Rosemary Chipotle Roasted Nuts are a sweet and spicy snack mix you’ll want to nibble on all day long. Mixed nuts are tossed with a signature blend of seasonings then oven roasted to perfection in this easy recipe.
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Why These Roasted Nuts are Best
Have you ever roasted nuts at home before? It’s surprisingly easy and the results taste so much better than store bought!
- Salty, sweet and spicy nuts.
- Easy to make.
- Perfect party snack.
- Addictively good!
This recipe starts by coating the nuts in sweet mixture of orange juice and agave syrup.
As the nuts roast in the oven, they develop an almost caramelized exterior that tastes even better when you add some spicy heat to the mix.
So for your next game day, be sure to add these nuts to your menu, along with our favorite buffalo chicken dip and oreo football cheeseball.
Ingredient Notes
- Nuts – I use a blend of cashews, almonds, walnuts and pecans in this snack mix. With the exception of the cashews, the nuts should be raw and unroasted.
- Agave nectar – This is a natural sweetener similar to honey but with a milder flavor. If you can’t find it, use real maple syrup instead.
- Orange juice – Mixed with agave and brown sugar, it provides the sticky sweet coating for the spices to stick to.
- Chipotle powder – Made from ground dried chipotle peppers, this spice has a smoky heat unlike any other.
- Fresh rosemary – A few sprigs of finely minced leaves bring an aromatic, almost peppery element to roasted nuts.
Tips and Tricks
- Feel free to use different combination of nuts in this recipe. It would also taste great made with all of one kind of nut, like almonds or cashews.
- Stir and flip the nuts over every 10 minutes during roasting. This ensures they roast evenly.
- While the nuts are cooling, continue giving them a stir every few minutes to keep them from getting stuck together.
- Rosemary Chipotle Roasted nuts make a great homemade gift! This mix is also perfect for a road trip or on-the-go snack.
Recipe FAQs
I use unsalted nuts in this roasted nuts recipe but either would work. If you opt for salted nuts, cut the amount of added salt in the recipe in half.
Once cooled, these nuts can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. They stay good for about 1 week.
It’s common for some nuts to start to overbrown before others are done roasting. To prevent this, try to use evenly sized nut and make sure to stir them every few minutes as they cook.
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Rosemary Chipotle Roasted Nuts
Ingredients
- 3 cups whole roasted cashews
- 1 ½ cups walnut halves
- 2 cups pecan halves
- 1 ½ cups whole almonds
- ⅓ cup agave nectar ***
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground chipotle powder
- 2 Tablespoons minced fresh rosemary
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the nuts with the agave nectar, sugar, orange juice, chipotle powder, rosemary and salt.
- Spread the nuts onto the baking sheet, and cook in the oven for 30 minutes, removing every ten minutes to stir and flip the nuts on the pan.
- Remove from oven and cool. Stirring occasionally to separate them slightly from each other. Store in a an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. ENJOY.
Notes
- If you can't find agave nectar, use a PURE maple syrup instead.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature for up to one week (we use a ziploc freezer bag).
- Feel free to use different combination of nuts in this recipe. It would also taste great made with all of one kind of nut, like almonds or cashews.
- Stir and flip the nuts over every 10 minutes during roasting. This ensures they roast evenly.
- While the nuts are cooling, continue giving them a stir every few minutes to keep them from getting stuck together.
- Rosemary Chipotle Roasted nuts make a great homemade gift! This mix is also perfect for a road trip or on-the-go snack.
Nutrition
Rosemary Chipotle Roasted Nuts – Perfect sweet and spicy flavor in every handful!
Ha too funny, they do look delicious!
Hahaha! With two teenage boys in the house, stuff like that gets said all the time around here! Those nuts look like they would be so addictive!!!
I can only imagine the “potty” talk 🙂
Worked out fine. Though I did use 4 tbls of Adobe sauce in lue of powdered chipotle and in hindsight I wonder if I should have used lite corn syrup over agave nectar because it may have let the nuts be a bit lighter in color once all is said and done. Also use same ingredients and put on thick slice bacon with chopped nuts……orgasmic
These looks so delicious! My kind of snacking!
I can already tell these are going to be an addictive snack!!
I love the fact that my 16 year-old sense of humor is still alive and well. By all means, enjoy that about what you named these! Age is a number only, ya know.
And these look incredible. Can’t wait to try!