My family loves candied nuts. I love how easy they are to make! They make a lovely and delicious gift for friends and neighbors at the holidays. One of the things I like about giving them as a food gift is that they are easy to package. You don’t have to worry about cutting even pieces, just toss them in a pretty tin and they are ready to be delivered.
I coat the nuts with chai spices. You may not have two of the spices needed to make the chai spice mix in your cupboard: cardamon and white pepper. If you don’t have them, leave them out and you will have pumpkin pie spiced candied nuts instead.
Use whatever nuts are on sale to make this recipe or do as I do and use the leftover nuts from all of your other holiday baking. I used leftover pecans, walnuts, almonds, and peanuts. The possibilities are endless.
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chai spice
- 4 - 5 cups nuts
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until they are foamy.
- Add sugar and spices to the egg white and thoroughly combine.
- Add nuts to mixture and stir to coat.
- Spread nuts in a thin layer on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Let cool on the cookie sheet.
This post has been linked to A Week of Handmade Gifts and Slightly Indulgent Tuesday.
Janet says
Can these nuts be frozen and in November and given as gifts in December?
Janet
mjskit says
Oh I love these chai spiced nuts! These look so good! I have almonds, pecans, and walnuts in the freezer which seems like a perfect combination for this. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Tadka Pasta says
Mmm..they look so get and I can almost smell those spices! Have always worried that the egg-whites would leave an eggy smell, but this recipe looks like the spices will take care of that.
Kitchen Belleicious says
Chai! Now that is a spice I need to use next time in my nuts. I always do a nut and chex mix for christmas but never with the flavor of chai- So bookmarking this! Awesome flavors and what a perfect gift!
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April @ The 21st Century Housewife says
These sound fantastic! What a lovely gift they would make, but I’d definitely have to keep some for myself as well 🙂
Shelley C says
My mom made a glazed pecan recipe that was so addictive! She had made some for gift giving to her friends; I found a jar and ate them all…she was NOT happy! lol. I should ask her for the recipe…now that I’m an adult, I should have better self control…maybe! 🙂 THanks for this version. I do have all the ingredients handy.