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My husband always surprises me with what he brings home from the store. I do probably 99% of the shopping in our house, but every once in awhile I have him stop for something, or he decides to stop on his own. Back in January, he went out to run some mysterious errands. He came home with a bag full of nuts. And by bag full, I mean Target sized bag full. Apparently somewhere had a sale on Pistachios, so he went to stock up. He LOVES pistachios. He also loves a good deal. So why not pick up mass quantities, they are sale?! Along with pistachios he picked up one lone bag of Chili Lime Almonds. He and my 7 year old went to town on those almonds. I was very surprised how much my son liked them.
About a week later Black Peppercorn posted a recipe for Chili Lime Peanuts. I immediately pinned the recipe and knew I was going to make it with Almonds. Well, I finally got around to it. These were so easy!! Like 5 minutes of work, easy. I am not a huge nut lover, but I know they are really good for you. So these are great to have around for a quick afternoon snack.
You can adjust the heat level with these by adding more cayenne. The amount called for just gives it a tiny background heat. Not too much for my 7 year old who does not like hot things. So if you are sharing with just adults, I would double it.
Chili Lime Spiced Almonds
Ingredients
- 3 cups almonds
- 1/4 cup lime juice, (about 2 limes)
- 2 Tbls chili powder
- 1 Tbls salt
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 2 Tbls olive oil
- 1 Tbls honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread Almonds on a large baking sheet.
- In a small bowl mix together everything but the almonds. Pour mixture over the nuts, and stir evenly to coat. Make sure the nuts are in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool completely, then store in an air tight container.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I rarely buy nor make flavored nuts because I simply can not stop eating them!
Boy, how I love snacking on them and then I wonder how I earth I can’t get rig of the “baby weight”
love the sound of this!
These sound so tasty! I love almonds! I need to try making my own spiced nuts. Sounds so easy!
Chili and lime sounds good! I love almonds most among all kinds of nuts. 🙂
Chile and lime is a great combination! I find myself eating almonds for breakfast, lunch, and snacks – quick, easy, and healthy 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day, Erin!
I buy the thai chile lime cashews from Trader Joe’s and absolutely love them! These remind me a little of them, so I know that I would love them… have to save and try these!
Yum! I am the only one in my family that likes nuts, so I would happily eat a target-sized bag of these. I also love how easy they are, perfect party food!
I love the flavors used here! I would imagine they would go over really well in my household…addicting no doubt 🙂
I made these and they were totally burned at 18 minutes. Stupidly for me, I wasn’t keeping an eye on them. Don’t go beyond 15 and start checking at 12. Mine are ruined and inedible.
Sorry that yours were ruined 🙁