Easy Microwave Peanut Brittle

We’re thrilled to have cute Carrie from My Recipe Confessions sharing an easy microwave peanut brittle recipe. YUM!

I love homemade candy! My grandma is a candy making expert. Every year when I was growing up, she made a bunch of homemade candy for all of her family. That is saying a lot considering that she had 13 kids and seventy something grandkids. One of the candies that she made was peanut brittle. For years she made it on the stove top. Toward the end of her candy making years, she started making it in the microwave.

I make bothversions. The microwave version isn’t any faster, but it is easier. However, it does only make about half as much as the stove top version. Another thing to remember is that the heat that microwaves put out varies from one to the next, so you might need to adjust the cooking time of this recipe to better fit your microwave.

This recipe is perfect for those times when you need a quick treat or neighbor gift for the holidays.

This is your Christmas peanut brittle recipe for holiday desserts!

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Easy Microwave Peanut Brittle

Author Lolly Jane

Ingredients

• 1  cup of roasted  unsalted peanuts
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of white corn syrup
• 1 tbsp. of unsalted butter
• 1 tsp. of baking soda

Instructions

• 1. Spray a baking sheet with baking spray and place it on a hot pad. Measure all of the ingredients and have them ready to go. In a medium-sized glass bowl, mix the sugar and corn syrup together.
• 2. Add the peanuts to the glass bowl and place in the microwave for 4 minutes. Remove the bowl
• for the microwave and stir. Place the bowl back in the microwave for two more minutes and then stir. Place the bowl in the microwave again for another 2 minutes.
• 3. Remove the bowl from the microwave and quickly stir. Then add the butter to the hot mixture and stir again. Place the bowl back in the microwave for an additional 1 minute and 30 seconds.
• 4. Remove the bowl from the microwave and quickly add the baking soda and gently stir until mixed well. Pour the peanut brittle onto the greased baking sheet. With a greased rubber scraper, spread the peanut brittle out. Let it cool completely before breaking.

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 With love from my kitchen to yours,

Carrie

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Wow that looks yummy, doesn’t it? THANK YOU, Carrie, for sharing such a special recipe!  Be sure to check out all of Carrie’s tasty recipes like her marbled pumpkin cheesecake…mmmm….

Also visit lots more tasty dishes like these easy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, 

and our yummy peppermint pattie chex mix!