Sweet Salty Spicy Nuts Recipe

by Jo Harrison

This recipe for sweet, salty and spicy nuts makes a great party snack or a homemade edible gift recipient will love!

Here I’ve used dry roasted cashews, almonds and walnuts but you can mix up the quantities to favor your preferred nut variety or substitute the nuts for a different variety altogether. Alternative nut choices could include macadamias, pecans, hazelnuts or peanuts.

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As a gift idea, this homemade spicy nuts recipecan be presented in glass jars with your own personalized label. Birthdays, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, and house-warming and teacher gifts are great occasions to gift these sweet and spicy nut mix.

This sweet spicy nutsrecipe also makes a delicious entertainers snack. Whether you’re having friends over to your home or contributing snacks as an invited guest to someone else’s home, these party snacks will be a hit.

As well as white pepper, adding extra spiciness to this spicy nuts recipe comes from the addition of cayenne pepper. Perhaps you’ve grown your own cayenne peppers and looking for more ways to use your homegrown produce? If so, you will love these roasted nuts with cayenne pepper!

For this recipe, you will need a large mixing bowl, a medium saucepan and two baking sheets.

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Cooking Tips

Ingredients:

3 Cups Cashews

3 Cups Almonds

2 Cups Walnuts

1 Cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Butter

1/2 Cup water

2 Teaspoons Pink Himalayan Salt – or good quality salt

1 Teaspoon White Pepper

1 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
Then line two baking sheets with baking paper.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the nuts and add the pink Himalayan Salt, white pepper and cayenne pepper.
In a saucepan on medium heat, combine the sugar, water and butter. Heat through and cook for around 1 minute without boiling.
Pour the heated sugar mixture into the bowl of nuts and stir gently to coat the nuts and mix through the salt and peppers.
Next, transfer the nut mixture to the prepared baking sheets. Aim to spread the nuts out into a single layer.
In the preheated oven, bake the nuts for 8 minutes before removing them to give them a stir. Ensure the nuts are well coated with the sweet and spicy syrup. Then transfer the baking sheets back into the oven for a further 8 minutes, or until the nuts are sticky and well roasted.
Once the nuts have cooled, separate the nuts with a spoon or clean hands. The spicy sugar coating will harden once completely cooled.

Serve and enjoy these sweet and spicy nuts!

If you’re looking for more nutty recipes you might like to try one of these:

Gluten-Free Key Lime Pie with Almond Crust
Miso Eggplant With Peanut Topping
Almond Pesto (With Leafy Green Vegetables)

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Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time18 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Servings: 16 people

Ingredients

3 Cups Cashews
3 Cups Almonds
2 Cups Walnuts
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water
2 Tablespoons Butter
2 Teaspoons Pink Himalayan Salt or good quality salt
1 Teaspoon White Pepper
1 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

Instructions

Preheat the over to 350 °F (180 °C).
Then line two baking sheets with baking paper.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the nuts and add the pink Himalayan Salt, white pepper and cayenne pepper.
In a saucepan on medium heat, combine the sugar, water and butter. Heat through and cook for around 1 minute without boiling.
Pour the heated sugar mixture into the bowl of nuts and stir gently to coat the nuts and mix through the salt and peppers.
Next, transfer the nut mixture to the prepared baking sheets. Aim to spread the nuts out into a single layer.
In the preheated oven, bake the nuts for 8 minutes before removing them to give them a stir. Ensure the nuts are well coated with the sweet and spicy syrup. Then transfer the baking sheets back into the oven for a further 8 minutes, or until the nuts are sticky and well roasted.
Once the nuts have cooled, seperate the nuts with a spoon or clean hands. The spicy sugar coating will harden once completly cooled.