Mom's Best Peanut Brittle
Sweet and salty peanut brittle with the perfect candy crunch is a wonderful gift for the holidays. This peanut brittle recipe is easy to make and wows everyone, every time. For best results, have all ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready to go as this method requires you to react quickly. There's just no time to measure in between steps! We also recommend a good candy thermometer.
Gallery
Recipe Summary
Ingredients
Directions
Tips
We recommend a candy thermometer for best results with this recipe. If you don't have one, in Step 3, try dropping a small amount of the boiling syrup in a bowl of cold water. If it forms hard, brittle threads, it's ready.