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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 love these almonds – the flavors sound delicious! The photos look amazing! Great recipe 🙂
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These look fantastic and I’m a fan of The black Peppercorn’s recipes (and yours) so I know they’re good!
I adore a seasoned nut recipe! This combination is right up my alley and need to pin right away along with making this delish recipe. Nice photos!!!!
Love the chili lime flavor in these almonds! I like those big bags of nuts from Costco, also like to buy nuts at Trader Joe’s. I like to bake with nuts, put them in salads and just nibble on them for a snack. My husband and I would both love this recipe, thanks for passing it along;-)
Oh I LOVE this! I’m practically a squirrel, I love nuts. I love the spiced ones too…definitely going to try making my own!
yum yum yum. I have never made flavoured nuts, although I have always wanted to!
Mmmm I love the sound of these. Chilli and lime go so well together, I bet it would be hard to stop eating these.
Mmmm, mmmm, mmm. I have a chili lime nut recipe too, that is going into our next cookbook. Yours look delish!
I love these! I’ve been all about snack foods lately, and these are perfect!
Hi Erin, this is super perfect for summer, I love eating almonds in sweet sauce, this is kind a different but I know it is great.