Caramel Coated Nuts! These nuts are absolutely delicious on their own as a snack, or you can use them in cakes, desserts, apple pies, the sky's the limit! Easy to make and flexible for you to choose your favorite nuts.
The recipe is easy enough and doesn't take long to make. The caramel coating the nuts is so yummy!
There are so many things you could use these nuts in, perhaps as decoration on a cake, add them to an apple pie, sprinkle some over ice cream, even add them to a salad to add an extra dimension.
So feel free to be as creative as you like and let us know in the comments below what you used these for!
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Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Yield
2 Cups
Ingredients
½ cup or 110 g unsalted butter
1 cup or 200 g light brown sugar
⅓ cup or 110 g honey
2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 cups or 290 g nuts of your choice
Instructions
1. In a saucepan, add the butter, honey, brown sugar, and heavy cream, and stir over medium heat. Allow the mixture to gently simmer for about 1 minute, then add the nuts and combine.
Bring the mixture back to a gentle boil and wait about 1 - 2 minutes until you see the mixture go a golden color. (Don't leave it unattended because it might burn).
Then turn the heat right down and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
NOTE: Please take care because this caramel is very HOT so do not attempt to taste it or touch it with your bare hands!
2. Remove from the heat and pick out the nuts using a spoon and lay them apart on a piece of parchment paper.
Try to drain the nuts a little before you place them on the parchment by letting them drip when you spoon them out of the pan.
Allow to completely cool and dry before storing in an air-tight container, or using for decorating a cake etc.
You may have a tiny bit of caramel sauce leftover in the pan. Pour it over some ice cream or simply discard!
If you want to really harden the caramel, after draining, pop them on a parchment-lined baking tray and bake at 220C or 450 F for around 10 minutes then allow to completely cool. Once cooled, they will be hard.
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Caramel Coated Nuts
Caramel Coated Nuts! These nuts are absolutely delicious on their own as a snack, or you can use them in cakes, desserts, apple pies, the sky's the limit! Easy to make and flexible for you to choose your favorite nuts.
Ingredients
- ½ cup or 110 g unsalted butter
- 1 cup or 200 g light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup or 110 g honey
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 cups or 290 g nuts of your choice
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add the butter, honey, brown sugar, and heavy cream, and stir over medium heat. Allow the mixture to gently simmer for about 1 minute, then add the nuts and combine.
- Bring the mixture back to a gentle boil and wait about 1 - 2 minutes until you see the mixture go a golden colour. (Don't leave it unattended because it might burn).
- Then turn the heat right down and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
NOTE: Please take care because this caramel is very HOT so do not attempt to taste it or touch it with your bare hands!
Remove from the heat and pick out the nuts using a spoon and lay them apart on a piece of parchment paper.
Try to drain the nuts a little before you place them on the parchment by letting them drip when you spoon them out of the pan.
NOTE: If you want to really harden the caramel, after draining, pop them on a parchment-lined baking tray and bake at 220C or 450 F for around 10 minutes then allow to completely cool. Once cooled, they will be hard.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 2 cupsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 1872Total Fat: 128gSaturated Fat: 44gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 79gCholesterol: 135mgSodium: 436mgCarbohydrates: 174gFiber: 10gSugar: 149gProtein: 30g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
Delicious Nut Recipes and other snacks
Here's a selection of delicious nut recipes and other snacks which are great for parties, holidays and making for gift packages
Walnut Butter Cookies.
These walnut butter cookies are similar to French Sable cookies, crumbly, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth little cookies. Delicious served beside your morning tea or coffee.
Mini Almond Pastries.
These Mini Almond Pastries have a deliciously smooth, sweet, almond paste filling and are wrapped in crispy, light puff pastry. Quick and easy to make, and perfect for a tea time treat.
Coffee Walnut Sandwich Cake.
The best coffee and walnut cake, a classic British afternoon tea cake, layers of soft and fluffy coffee cake with chopped walnuts throughout, adds a great flavor and texture, frosted with coffee cream cheese frosting. A pure delight to eat!
