5.0 from 3 votes
Cinnamon Pumpkin Seed Brittle
Brittle with pumpkin seeds instead of peanuts and the addition of cinnamon. Perfect for Thanksgiving!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
17 mins
Servings: 1 batch
Calories: 3724 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter cut into chunks (plus more for pan)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups sugar
- ⅓ cup light corn syrup
- 1 ½ cups toasted hulled pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- Lightly butter a 10x15 inch baking sheet. In a small bowl, stir baking soda in vanilla to dissolve and set aside. In another bowl, stir together pumpkin seeds, salt and cinnamon.
- In a 4 to 5 quart saucepan over medium heat, use a wooden spoon to stir together sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup butter until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Increase heat slightly and boil sugar mixture, stirring occasionally, until it turns a deep amber and measures 293-295 (hard crack stage) on a candy thermometer. Approximately 8-12 minutes.
- Remove sugar mixture from heat and carefully stir in vanilla/soda mixture and pumpkin seed mixture (candy will bubble up). Immediately pour into prepared pan. Evenly spread the mixture to fill the pan.
- Let brittle cool at room temperature for 30 to 40 minutes. Gently twist the pan to release brittle then chop or break it into chunks. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
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Notes
- Caramelizing Sugar: Watch closely. Sugar cooks quickly once it begins to brown, so have your ingredients measured and ready before you start.
- Pumpkin Seeds: I used toasted, salted pumpkin seeds in my brittle, so I decreased the amount of salt to 1/4 teaspoon. If you toast your own seeds, or purchase the unsalted ones, then use the full 1/2 teaspoon of salt in the recipe.
- Cleaning the pan: It's always a mess trying to clean the pot after a candy making session! The best way I've ever found to do it is to add water to the pan and put it back on the stove. Bring the water to a boil and it will melt the hardened sugar right off of there. Clean as a whistle!
Nutrition Information
Serving
1
Calories
3724kcal
(186%)
Carbohydrates
617g
(206%)
Protein
53g
(106%)
Fat
133g
(205%)
Saturated Fat
44g
(220%)
Trans Fat
2g
Cholesterol
122mg
(41%)
Sodium
3192mg
(133%)
Potassium
1452mg
(41%)
Fiber
13g
(52%)
Sugar
590g
(1180%)
Vitamin A
1441IU
(29%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
158mg
(16%)
Iron
15mg
(83%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1batch
Amount Per Serving
Calories 3724
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 | |
| Calories | 3724kcal | 186% |
| Carbohydrates | 617g | 206% |
| Protein | 53g | 106% |
| Fat | 133g | 205% |
| Saturated Fat | 44g | 220% |
| Trans Fat | 2g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 122mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 3192mg | 133% |
| Potassium | 1452mg | 31% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 590g | 1180% |
| Vitamin A | 1441IU | 29% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 158mg | 16% |
| Iron | 15mg | 83% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.