Spiced nuts are a personal favorite! If your mouth doesn’t start watering at the smell of cinnamon spiced nuts roasting away in the oven, I’m convinced you may be a robot.
When Ryan and I would visit the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Orlando to see various musicals and plays, during intermission we’d walk out into the lobby and inevitably be hit with the sweet smell of spiced candied pecans. I could never resist buying a small cone of the nuts and Ryan and I would always polish them off before we managed to make it back to our seats for the rest of the show. Love ‘em!
I recently received an email from Nuts.com offering me the opportunity to try some of their healthy snacks, nuts, dried fruit, assorted quality baking and cooking ingredients and other treats on their website. I was already familiar with Nuts.com, as Ryan regularly orders the spirulina and chlorella powders he uses in his smoothies (I call them his “Swamp Smoothies”) from Nuts.com and I usually ask him to throw in a bag of their no-sugar-added dried mango and some trail mix when he places an order on the site.
This time around, I selected four bags of raw nuts from Nuts.com to try: Pecans, cashews, walnuts and almonds. I was immediately impressed with the quality. The whole nuts were, in fact, whole (you’d think this would be a given, but I’ve ordered nuts online in the past only to receive broken pieces) and the almonds tasted just as delicious raw as they did when I roasted them and used them on top of green beans and Brussels sprouts.
Of course tossing them in a bit of maple syrup, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla extract takes them to the next level! Introducing holiday spiced nuts:
Holiday Spiced Nuts
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Holiday Spiced Nuts
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 cups 1x
- Category: Appetizers
- Cuisine: Appetizers
Description
Of course tossing pecans, cashews, walnuts, and almonds in a bit of maple syrup, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla extract takes them to the next level!
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 3/4 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 2 cups raw pecans
- 2 cups raw walnuts
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk together egg whites with vanilla extract and maple syrup. Combine all nuts together and toss in egg white mixture.
- In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Pour spice mixture over nuts and toss to coat.
- Spread nuts onto a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray and roast for 15 minutes. Flip and roast for an additional 5 – 10 minutes, watching closely so nuts brown slightly but do not burn.
- Allow to cool before storing in an air-tight container. Enjoy!
Nuts.com Offer for PBF Readers
The Nuts.com family taste tests all of their products and works with Registered Dieticians to recommend the most nutritious snacks and foods and create their recipes. The “Health Nut” logo highlights the healthy snacks featured on the site that have 160 calories or less (and less than 2 grams of saturated fat!) and provide a good source of fiber or protein.
If you’d like to make my holiday spiced nuts or give some of the other delicious goodies on the Nuts.com website a try (including tons of certified gluten-free and organic options), they are offering PBF readers who are first-time Nuts.com customers FOUR free sample gifts from their site with any order over $25. Simply visit the site to select your samples and enjoy!
I think these tasty samples would make great stocking stuffers for the food lovers in your life! You can’t go wrong with the chocolate-covered pretzels, organic trail mix, milk chocolate pecan clusters or roasted macadamia nuts. Nuts.com also has a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so you can order without concern!
And if you guys decide to give my holiday spiced nuts a try, I hope you love them!
I gifted them to friends and Chase’s gym childcare BFFs over Thanksgiving and think they would make a festive treat for coworkers and neighbors this holiday season as well.
Enjoy and happy holidays!!
Question of the Day
- Do you gift edible, homemade treats to family and friends over the holidays? What are some of your favorite treats to give to loved ones?
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Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Nuts.com. I hope you enjoy the recipe and I truly appreciate your support surrounding sponsored posts. Thank you!!
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Such a great idea as a gift to change it up from the usual cookies and sweets! I’ve heard great things about Nuts.com so I’m going to check it out now to take advantage of the freebies!
These are great! I always go way overboard with the spiced/sugar coated nuts though. There is just something about that crunchy sweetness that makes me want to eat my body weight’s worth…haha.
I feel ya… I had to package these up IMMEDIATELY or they ALL would’ve been in my belly. 🙂
Yum! I’ll have to try these! Thanks for sharing!
My favorite homemade gifts would probbaly be gingerbread loaf or chex mix! But I always love a nice batch of cookies too!
Yum, these nuts sound great! Cashews are probably my favorite type of nut, so I was glad to see them included in this mix! Plus, I love the different spices and accompaniments you used; they sound warm and comforting. For the holidays, I used to love making the pretzel melts (i.e. small pretzel twists with a chocolate candy melt and a holiday M&M candy baked in the center!)
Yum!!! I go crazy for those cinnamon spruced almonds. Will have to try this!
These look awesome! I’m making my brother just abunch of food for Christmas, so this will be the perfect addition!
