This easy cashew candy bar recipe inspired by Ghanaian Nkate cake (or Nkatie cake) is quite simple to follow with only three ingredients but promises a tasty cashew treat!
Prep Time1 minutemin
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time11 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: Ghanaian, West African
Servings: 16
Calories: 73kcal
Ingredients
½cupsugar
1cuptoasted cashew nuts
¼tspsalt
Instructions
Crush the toasted cashews into small pieces. You may chop them, but I find that the easiest way to crush them is to place the on a kitchen surface or chopping board and to roll over them with a rolling pin several times.
In a dry sauce pan heat the sugar on medium heat to melt it gently.
Once the sugar starts to turn golden around the edges, stir ever so gently.
When the sugar melts and the color is still a light golden brown, add the crushed cashews and salt and stir.
Make sure most of the cashews are touched by the sugar, the pull the pan off the flame. Be careful not to burn the sugar, do not leave the pan over the fire for over a minute after adding the cashews.
Pour the cashew and sugar mixture on your work surface, and with a rolling pin, roll out cashew and sugar mixture until it is about 1/4th of an inch thin (or as thick as you like).
While the mixture is still hot use a pizza cuter or knife to cut the bars into desirable sizes without taking breaking the bars apart. Allow the mixture to cool completely (For about 3-5 minutes), before handling and breaking apart.
Notes
The difficulty in this recipe is working fast while the sugar is still hot. It’s not sugar art level difficult, but you need to work carefully as well so you do not burn yourself. If you use salted cashews, you may omit the 1/4th tsp salt.
Cashew Candy Bar Nutrition
The nutrition information presented below is based on a single serving of square cut of the brittle.