Spiced Peanut Brittle Recipe

Moving away from the traditional Peanut Brittle, this recipe adds a little spice where there wasn't any before. This spiced peanut brittle is to die for, and don't forget to change up the nuts and spices to create all kinds of flavors.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword easy candy recipes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Additional Time 1

Total Time 1 11

Servings

Calories 268kcal

Author Nicole Cook

Ingredients

½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup roasted peanuts or any other nut you might want
¾ teaspoons 5 Spice found in the spices aisle
1 teaspoons butter
1 teaspoons baking soda

Instructions

In your large glass bowl stir together light corn syrup, sugar, peanuts and 5 spice powder until mixed together. Yes, it’s hard, keep going until its really well blended. Trust me on this. By the way, the 5 spice smells heavenly – and even more heavenly when you pop it into the microwave.
Once you have it well blended, put the bowl in the microwave and heat on high for 6 minutes. Remove from microwave – careful – it’s super hot and will burn you and it sticks to everything.
Stir in your butter and then pop back into the microwave 30 seconds more. Carefully remove from microwave and place on sturdy surface.
Stir in baking soda until the mixture is light and foamy. Remember to stir carefully, and a little quickly.
As quickly as you can, using a spatula, scrape the mixture out of the bowl and onto your foil covered baking pan. Please see tips before starting in the post before doing this.
Using the spatula, smooth it out into a thin layer and allow it to cool for a couple of hours. Once it is completely cool, break the brittle into pieces and enjoy.
Store the brittle in a well-sealed container.

Notes

Important Notes:

You’re making this in the microwave. Your bowl needs to be small enough to fit into the microwave, but large enough to allow the rising of the ingredients from bubbling over. I use glass everything, one because it’s microwave safe and two because its easier to clean the sticky mess off of.

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