Candied Almonds

I might’ve accidentally discovered a secret to making these come out just like the ones in the cone at the mall! When I got to the end of the process and the mixture became very stringy, I threw in an extra 1/2 cup of granulated sugar and the mixture IMMEDIATELY started to become grainy and stick to the almonds. I continued stirring until there was nothing left to stir and when I poured them onto my baking sheet they weren’t sticking together at all, they look and taste just like the ones from the mall! No wait time at the end is definitely an added plus for me! Added a photo of them straight out of the pan, freshly dumped on the baking sheet! (For reference I doubled the recipe because I had a 2 lb bag of raw almonds in the pantry I needed to use)

These were wicked easy to make. I added some of the comments below. IE: Added 1/2 tsp. of cayenne pepper. Also, kept stirring till the mixture crystalized (15 min.) and dumped on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. No sticking. No mess. Tasted awesome too with a teeny tiny kick with the cayenne pepper. Thank you everyone for your expertise. I've never made candied anything before. YAY us!!!

I love the recipe however I added some Celtic salt and cayenne pepper.

Easy and delicious! I have almonds that are getting close to best buy date and had to come up with something easy, this is it. The recipe picture is misleading, the almonds have a grainy covering not glossy.

I added a teaspoon of vanilla and a few pinches of nutmeg to this. It turned out amazing and I'll be adding these to my list of gift-worthy munchies.

First time making this, I doubled the recipe without any issues and did wait for it to crystallize before pouring into the two baking pans prepared. Turned out great!

Delicious even though I made it. I found the best advice from kerimac in the comments below. Since it was the first time making it, I followed their advice and allowed the liquid to become crystalline before pouring the mixture on the sheet pan and it turned out great! I'm sure it would have turned out badly otherwise. Now the true test comes. Will the family eat it?

This was just like the recipe says and taste just like at a carnival my daughter said mom you’re gonna have to keep this recipe. Here’s a picture of just a little bit I have left.

Perfect and so easy, I don’t understand the reviews stating it doesn’t work out or that they aren’t crunchy. I used raw sugar and it still worked out great, keep stirring and use medium heat. The nuts will suddenly go from syrup to dry coating, quickly spread and 7 mins is enough to cool ;)