pecan brittle

Crunchy caramelized treat

Pecan brittle is a hard candy made by cooking sugar to the crack stage and mixing in pecans, then spreading the mixture thin to cool and harden.

The result shatters when broken or bitten.

Like other brittles, it's a traditional American confection, often homemade around holidays: She made pecan brittle for the church bake sale.

Related

sweet · nuts · sugar · candy making · crack · golden · sticky · shatter · crunch · buttery · praline · snap · amber · homemade · crystallized · confection · holiday · holiday treat

Categories
Opposites
texture

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Stretched boiled sugar

fudge · marshmallow · nougat · Turkish delight · licorice

candy type/composition

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Cocoa candy rectangle

chocolate truffle · chocolate fudge · dark chocolate · milk chocolate · fudge

Family

pecan, brittle, pecans, brittleness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G