Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle

31 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 1 hr 15 min

“Old-fashioned peanut brittle just like Grandma used to make--simple and good!!” - by Del Lockamy

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup white corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups raw peanuts
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Hide Checklist

Adjust Servings

Adjust

Metric US

Original recipe yields 1 1/4 pounds

Directions

Spray two cookie sheets with non-stick spray coating.
In a 4 quart saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat to boiling and add peanuts. Cook until peanuts become golden in color and syrup mixture beads off nuts when raised out of pan. Quickly mix in the salt and baking soda until well blended.
Pour the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheets. Allow mixture to spread on it's own. Cool completely, and break into pieces. Store in air-tight container or plastic bag.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (20 total)

Calories
143 cal
7%

Fat
5.4 g
8%

Carbs
23.1 g
7%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Share It

Reviews (31)

Rate This Recipe

Cookin4Six!

Dec. 15, 2009

"The recipe is fine BUT some very important steps have been missed which is why some of you have had troubles. Temperature is VERY important and is why some have not had the brittle harden for them. ..." See moreYou need to use a candy thermometer and bring the mixture up to 300 degrees. Then, REMOVE from heat and add 1 tbsp of butter and then the baking soda. The butter should help it not over react and bubble over but you do want the bubbles because this is what makes the brittle, well, brittle! ;O) Also, warm up the pan that you will put the brittle into, this will also help it to spread. Hope this helps everyone because this is a good recipe!"

Kim

Dec. 10, 2006

"Once I added the baking soda and salt the mixture foamed up and almost out of the pan. Then after putting it in the pan it NEVER hardened! It was chewy and stuck together. I guess I must have done ..." See moresomething wrong, but I'm not sure what that was since I followed the directions."

PARROTHEADHUSKER

Dec. 12, 2004

"This is exactly what I was expecting with Peanut Brittle.. Although it is extremely chewy once it warms up in your mouth. Anyone know if there is any check I can do that would make it less chewy but..." See more keep the same taste? This was very easy to make too! Loved it."

More Reviews