Chocolate Pecan Cookies are filled with pecans and chocolate, crispy on the outside and chewy inside, easy cookie recipe and perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts!
Famous New Orleans Pecan Pralines. A great Southern, New Orleans institution! Delicious buttery brown sugar candy type cookie in one, made of pecans, butter, sugar, and milk. Great for Christmas time too!
Pecan Caramel Monkey Bread, Easy recipe for how to make it. Sticky caramel-coated pieces of bread with a sprinkling of chocolate chips & pecan nuts baked in a bundt pan. A great pull-apart bread recipe using store-bought biscuits.
Slow Cooker Nuts & Bolts. A very easy recipe and so flexible, you can adjust according to your taste, and add different seasonings and ingredients. Lots of suggestions in the recipe for you to enjoy!
Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies, decadent cookies with a peanut butter cookie dough and then filled with creamy peanut butter, a perfect cookie for PB fans!
Soft and Chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside, these are the BEST EVER oatmeal cookies, loaded with pecan nuts and raisins. A simple classic cookie recipe
Baklava is a Middle Eastern classic sweet treat, filled with a variety of nuts, honey, citrus, and spices, between layers of crunchy phyllo pastry. Ideal for serving at parties, or to have as a snack. An easy and simple recipe for the best baklava!
Coffee Walnut Cake is a deliciously easy soft and fluffy cake recipe. Recipe also for a lovely vanilla coffee frosting. A nice cake for the holidays!
Honey Roasted Nuts, a delicious easy snack, perfect for parties and gifts too! Seasoned with honey and cinnamon and a pinch of salt.
Coconut and Cranberry Granola. A really flexible recipe allowing you to choose the ingredients you love the most! Make up as lovely gifts or prepare for your own eating. It's an easy recipe and will store nicely so you can make ahead.
Honey Glazed Walnuts. A very simple and flexible recipe allowing you to choose your nuts and seasonings to suit! Only takes a few minutes to make too!
An easy recipe for how to make your own homemade granola. A mix of honey, nuts, and fruit make this a great start to your day. Delicious served for breakfast with yogurt and fresh fruit
Chocolate Clusters! These little chocolate bites are quick and easy to make. You can also add raisins, your favorite nuts, cranberries, whatever you like! You choose!
Nanny Pat's Popular Maple Walnut Fudge. Great for gifts or all for yourself!
Salted Caramel Cashew Nut Popcorn, a delicious snack and all made from scratch!
White Chocolate Cashew Brownies. A delicious brownie recipe with great flavors. Really easy recipe too!
Maple Roasted Pecans Very quick and easy snack and so addictive! Once you start, you can't stop so be sure to make plenty
Peanut Butter and Coconut Oat Bites are tasty snacks, packed with peanut butter, coconut, oats, cookies and walnuts! Really easy to make using regular pantry ingredients.
Toffee Nut Bars. Easy to make and of course DELICIOUS! This is a real age - old family favorite with delicious coconut and black walnuts, what a great combo!
Nanny's Chocolate Nut Fudge. A tried and true family recipe and great for gifts! Use a cookie cutter to make pretty shapes too!
Microwave Peanut Brittle. A super easy and fuss free recipe. Perfect for the holidays and great for making ahead. Give as gifts or have all to yourself!
Easy Chocolate Peanut Clusters! These little chocolate bites are quick and easy to make. You can also add raisins, your favorite nuts, cranberries, whatever you like! You choose!
Grandma's War Time Peanut Drop Cookies is an amazing vintage cookie recipe and still extremely popular today! Great for parties and holidays or just simply with a nice cool glass of milk or cup of coffee!
Italian Cream Cake is a delicious tender made from scratch cake bursting with coconut, vanilla, and pecans, with cream cheese frosting. A perfect celebration cake
Kathy
says:I am looking for a recipe that my mom used to make. The glaze was carmel colored and a hard crack coating on the nuts. They did look like your picture. Are they crispy crunchy on the outside??
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Kathy, I think this peanut brittle is closer to what you’re after! https://lovefoodies.com/microwave-peanut-brittle/