Comments on: sugar-and-spice candied nuts

By: Yorgos

Yorgos — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:38 +0000

I threw a party for 150 people about a month ago and apart from the buffet I had, I decided not to serve plain ordinary boring nuts and made a few bowls of these amazing treats… The first guests arrived around 9:30. At 11 I was in the kitchen
making more. Next year I’m selling them for sure.lol

By: Annelise

Annelise — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:26:27 +0000

I grew up in Texas and these nuts are all the rage. In fact, when I got married I gave them away to mostly (Midwest) guests and people ask me about them all the time. Growing up we always used pecans, and when I made this recently I thought pecans worked better than the walnuts. I think they held up to the sugar better.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:05:37 +0000

Morgan — My mother went to one in NJ. I didn’t even know there was a Harlem location! I kept mine in jars. They should last a week (possibly longer but I’m no expert on food safety so will advise you on the cautious side).

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:11:08 +0000

Hi Deb:
There must be something in your nuts to bring out the delurker in me!

How long do you think these would keep and how would you store them? (I’m thinking of making them for my wedding as a bar snack).

Which Costco do you use???? I’m in NYC too-the Harlem location is really inconvenient!

Also:
How does one get invited to dinner at your house??? I’ll buy the groceries and babysit!! HA!

By: Stiffler

Stiffler — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:05:59 +0000

I made these for a New Year’s Eve get together. I used some cayenne and smoked paprika (not hot). i think it could have used a little more cayenne, but overall, i really liked the nuts. I’m sure to make them again.

By: Elsie

Elsie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:55:53 +0000

I made a batch of these last night to go with mince pies and Christmas drinks – stunning! I upped the salt as suggested and used cayenne – would probably use more next time.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:24:49 +0000

I made two batches of these already for Christmas gifts and am making more today. They are amazingly easy and too delicious for words. I used smoked paprika *and* a (very) generous pinch of cayenne, which my family pronounced “perfect” (we taste-tested, of course… and then we opened one of the gift jars for ourselves). Thank you!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:33:47 +0000

I must learn never to doubt you again. I don’t know how many batches of spiced nuts I made before finally trying this one – and this one was it. So good. My grown nephews couldn’t stop eating them. And neither could I for that matter.

Thank you, Deb, for all of the tried-and-true recipes that never seem to fail.

By: kiyomi

kiyomi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:51:22 +0000

I made 50 jars of these for my wedding and people ate all of them before the first toast. I really think these nuts were best part of the wedding for a lot of people!

By: Sioux

Sioux — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:31:10 +0000

I made these yesterday to give as Christmas presents and my family ATE THEM ALL! Now I’m making them again tonight. Thinking about upping the brown sugar and cayenne this time.