Candied Nuts

I LOVE candied nuts in salads. 

My husband LOVES candied nuts in salads or just by the handful.

Several months ago I bought a very small bag of candied nuts for a salad for about $6.  They were expensive in my opinion, but they were so delicious. 

Then, my husband found the remaining nuts.  And finished them off in less then 5 minutes. 

He said "Hun!  We should get some more of those nuts!  Those were really good!"

I replied, "Yes.  And you just downed $5 of nuts in one handful."

Hm.  Call me cheap, but that is an expensive bag of nuts to just sit and eat like candy.

So, I set out to candy my own and discovered how simple (and inexpensive!) it really is!

Candied Nuts

Ingredients:

• ½ c any type of nuts
• ⅓ c of granulated sugar (can use more or less to preferred taste)

Directions:

• Put sugar in a small pan or pot over the stove and heat on medium - medium/high heat.
• Sugar will start to melt and brown.  Stir often and watch carefully.  You can burn sugar very easily.

BE VERY CAREFUL!  Melted sugar is EXTREMELY hot.  I learned this the hard way, not thinking clearly, I touched the melted sugar to "taste-test" it.  I have a HUGE blister on said finger from the bad burn I got from it.  Ouch.  So, please, be careful not to come in contact with the sugar. 

• Once all sugar is melted, turn the heat off and add the nuts in, stirring well to coat all nuts.
• Spread nuts out of wax paper (I put my wax paper on a cookie sheet to keep the heat off of my counters.) and separate nuts using two forks working quickly as sugar will harden fast.
• Let cool.  Break into smaller pieces if desired.
• Enjoy on a yummy salad or by the handful 🙂

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