Eating low carb? Check out our section in the post about making these Keto Candied Pecans! These easy candied pecans come together with just five ingredients and are done in about 50 minutes. You will love these as a great movie night treat, they are perfect for gifting, and they are phenomenal on salads.
Some ovens aren’t calibrated to the correct temperature. If your oven runs just a little hot, these will cook faster – something you wouldn’t necessarily notice in other recipes, like a pot roast. An easy way to check this is with an inexpensive oven thermometer – they are usually less than $10.Baking sheets conduct heat differently. So in a recipe like this, where what you are baking is so small and thin, that can really impact things. I love these Nordic Ware Baking Sheets. They bake everything to perfection.
Try them in my Apple Salad with Bacon in place of the plain pecans.Take out the pine nuts and add these to my Winter Salad.Replace the walnuts with these easy candied pecans in my Brussels Sprout Salad.Take out the regular pecans and use these in my Apple Pecan Fall Salad.If you want to try something different make my Roasted Beet Salad and use these.
It is also really easy to make this recipe into a low carb and Keto friendly snack. The only problematic ingredient is the sugar. That is easy to take care of by using a sugar replacement:
Swerve is a great option. It can be used as a 1 for 1 swap with sugar. That being said, I have had readers tell me that when swapped 1 for 1 it is incredibly sweet. You might want to use 6 tablespoons for this recipe instead or a heaping 1/3 cup.Monk Fruit is another great alternative. This is one that readers recommend to those on a low carb diet all the time. Like Swerve, it can be used 1 for 1.Stevia is something I use in my coffee every morning and really enjoy. The type that is meant for baking varies on how you use it from brand to brand. The brand linked here is 1 for 1, but make sure you look at the package you buy.
