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Sugared Peanuts (+Video)

This Easy Sugared Peanuts recipe is a deliciously simple snack that is always a hit and it only requires three ingredients! A party favorite!

A DELICIOUSLY CRUNCHY, SWEET SNACK

One of my favorite snacks has always been peanuts. I just love them. Did you know a peanut is actually not a nut? It’s in the bean family. Peanuts are super high in antioxidants, even higher in capacity than grapes, spinach, broccoli and carrots. I want to share with you one of my favorite snacks to make with peanuts and it is so easy but so tasty.

a hand holding up a serving of sugared peanuts.

TIPS FOR MAKING THIS SWEET PEANUT TREAT

  • For a sweet and salty twist, you can use salted peanuts in this.
  • Don’t walk away from the stove while you’re stirring the peanuts with the sugar water. We don’t want the peanuts or the sugar to burn in this.
  • This recipe will work with any kind of nut. I’ve made a mixture with peanuts, walnuts and pecans and it was delicious.
sugared peanuts in a two small white bowls.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

  • unsalted peanuts
  • sugar
  • water
unsalted peanuts, sugar and water.
*only one jar of peanuts is shown here

HOW TO MAKE SUGARED PEANUTS:

In a large pan or a medium pot, over medium heat, combine the sugar and water.  

sugar and water in a large saucepan being stirred with a wooden spoon.

Stir until sugar is dissolved (the water will start to turn clear.) Add in the peanuts and continue cooking.

peanuts addd to sauce pan with sugar water and stirred with a wooden spoon.

Stir frequently. Mixture will get all nice and bubbly. This process will take about 10-12 minutes. You want the syrup mixture to dissolve until it is thick and gooey. At this point, you’ll want to start to preheat oven to 300F degrees. Once the mixture becomes hard to stir and becomes a super thick, sticky mixture, it is ready for the next step.

peanuts and sugar water starting to get bubbly in the saucepan.

Spread peanuts onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (this will make it easier to remove later). Spread them out and separate them as best as you can. Bake in 300F degree oven for about 12-15 minutes, stirring around every 5 minutes. Until peanuts start to look white-ish and crystallized-looking.

sugar coated peanuts spread into a single layer on a cookie sheet.

Take out of oven and allow to cool before storing. These can be stored in an airtight container and will last for months (if you don’t eat them all before then.)

sugared peanuts served in a grey bowl.

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Sugared Peanuts (+Video)

This Easy Sugared Peanuts recipe is a deliciously simple snack that is always a hit and it only requires three ingredients! A party favorite!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 4 cups unsalted peanuts
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • In a large pan or a medium pot, over medium heat, combine the sugar and water.
  • Stir until sugar is dissolved. The water should start to turn clear.
  • Add in the peanuts and continue cooking.
  • Stir frequently. Mixture will get all nice and bubbly. This process will take about 10-12 minutes. You want the syrup mixture to dissolve until it is thick and gooey.
  • At this point, you'll want to start to preheat oven to 300F degrees. Once the mixture becomes hard to stir and becomes a super thick, sticky mixture, it is ready for the next step.
  • Spread peanuts onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (this will make it easier to remove later). Spread them out and separate them as best as you can.
  • Bake in 300F degree oven for about 12-15 minutes, stirring around every 5 minutes. Peanuts should start to look whitish and crystallized-looking.
  • Take out of oven and allow to cool before serving and storing.

Video

YouTube video

Notes

  • These can be stored in an airtight container and will last for months.
  • You can use salted peanuts if you like that sweet and salty combination of flavors.
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 24g | Sodium: 4mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 35g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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Originally published: January 2012
Updated & republished: July 2020

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  1. 5 stars
    Try making it will peanuts that still have their skins on. I love them this way. The skins really grab the sugar mix.

  2. 5 stars
    Nice to see some of the oldest and yummy recipes. Gonna go to the store anger peanuts for the Sugared with sugar and water to make at Christmas gifts Thank you Linda G

  3. We make these in my home but we found a little secret…… after I spread them on the baking sheet I have a grinder of smoke chili and sea salt…. A few or more grinds over the peanuts before they hit the oven puts these right at that salty sweet with a little heat point! So good to sit on the deck in the evenings with family friends and a adult beverage

  4. 5 stars
    Delightfully easy recipe. I made a small batch by cutting ingredients in half. I also added a little cinnamon.
    Will make more next time!

  5. Goober peas got their name during the later years of Civil War. The Yankees took the food crops but left peanuts. Southern soldiers would boil the peanuts and referred to them as goober peas.

    I boil about 2 bushels of just dug jumbo peanuts every fall since that is still my favorite way to eat peanuts.

  6. I would get myself in so much trouble if these were in the house! I could just sit on my loveseat and eat, eat, eat!

  7. These would be dangerous at our house! Thanks for sharing @ Church Supper. Have a blessed week, Brandie! And please come back again next Sunday ~EMM

  8. I hope y'all like this recipe. The old school recipe actually calls for raw peanuts. But they can be pretty hard to find unless it's in the middle of peanut season and not everyone can find them around the country. But if you can, you should try it with the raw ones at least once. 🙂

  9. Brandie,
    Unfortunately, I remember that Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith show had a brother nicknamed "Goober". Too funny! There was also a chocolate covered peanut candy called "Goobers"

    i could eat the whole bowl, so I would have to ration these out:)

  10. Haha, funny name, didn't know 'goober' .. wouldn't prefer calling it this though, especially the 'goober butter' sounds ewwww you know what i mean, hehe 😛
    And I wouldn't be able to stop munching on these too! In fact any sugar-glazed or salted nuts, for that matter 😀
    So easy to make at home, highly overpriced in stores!

  11. Thanks for the yummy looking recipe. Bet these would also be good with just a teeny bit of cayenne pepper in the sugar mixture!

  12. My older brothers use to call me "goober" when we were children; I think I will keep it to my self that it tuned out NOT to be a bad name…tahehehe!

  13. Oh…. my…. goodness. I think I'd eat the whole pan. Those would be SO DANGEROUS in my house!!! (But that won't stop me from trying this recipe!) 🙂