These two-ingredient candied peanuts tick all the boxes: they're tasty, easy to make, and inexpensive.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: peanuts
Servings: 4
Calories: 303kcal
Ingredients
1cupsugar
1/2cupwater
2cupspeanutsraw, skin on
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and water. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water
Add peanuts to sugar water. Continue to cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the peanuts are completely sugar-coated and no sugar syrup remains. This will take about 30 minutes.
2 cups peanuts
Pour the boiled peanuts out onto an ungreased cookie sheet and spread them out a bit. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Allow the roasted peanuts to cool on the cookie sheet and then store in a sealed container.