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Guinness Glazed Nuts – a sweet and crunchy snack made with Guinness, sugar, vanilla, salt and peanuts…
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, I thought it would be fun to incorporate Guinness in an easy-to-make snack. When I think of beer food, I automatically think of nuts so what better snack to make with Guinness than these sweet and crunchy Guinness Glazed Nuts. These nuts are great for snacking on and are totally addictive.
Ingredient Notes
See recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.
- Peanuts
- Granulated sugar
- Guinness
- Vanilla
- Salt
How To Make This Recipe
- Add peanuts, sugar, beer, and salt to a medium-sized pot and medium-high heat, stirring until mixture comes to a boil.
- Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat and stir until the syrup has almost dissolved.
- Remove pot from the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Spoon nuts onto the prepared baking sheet and spread with rubber spatula.
- Bake in a preheated 300 degree F oven.
Expert Tips
- When the syrup cools, break the nuts apart. The sugar will cause a few nuts to clump together, I think it’s nice to leave a few like this.
- Be sure to let the Guinness glazed nuts cool before eating or transferring into a jar.
- If you don’t have or like Guinness, feel free to use any other stout.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Should I Store Guinness Glazed Nuts?
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
What Does Guinness Taste Like?
Guinness is a rich black beer that is slightly sweet and slightly bitter with notes of coffee and chocolate. It’s smooth and velvety in texture and surprisingly contains less alcohol than a typical draught.
What Should I Do With Leftover Beer?
If you have a leftover beer, you might like to use the rest to make a small loaf of Beer Bread, Irish Stew, or a Guinness Float.
Enjoy!
Guinness Glazed Nuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanuts , unsalted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Guinness (or other stout)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
- Add the peanuts, sugar, beer and salt to a medium-sized pot and heat on medium-high, stirring until mixture comes to a boil.
- Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and stir until the syrup has almost dissolved (about 10 minutes).
- Remove pot from the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Spoon nuts onto the prepared baking sheet and spread with a rubber spatula.
- Place the tray in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. Remove tray and stir the nuts on the tray. Place tray back in oven and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove the nuts from the oven and cool on tray. Separate the nuts and store in an airtight container.
Gorgeous photos! I hope I’m able to make it over to Ireland one day.
These nuts look amazing! There are few things I love more than glazed nuts!
Thank you so much, Amanda.
I’m not a fan of Guinness but pretty sure I’d love these nuts! Finally a way to enjoy the beer 🙂
The Guinness taste is very subtle, I think you’d like it 🙂
What a fabulous vacation! We visited a brewery in the Bahamas on a recent vacation and learned a lot. So fascinating! These glazed nuts look like a great and fun snack!
Thanks, Mischa. It was a great trip.
We have never really had the urge to travel, but Ireland is one place we would love to go! This recipe will have to do for now, but I know it will be a winner!
Kacey, Ireland is absolutely beautiful and if you ever get the chance to go, I know you’ll love it. I also know you’ll love the nuts, we certainly do. Hope you get the chance to make them soon.
Such a great snack idea – especially for a game night or a night in with friends. Love this, Joanie!
Thanks Melanie. They’re so easy to throw together and are perfect for get-togethers with friends.
What a fun idea! I love cooking with Guinness, it adds such a unique flavor. 🙂
It sure does add a unique flavor. It’s nice that the flavor is so subtle and balanced by the sweetness here.
I want a big handful of these. Guinness nuts are absolutely brilliant. So sad I missed the Guinness factory when we went to Ireland.
Just another reason to go back to Ireland, right 😉 ? It was a fun tour that ended with us sipping on a Guinness and surprisingly, I thought Guinness tasted much different there. It was very mild.
Guinness is different there. The stuff you get overseas in the bottles just doesn’t have the nitrogen that makes it so soft and fluffy in the pubs.
I’m very lucky to get cans of Guinness here, they have little nitrogen capsules inside so they’re very close to the real thing.
And I do love Ireland as well, it’s just one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to!
What an awesome story! My husband and I would love to go to Ireland sometime. These nuts sound fantastic too!
Thanks so much, Miranda. If you ever get the chance to visit Ireland, I bet you’d absolutely love it there.
These look awesome! I could be in trouble snacking on these–I would never want to stop
Yes, that’s exactly the same problem I have. They’re so addicting.
Ireland is on our bucket list of places to visit! I would love it if you link this up to Tipsy Tuesday at Grey is the New Black!
I hope you get to visit soon, I could go back in a heartbeat. I’d love to link up, could you explain how?