Air Fryer Candied Pecans (2024)

Air Fryer Candied Pecans, the holiday season is right around the corner and making Air Fryer Pecans is a perfect snack or gift to those you love.

With only a few simple ingredients and using your Air Fryer Basket you will be enjoying this small-batch recipe in no time.

Add a few candied pecans to ice cream or other dessert recipes. They are even fantastic on top of a salad too. There is no wrong way to enjoy candied nuts.

Making this small batch of Air Fryer Pecans is also delicious as a quick snack. Biting into the candy pecans gives a perfect crunch that I just love.

Shopping List for Candied Pecans in Air Fryer

Dry Ingredients. Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger, Salt

Wet Ingredients. Honey, Water, Vanilla Extract

Nuts. Pecans

Tools Needed

• Air Fryer - I am using a Cosori 5.8qt Air Fryer Basket
• Air Fryer Parchment Paper
• Mixing Bowls. Large, Medium and Small
• Measuring Cups
• Mixing Spoons
• Baking Sheet
• Silicone Mat or Parchment Paper

How to make Candied Roasted Pecans in Air Fryer

In a small bowl combine brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt and mix to combine. Add honey, water, and vanilla extra and stir together.

Mixture will be grainy and will pour off the spoon.

In a medium bowl add whole pecans and toss cinnamon sugar mixture over nuts and stir. Coat entire pecan in sugar mixture.

Preheat Air Fryer for 5 minutes before adding seasoned coated pecans to a parchment lined air fryer basket to bake.

Stir or toss pecans half way through and continue to air fryer

Move hot pecan mixture to a parchment lined cookie sheet or use a silicone baking mat and allow pecans to cool. Carefully separate nuts in a single layer from each other for best results.

Storage and Freezing

Store cooled candied pecans in a sealed container like a mason jar, zip-loc bag, or other airtight container and keep at room temperature.

Nuts can also be frozen for up to 3 months if stored properly

Substitutions

Use Pumpkin Pie Spice in place of Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Ginger as a quick substitute

Nuts. Use Almonds, Walnuts, Cashews, or a nut mixture

Sweet Maple Syrup can be used in place of Honey

Sugars. Use half brown sugar and half white sugar

Cayenne Pepper. Add some heat with a sprinkle of Cayenne Pepper to hot Pecans

When the fall season hits I love walking into a Mall, the County or State Fair and enjoy the smell of fresh pecans being candied. I always fall for the over priced cones of these sweet crunchy nuts too.

This simple method will be a new favorite recipes this time of year. And you can deliver these sweet nuts to neighbors and friends. They will appreciate a delicious snack.

Pro Tips

Shake Basket. Make sure to shake the basket half way through the Air Fryer Baking process so the nuts become roasted on all sides.

Parchment Paper. Add a piece of parchment paper to the Air Fryer Basket. This helps with easy clean up. Make sure to use Parchment Paper with holes to keep the air flowing.

Baking Sheet. Allow nuts to cool on a lined baking sheet in a single layer. Be careful not to touch hot nuts.

Preheat Air Fryer. Just like other cooking appliances it's best practice to preheat the Air Fryer before adding the ingredients to be cooked.

Why are my Candied Pecans Sticky?

If the pecans remain sticky after they have cooled it means they did not air fry long enough to heat the sugars. Cooled candied pecans should be hard.

Let's chat about how good this easy recipe truly is. I always thought candied nuts had to be a long difficult process with the price being charged for a small cone filled of these delicious quick snacks. Am I right?

This recipe does not use egg white. In many recipes egg whites or an egg white mixture is used to help coat the nut before adding a brown sugar mixture to the raw pecan halves.

I have found that you don't really need it. The difference being less of a coating or shell on the nut when Air Fried. However the taste remains the same.

A whole batch of candied pecans is about 2 cups pecan halves which is plenty for gift giving and makes a great homemade gift or an easy snack. It's also the perfect size batch for the air fryer.

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