Christmas Nut Appetizer Recipes

These can be served as a dessert with eggnog or vanilla ice cream or just served salted as a snack.

These sweet pecans are wonderful snacks for any occasion.

An addictive snack that's great for parties or just having around the house--you'll be amazed how quickly they disappear!

These walnuts are a special treat for Christmas, and are well worth the time it takes to make them.

Mixed nuts coated in a spicy sugar syrup, then oven-roasted until crunchy.

Festive Nut Bowl is so easy to make. Dried cranberries add color and a burst of tartness to the mixed nuts. It's always a big hit during cocktail hour.

I like this roasted nut recipe because it doesn't use any added oil or butter - my husband likes this because it's nice and spicy! These have become a Thanksgiving tradition at our house, and make a tasty (albeit unusual) addition to salads, especially with the Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette from this site.

This recipe requires only sugar, cinnamon, and water to make a sweet coating for almonds.

This is a great candied nut recipe I stole from my mom. She likes walnuts, I like pecans. It's dead easy and my wife says she needs to leave the house when I make them, so she won't eat them all! Try experimenting with the spices, maybe clove or allspice!

Pecans are baked in a sweet cinnamon coating, creating tasty candied pecans perfect for holiday gifts.

Here's how to roast chestnuts in the oven or on an open fire.

These are a year-round favorite in our house. We've made several variations and still come back to this one as our all-time favorite. Hand-shelled pecans from Grandma's tree, with a vanilla-orange sugar coating that gets its depth from cinnamon, pepper, rosemary, and a bit of Kahlua® and Grand Marnier®.