Slow Cooker Candied Pecans
68 Comments Nov 20, 2019
Updated Apr 15, 2023
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Make these Slow Cooker Candied Pecans for gifts or serve at your holiday parties.
If you love a slow cooker candy recipe you may want to try my easy slow cooker peanut clusters recipe.
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Why this reicpe works
Candied pecans are crunchy and coated in a decadent cinnamon-sugar mixture. This recipe makes a full 2 pounds of candied pecans, but none will go to waste. The slow cooker allows you to make a very large batch for sharing.
They last about a week in an airtight container and make great gifts for the holiday and ship very well.
How to make candied pecans in the slow cooker:
The recipe starts with egg whites and vanilla extract and is whisked together until very frothy.
Then I add this mixture over the pecans and stir until the pecans are well coated with the egg white mixture
Then I pour over the sugar and spices over the wet pecans.
Then it’s time for the slow cooker to “roast” the nuts. I cook the coated pecans for 3 hours on low, stirring every 20 minutes. Doing this keeps them from burning.
Some recipes call for adding water at the end of the cooking time. I do not do this. I love the way the nuts are at this stage. I think the water is to make them shiny, I think they are perfect as is.
I could not stop eating these candied pecans. Especially when I opened the lid every 20 minutes to stir. I think I may have eaten half of them before they were done.
I will be making these again real soon, I need to get another batch in before the holidays are over. I hope you enjoy this recipe. Have a great week.
How long can I store these:
About a week in an airtight container, if they last that long!
Other Slow Cooker Desserts and Snacks:
- Slow Cooker Sea Salt Chocolate Almond Clusters
- Slow Cooker Chex Mix
- Slow Cooker Candied Almonds
- Slow Cooker Peanut Clusters
- Slow Cooker Easter Peanut Clusters
- Slow Cooker Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
- Slow Cooker His and Hers Cobbler
- Slow Cooker Pecan Pie
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Slow Cooker Candied Pecans
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 lbs. whole pecans
Instructions
- In a small bowl whisk the egg whites and vanilla until very frothy, this may take a minute or two. Set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, add the sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, stir until combined. Set aside.
- Put the pecans in a large bowl, pour over the eggs white and vanilla mixture. Stir until the pecans are evenly coated. Pour over the sugar mixture and stir until the pecans are coated.
- Spray the slow cooker with non-stick spray or coat the bottom and edges with a little oil. Add the sugar coated pecans.
- Cover. Set the slow cooker to low temperature. Cook for 3 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.
- When the cooking time is done, pour the nuts onto a baking sheet lined with wax or parchment paper. Cool for 30 minutes before storing or packaging into bags. Enjoy!
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These are amazing!!! I substituted regular sugar for sugar in the raw and they still came out awesome! I love making batches of these for thank you gifts, they’re perfect!
Hi. Can you use any kind of nut?
Yes, any nut will work fine.
Hello!
I made these a couple of months ago and they were amazing! I’m making them again today…but now I’m wondering if I’m reading this correctly. Is the sugar 1 and 3/4 cups of each or 3/4 cups of each? I noticed I had ALOT of the loose sugar mixture when I was done the last time. Thank you!
1 and 3/4 cup. 🙂
I made these today they are amazing
Can I make a double batch at one time – would that change the cooking time?
I think the cooking time will remain the same but you will have a hard time fitting and stirring it.
Can i use imitate sugar and imitation brown sugar
We are trying to cut back on sugar and carbs
It’s hard to say without testing, I apologize.
Yes you can use substitute sugars I’ve been using these for 3 years now the recipe to this year is my fourth year doing it you will love them sugar free
Easy to make and taste great
Can these be frozen? I want to send some to relatives in the mail so I need them to last more than a week in an airtight container.
From what I’m reading on google they will do fine being froze. I hope that helps.
So how long do you think they would sit in an oven. I work in an upscale restaurant and the baker at work does these in the oven but I never asked him the temp for oven or cooking time. Now that I’m in furlough (2nd time) I haven’t seen him in a few months.
I spread mine on greased baking sheets and bake 30 minutes at 300 degrees. Stir every 10 minutes.
looks easy can’t wait to make them
I made this recipe exactly as written with the exception of nutmeg (because I didn’t have any) and they came out AWESOME! Make sure to stir them every 20 minutes or more, as they do burn easily. Even with lots of stirring I had some of them burn down in the corners, but I just picked them out while they were cooling. Overall it was easy and they taste great with the perfect amount of sweetness. I am going to package them up in small mason jars and give out as Father’s Day gifts this year. 🙂