/276554622470113
Thanks! Where is your website?