Roasted Cinnamon Spiced Mixed Nuts
These perfectly spiced, sweet, crunchy Roasted Cinnamon Spiced Mixed Nuts recipe is coated with a cinnamon-sugar mixture and baked in the oven. A quick and easy recipe to make for a sweet nut snack, gift-giving or homemade Christmas stocking stuffers.
Try my candied pecans recipe, Turtle bark, Reese’s peanut butter bark and crockpot candy next!
Best mixed nuts
I grew up loving to eat Planters mixed nuts especially during the holiday season when company would come over.
When I got older I started making candied mixed nuts and cinnamon nuts to share with my family at Christmas time.
I started to get more demands for my recipes, so I started a gourmet food company to sell at local markets.
This sweet spiced nuts recipe got to be so popular I would be making these roasted cinnamon nuts all night long, just to try to keep up with the demand for them.
Holiday Nuts
This easy holiday spicy nuts, takes very little time to prepare and will have your kitchen smelling like holiday spices that you cannot stop eating!
Try my classic cinnamon roll cookies or Christmas Chex mix with M&M’s and my homemade peppermint hot chocolate or white hot chocolate as well this holiday season!
Why you’ll love this recipes for spiced nuts
- Easy sweet spiced mixed nuts
- Cheap seasoned mixed nuts recipe
- Perfect for holiday gift giving or stocking stuffers for nut lovers
Ingredients
- Mixed nuts – you can use your favorite mixed nuts I like to buy in bulk at Costco
- Egg – egg white
- Granulated Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Ground Cloves
- Salt
I used a salted nice mixed nuts with a mixture peanuts, almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts and pecans to make our cinnamon sugar nuts, spiced nuts recipe. This recipe makes a small batch of two cups. If you want to make a larger batch, there is a scaling option on the recipe card, to the right of ‘Ingredients’ at the bottom of this post.
Substitutions & Variations for Gourmet Mixed Nuts
If you have certain nuts that you do not enjoy you can simply not use them in the recipe or buy a mixed nuts bag that does not have them. You can use unsalted mixed nuts or lightly salted mixed nuts in this mixed nut recipe and just add a bit more salt. Adding in candied cherries, raisins, and holiday M&M’s are all great ideas for holiday spiced nuts.
How to Make Cinnamon Spiced Mixed Nuts
Start by gathering up your ingredients. I like to use mixed nuts, although you can easily use just one type of nuts such as pecans, walnuts or almonds.
This recipe uses one beaten egg white. The photo above shows how much you should beat the egg white. It needs to be nice and frothy when you mix it into the nuts.
The granulated sugar, salt and cinnamon and nutmeg is mixed together, then added to the nut/egg mixture; then stirred until it’s well-combined.
The coating does make a bit of a mess of your cooking sheet, but it cleans up easily. I’ve used parchment paper in the past but it isn’t necessary and it can be expensive to buy.
Once the nuts are in the oven, give them a good stir every five or six minutes. When you remove them from the oven, keep stirring them as they cool on the cookie sheet, for about five minutes, then transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl to cool.
Top Tips
- Allow the cinnamon nuts to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before breaking them apart
- I have tested using parchment paper for easier cleanup
Serving size for mixed nuts
The serving size for mixed nuts is usually a 1/4 cup per person.
Calories in mixed nuts
This sweet mixed nut recipe has 246 calories for a 1/4 cup serving.
Storage and Freezing Instructions
Store in airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Freeze using a freezer-safe container or freezing zippered bag for 2 to 3 months.
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Roasted Cinnamon Spiced Mixed Nuts
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups
Description
These perfectly spiced, sweet, crunchy Roasted Cinnamon Spiced Mixed Nuts recipe is coated with a cinnamon-sugar mixture and baked in the oven. A quick and easy recipe to make for a sweet nut snack, gift-giving or homemade Christmas stocking stuffers.
Ingredients
2 cups mixed nuts
1 egg white, beaten
7 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
Instructions
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg white until smooth and foamy. (about 45 seconds).
2. Add nuts and mix well to coat.
3. In a small mixing bowl, combine granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
4. Stir into nut mixture and combine thoroughly.
5. Spread nut mixture onto a baking sheet.
6. Bake in 325F oven for 20 minutes, stirring every ten minutes.
7. Remove from oven and continue to stir occasionally (keep them on the baking sheet) for about 5 minutes.
8. Transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl and cool completely.
8. Serve once nuts have cooled completely.
Store in airtight container for up to 1 month. May be frozen for up to three months.
Notes
An individual type of nut can be used in this recipe instead of mixed nuts. Pecans, walnuts and almonds would all be good choices.
Store in airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Freeze using a freezer-safe container or freezing zippered bag for 2 to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizers and Snacks
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup
- Calories: 246
- Sugar: 12.7 g
- Sodium: 81.1 mg
- Fat: 17.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.2 g
- Fiber: 2.6 g
- Protein: 6.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Healthy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Made these to add to gifts this year and had to make a second batch as they were gone pretty fast. Delicious holiday for any nut lovers!!
I made these for Christmas gifts and everyone loved them. I had to make a batch for home and plan on making more during the year.
So happy to hear you enjoyed these spiced nuts!