Those look delicious! I may have to make those this year and you know, keep a cup for myself. 😉
I gift mac nut banana bread to certain relatives I know love it. I also bake Christmas cookies for people I know that either don’t bake due to cost, illness or have lost a loved one and don’t have it in them to do it this year. While I love doing it, it makes me not want to do our own by the time it rolls around. Every year I say I’m going to scale back and I never do much to the Mr’s dismay.
is there a specific recipe you use for your macadamia nut banana bread? you have me craving it now!
Oh my gosh those spiced nuts at the Bob Carr, YES! Every. Single. Time. This looks like a great recipe!
Ha!!! I was wondering if any Orlando peeps would know what I was talking about!! 🙂 SO GOOD, right!?
I make spiced sugar cookies every year and they’re always a hit! I don’t think there are many girls in their 20s baking and bringing freshly baked cookies to their friends and classmates around the holidays, so they’re always greatly appreciated 🙂 I make less spicy ones to bring to the childrens hospital every year too ! 🙂
All the posts today are about food and I haven’t eaten breakfast yet. You’re recipe looks delicious!
Ha! I just got an email nuts.com too, and thought it was a joke, I’d never heard of nuts.com! Maybe I should actually check it out! These look DELICIOUS! You are so creative!
i absolutely love this idea!! it’s easy, but delicious and definitely a crowd pleaser. i think between homemade spiced nuts + homemade granola, I’m pretty set on the DIY gift front. thanks for sharing 🙂
Umm. Not sure why it never occurred to me to make my own spiced nuts. Maybe because I know I would eat them all myself & never share with friends. Either way, this “recipe” seems super simple. Maybe I’ll try this weekend!
I love homemade edible gifts too! I always make a big batch of cookies around the holidays and put them into cute little gift boxes for my grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. It’s a great heartfelt way to show some love to lots of people without having to worry about getting each person something specific. Also a great thing to gift on a budget!
I have a recipe on my blog for maple spiced pecans and they are literally the most delicious things ever. I give them out every holiday season and they are so easy to make!
Yum! I’m saving this recipe for our Christmas party next weekend. I like to have small dishes of mixed nuts or small treats around the house for parties, and these would be a great option and alternative to the savory mixes.
I love to do homemade gifts for the holidays! I make English toffee every year, then wrap it in small candy boxes with nice paper and a huge bow. It’s a perfect gift for coworkers, and nice to know that they look forward to it each year. (And it’s something they’ll actually use… or eat!)
Spiced nuts are so tasty! I will have to give your recipe a try. I went home over Thanksgiving break and made batches of granola to give to my friends for the holidays. I can’t wait for my friends to try your peanut butter granola recipe! I know they will love it. I couldn’t help but try some myself and it was delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Enjoy your day!
So happy to hear it!! 🙂 Thanks for reporting back!
I love snacking on nuts and spiced ones are so tasty! These look awesome! I love giving people food as gifts; it’s always appreciated 😀
Oooh, yum! I’ve been looking for something to make other than cookies this year. Thank you for the idea!
I know that smell from the Bob Carr all too well! 🙂 So good!
This year I’m making our closest friends Bloody Mary Baskets with homemade dill pickle vodka. The baskets will have a large jar of the pickle vodka, a jar of bloody mary mix, a small jar of tabasco and another of worcestershire sauce. The vodka is actually really tasty to drink alone but in a bloody mary it is amazing!!!
Cheers!!
I LOVE edible DIY gifts!! It’s really fun for me, and I know it’s fun for the people receiving them too 🙂 I love making different flavored salts and spice blends for people, and giving them a recipe to go with it! My family always makes this thing called christmas crunch that has a mix of honey nut chex, holiday m’n’m’s, honey roasted peanuts, raisins, chocolate chips and white chocolate chips…it’s divine!
OMG these looks SO good! Made jars of granola, spiced nuts and some other things for a friend last year. Also tried to make bacon peanut caramel popcorn (http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/bacon-peanut-caramel-corn#3qplnze). Was a little messy and came out a little soggy, but definitely worth trying if you’re better at following recipes than I am haha
Yes! I get mini pretzels and place Hershey kisses on top bake them for like 2 and half minutes take them out and put m&ms in the middle their AMAZING
Merry Christmas !
Do you think I could make these with stevia instead of sugar for a diabetic?
So happy you posted this recipe! I just bought a bunch of tins and intend to make spiced nuts for Ross and my co-workers. I was looking for a good recipe, and this one is perfecto! Thanks Jul!
I love this idea! So simple and inexpensive!
Every year I bake cookies to be given away and small batches of preserves like cranberry sauce or lemon curd. I never thought to roast nuts. These look absolutely delicious.
Thank you for the recipe.
Agnes
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And I just gained back the 17 pounds I lost ….
Do you know how long the nuts will stay fresh once packaged? Thanks!
These are great!