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Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts

Published: January 30, 2020 Last Modified: September 21, 2021 This post may contain affiliate links.

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Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts are crunchy walnut halves coated in butter, brown sugar, white sugar and salt. Give it an added flavor like rum, cayenne pepper, cinnamon or any spice you prefer.

Candied Walnuts are perfect for snacking, salads, topping for ice cream, yogurt and a great holiday give away.

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts is Today's Delight.
Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts is an addicting snack!

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts are easy to make and addicting. These caramelized walnuts are great party snack, make sure you have more than enough as guest will be asking for more. It is that good and delicious.

If serving for a party, it is cheaper to get a big bag at Costco or Sam's Club (if a member). You'll find it in the baking section.

Have you ever bought candied walnuts that are hard instead of crunchy? Not this one!

What about glob of walnuts sticking to each other? Not this!

Separated and well coated walnuts.
Separated and evenly coated walnuts.

Try making it yourself and in no time you can have this crunchy, addicting, delicious candied walnuts and much cheaper too than store-bought.

Trick to Making a Perfect Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts

Note: Stove top heat varies on brand and model, so use your best judgement regarding your stove top setting. Watch my video to see how I make it.

First, prepare a tray or baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Set aside.

Combine brown sugar, white sugar and butter in a skillet over medium heat. They will slowly melt. Stir occasionally. Add salt and rum.

White & brown sugar & butter in a skillet to make candied walnuts.
Melt butter & caramelized sugar.

Once butter has melted and sugar caramelized, it will turn to a dark syrup. At this point the syrup can easily burn and you have to be quick.

Reduce heat to low and add the walnuts. Stir until walnuts are evenly coated. While stirring, try to separate each walnut while in the skillet. This is easily done if you don’t overcrowd the walnuts.

Caramelized ingredients in a skillet.
If you like a grainy walnut coating, don’t wait till sugar caramelized.
Candied walnuts with grainy texture.
If you prefer a grainy coating, add walnuts before it turns into a dark syrup. Otherwise continue cooking.
Ingredients are starting to caramelized turning to dark syrup.
Syrup will turn dark as it caramelize. Add walnuts.
Halves walnuts mixed with caramelized sugar.
Evenly coat walnut halves with caramel syrup.

Note:  Again, if you prefer a grainy walnut coating, don’t wait till sugar caramelized.

Pour walnuts on prepared tray with parchment paper. Use two kitchen utensils or wooden spoons and quickly separate walnuts individually before it hardens, making sure they are not in clumps. Once it sets, it will be hard to separate walnuts.

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts left to cool.
Quickly separate candied walnuts using 2 kitchen utensils.

Let it cool to harden before eating or storing.

Crunchy Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts in a bowl.
Crunchy and very addicting! Great for snacking & good as topping for ice cream, yogurt & salads.

Note:  It can be oven roasted and it is good as well.

Can I Double this Recipe?

Yes, you can as long as you’re able to quickly separate walnuts when tranferred to parchment paper. Otherwise, do it in batches.

Storing Candied Walnuts

I don’t know if I should even address this. My last step states, let it cool to harden before eating or storing. Guess what, as soon as I transferred it on the parchment paper I was munching on it.

It is crunchy and delicious even though not completely cooled. It is super addicting and if you are like me, there’s nothing left to store.

Anyway, keep it in an air tight container at room temperature, not in the fridge, for a month. Nuts will go rancid when kept too long.

Adding Flavor to Candied Walnuts

In my Candied Walnuts recipe, I added a twist of Banana Rum instead of water. If you don’t have Banana Rum, plain rum works as well. Sprinkle spices like cinnamon, nutmeg or cayenne pepper to make it spicy.

Ingredient to make caramel walnuts.
Main ingredients are sugar & butter but adding spices or rum gives it an added flavor.

It doesn’t hurt to be creative. While writing this post, I thought about using Crown Royal Apple next time. It sound like a good flavor.

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts Recipe and Video

Not a big fan of walnuts, try this recipe with pecan or almonds.

Recipe

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts is Today's Delight.

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts

Butter Brown Sugar Candied Walnuts main ingredients are walnut halves, butter, brown sugar, white sugar and salt. Add more flavor with spices or rum.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: How to, Snack
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 minute minute
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 21 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 551kcal

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons banana rum plain rum or water
  • 2 cups walnut halves
  • 2 tablespoons butter
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Prepare baking sheet or tray lined with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a skillet over medium heat, combine brown sugar, white sugar, butter, salt and banana rum. Ingredients will slowly melt. Stir occasionally.
  • It will start turning into a dark syrup when butter has melted and sugar caramelized. Reduce heat to low and add the walnuts.
    Be quick and stir walnuts until evenly coated. Try to separate each walnut while stirring. This is easily done if walnuts are not overcrowded.
  • Note: If you like a grainy walnut coating, don’t wait till sugar caramelized into a syrup.
  • Pour candied walnuts on prepared tray with parchment paper. Quickly separate walnuts before it hardens using 2 kitchen utensils or 2 wooden spoons. Make sure there are no clumps. It is hard to separate walnuts once caramel hardens.
  • Set aside to cool and harden before eating or storing. Enjoy!

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Notes

  1. This candied walnut recipe can be oven roasted and it is good as well.
  2. You can double the recipe but be quick in coating walnuts with syrup or it can burn easily.

Nutrition

Calories: 551kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 346mg | Potassium: 276mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg
Candied walnuts in a bowl.
Store candied walnuts in an air tight container for a month. I doubt if there's anything left to store!
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  1. Dahn says

    January 31, 2020 at 6:13 am

    Candied walnuts are sooo addictive! I could eat them all day. I especially love them in salads. Great recipe!

    Reply
    • Fortune says

      February 01, 2020 at 4:31 am

      Yes, they are addictive! Thank you Dahn.

      Reply
  2. Fran Sidwell says

    November 23, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    5 stars
    Omg!!!! These are the best
    Things ever!!! I used your exact recipe and I can’t quit eating. I’m going to Food City Grocery store, here in Hazard, Ky to get more walnuts tomorrow!!! I’ll definitely need more of these for my Thanksgiving celebration! Thank you for this fabulous recipe!!!!

    Reply
    • Fortune says

      November 23, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      Oh, I'm the same way, can't stop eating it! Glad you like it.

      Reply
  3. Karri says

    January 30, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    What can I use as a substitute for the rum?

    Reply
    • Fortune says

      February 01, 2022 at 6:24 am

      You can use water instead of rum. I haven't tried vanilla but some people use it for flavoring.

      Reply
  4. Ginger says

    September 19, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    5 stars
    Made exactly as directed using regular rum (didn’t have banana rum). Turned out perfectly - I watched like a hawk till it turned just dark enough. This is a keeper.

    Reply
    • Fortune says

      September 30, 2022 at 1:41 am

      Glad you like it. Thank you.

      Reply
  5. Cathy says

    September 12, 2024 at 7:56 am

    5 stars
    So easy and delicious!! I added pumpkin pie spice and mmm mmm!

    I was giving them alongside a harvest candle and tea towels as a thank you gift.

    Thank you for this recipe!

    Reply
    • Fortune says

      September 23, 2024 at 2:41 pm

      Yes, pumpkin pie spice adds deliciousness! Glad you like it.

      Reply
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