Microwave Peanut Brittle – no candy thermometer required!
Microwave Peanut Brittle – no candy thermometer required! Only 6 ingredients – peanuts, sugar, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and baking soda. SO easy and SO delicious! Great for parties! Makes a great homemade gift!! #peanuts #brittle #candy
This is my Mom’s recipe for peanut brittle. It is really easy and doesn’t require a candy thermometer! You make this brittle in the microwave! I make this peanut brittle every year for Christmas, and everyone loves it. No one would ever know it was made in the microwave! You will have to play with the cooking times and adjust them to your microwave. It is also a good idea to have everything measured out before you start so the sugar doesn’t harden prematurely.
Microwave Peanut Brittle
prep time: cook time: 6 MINStotal time: 6 mins
ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup (Karo Syrup)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup peanuts (cocktail peanuts)
- 1 tsp baking soda
instructions:
- Combine sugar and syrup in a microwave safe bowl (I use a glass bowl), stir. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.
- Add butter, vanilla and peanuts; stir. Microwave on high for 1 minute 30 seconds.
- Remove bowl from microwave and quickly stir in baking soda. Immediately pour mixture onto parchment paper, aluminum foil or a Silpat. Spread into a rectangle and let cool for 1 hour. Break into pieces and enjoy!
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Just made this, so simple and easy and delicious ! Thanks so much for sharing. Merry Christmas to all.
Lyn – I'm so glad the recipe worked out for you. I love how easy and delicious this is too.
I found this recipe on pinterest. I made this (2 batches)as a gift for our Thanksgiving host-and they loved it. I am now going to make 2 more batches for a Christmas party and a gift for one of my neighbors. I love this recipe-easy to make and tastes great!
I found this recipe on pinterest and I am so excited to try it! I have featured this project on my Pinterest Picks post. http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2012/09/pinterest-picks_15.html I would love for you to stop by and grab a feature button. If for any reason you want me to remove your feature please let me know. Thanks for sharing!
Mine burnt to a crisp. I'm not sure what I did wrong.
This looks soo good! I will have to try it out! Thanks
My family loves peanut butter and this recipe is so much easier than mine. Thanks for sharing.
so, i just tried out this recipe!!! it is SO tasty and SO easy. i had some problems getting the concoction to spread out to cool, but i just plopped it onto some parchment paper, waited an hour, and then took my meat beater to it! great way to get out some aggression too ;)! will DEF be doing this again 🙂 thank you for such a great blog! <3 from wyoming!
That easy???? I can't wait to make me a batch, I LOVE peanut brittle.
Stephanie, I had a microwave peanut brittle recipe years ago that seems to have gotten lost. I was getting ready to Google for one, but afraid to trust just any ol version. Thanks so much for posting this.
I have this same recipe and have used it for years…never has it failed me.
Thanks for reminding me to get peanuts so I can make it for Christmas. 🙂
xo bj
P.S. Wish I had such a cute bowl to serve mine in. :))
It so code outsyde it make MY peanut brittle !
Oh I have to make this! Thanks! Steph!
I'm going to have to try this one, cause the last recipe I used wasn't that good.
Thanks!
Looks very good Steph – I really like the homemade version.