nut brittle

Crunchy praline confection

Nut brittle is a hard candy made by cooking sugar to the crack stage and mixing in nuts—typically peanuts, almonds, or pecans—then spreading the mixture thin to cool and harden.

The result shatters when broken or bitten: She made peanut brittle for the holidays.

Often called simply brittle.

Related

shatter · corn syrup · crack · brown butter · golden brown · crystallized · crunchy · pecans · chocolate · state fair · candy making · snap · sticky · cashews · baking soda · sweet · sugar rush · crisp

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texture

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candy composition

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inclusions

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Family

nut, brittle

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G