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    Home » Recipes » Snacks and Appetizers

    Easy Sweet and Salty Nuts

    Published: Feb 27, 2020 · Modified: May 25, 2022 by Alonna

    Crunchy, sweet, salty and crave-able, make these nuts for a healthy snack or for nibbles with drinks. Perfect and easy appetizers with any of your favorite nuts.
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    Roasted, salty and sweet nuts all served up in a gold rimmed bowl.
    Easy Sweet and Salty Nuts Roasty, salty an sweet nuts all served up in a gold rimmed bowl.
    Crunchy, sweet, salty and crave-able, make these nuts for a healthy snack or for nibbles with drinks. Perfect and easy appetizers with any of your favorite nuts.

    Crunchy Candied Nuts

    There are a lot of candied nut recipes out there in the world. And many of them require a coating of egg whites with the flavorings, resulting in a thick sugary (and sometimes spiced) crust. I like the flavor of the nuts to shine and prefer less added sugar and salt. So for these sweet and salty nuts I’ve followed Aki Kamozawa & H. Alexander Talbot’s method in their book “Maximum Flavor.” The two have carved out a fascinating career, simultaneously consulting to restaurants, writing, and owning a doughnut shop or two.

    Simmer & Roast

    This simple recipe starts by simmering nuts in a sugar and water solution and then roasting in the oven. Halfway through, you stir in coarse sugar and a flakey salt of your choice. I like Maldon salt. Can you use regular sugar and salt for these candied nuts? Yes, they will still be delicious, but you won’t have quite as much texture. Your nuts will make up for that though, so no worries. The only note of caution is to watch the toasting stage carefully. Some nuts brown much quicker than others. Cashews and pistachios, for example, will be ready before peanuts, walnuts, or pecans.

    Spice it Up

    If you would like to add spices to your sweet and salty nuts, follow along with my recipe for Sweet and Spicy Nuts and tailor it to your taste. Swing Chinese and add Sichuan chili powder and a pinch of five-spice powder. Go Mexican and mix in some ground chipotle chili powder, and maybe a bit of Mexican cinnamon. The combinations are limitless. Have fun with your food!

    Happy cooking!

    ~ Alonna

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    Roasted, salty and sweet nuts all served up in a gold rimmed bowl.

    Easy Sweet and Salty Nuts

    Crunchy, sweet, salty and crave-able, make these nuts for a healthy snack or for nibbles with drinks. Perfect and easy appetizers with any of your favorite nuts.
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    Course: Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine: International
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes
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    Total Time: 22 minutes minutes
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 292kcal
    Author: Alonna

    Ingrediants

    • 2 cups nuts
    • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    • 1 1/4 cups water
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 tablespoon coarse salt ~ Maldon for example, regular salt is fine
    • 1 tablespoon coarse sugar ~ Demerara or turbinado sugar; see Notes below
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    Instructions

    • Gather your ingredients. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
      Ingredients gathered and ready for cooking.
    • In a medium saucepan add the nuts, water, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. On medium-high heat, bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 5 minutes.
      Peanuts simmering in sugary bath.
    • Strain the nuts and spread evenly out on the lined baking sheet and roast. At the 7 minute mark, sprinkle coarse sugar and salt evenly over the nuts and turn the baking sheet around, so that nuts will brown uniformly.  
      The nuts oasting on a sheet pan in the oven.
    • Toast for another 4 to 8 minutes, or longer, until medium brown. The nuts will get crunchier as they cool.
      Nuts roasted on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
    • Cool completely and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
      Roasted, salty and sweet nuts all served up in a gold rimmed bowl.

    Notes

    • This recipe will work with nuts that have already been roasted. The only change you need to make is to skip the first 7-minute roasting and sprinkle with the salt and sugar at the beginning. Depending on the nuts you use, the total roasting time will be 7 to 15 minutes.
    • If you don’t have coarse salt or sugar for your sweet and salty nuts, use what you have for these sweet and salty nuts.
    • A pinch of Kashmiri ground red chili (or cayenne) would not go amiss here. Add with the sugar and salt halfway through roasting the nuts.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1oz | Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 819mg | Potassium: 172mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

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