Or, in this case, just one piece of salted peanut brittle! After seeing Mooncrazy’s post about her peanut brittle, I started wondering - could I make this myself? Being a lover of both sugar and nuts, how could this combination not appeal to my sensibilities? So, being the neurotic little note taker that I am, I printed out Mooncrazy’s recipe, making sure to make note of all her notes…and then proceeded to google peanut brittle recipes for the next half hour trying to find out as much as I could about these sweet shards of pleasure.
However, after making the honeycomb, I reread Mooncray’s recipe and my heart sank like a stone. They were both aerated with bi-carb, meaning that I’d get a similar flavours and sensations 
Everyone, repeat after me:
Now, whilst I quite enjoyed the honeycomb I made, I had more than enough to keep me going for awhile so the idea of making another similar sugar mix didn’t exactly fill me with joy. The real problem was that after researching peanut brittle for so long, I was sick of googling and just wanted to hurry up and make it so I could finally just pop a piece of sugary nutty goodness into my mouth!
So, what’s a lass to do when stuck between a rock and a hard place? Why, she throws all her recipes to the wind and just wings it!
After having made a successful batch of honeycomb and marshmallow, I was feeling pretty competant with the whole boiled sugar business, so I decided to take what I’d learnt about boiling sugar and just go it alone. Hey, I was armed with a sugar thermometer, what could go wrong?
Could this be what the stairway to heaven looks like?
Hallooooooo peanut brittle! I couldn’t believe that it actually worked - I had a tray of beautifully golden peanut brittle, with plenty of crunchy toffee and peanuts in every bite! I loved it so much that I made another batch straight away - and 4 days later, there’s only half a batch left (mind you, thankfully much of it has been gifted to friends and work colleagues, otherwise I’d probably be rushing to the doctor to get advice on my new life as a diabetic!), but I get the feeling that peanut brittle has entered my home and is definetely here to stay!
Ellie’s Peanut Brittle
Ingredients
125g peanuts
1 tsp table salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1. Line a large baking tray with a silicon baking mat, and place in the oven at 180 degrees C to heat up.
2. Toast the peanuts with the table salt in a skillet, making sure to keep the peanuts moving so they don’t burn. Once they’re nicely browned, turn them out onto a chopping board to cool. Once cool, chop into small pieces and set aside.
3. Combine sugar, syrup and water in a saucepan over a low flame, and leave to cook without stirring. Keep an eye on the temperature, and once it reaches 160 degrees C/is a light caramel colour, remove from the heat and quickly stir in all the toasted peanuts.
4. Once all the peanuts are stirred in, remove the baking tray from the oven and pour the sugar & peanut mixture on top. Get a silicon spatula and gently start pushing out the mixture from the middle, thinning it out.
5. Leave tray out to cool, and once the brittle is completely cool and firm, snap into bite-size pieces to enjoy 
Every bite of this is equal parts sweet toffee and salty peanuts, the sum of which is delish!
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Comments
Lisa Ohhh yummy peanut brittle =) Way to go doing it all on your own with what you’ve learned! Looks beautiful 
maltese parakeet it’s beautiful! now we’re even: i’ve made a family recipe from your mom and you’ve made a family recipe from my mom!
Tanna Wow that is really boooful!!! I love peanut brittle. I’m with Brilynn: I bow down to your boiling sugar abiilities, I’m not worthy.
neil I nearly didn’t read the whole post when I started laughing so much at the title. Very funny read, nuts to you girl!
Ellie Kat - Ooo, you had these come in bars?? Only thing remotely close I had were sesame seed snaps
Brilynn - Aww hon, all you need is a sugar thermometer and trust me, you’ll be boiling up these goodies in no time!
Lis - Hehehe, and I have my frustration to thank for it 
Rachel - Yes! There can never be too much candy! Especially if it involves peppermint truffles…yum!
MP - Hehehe, well I was meant to make your mom’s recipe but didn’t actually end up making it because of the bi-carb…once I run out of honeycomb I’ll give it a try
Tanna - Peanut brittle makes my heart swoon Aww shucks, am glad you like it
Neil - hehehe, I aim to please
Emily That is AWESOME . . . I am impressed. Thinking about making this for stocking stuffers - my mom said she wanted peanut brittle, actually, and I’ve been on the lookout for something tasty! Thanks Ellie!
ilingc oohh i thought u were talking about those nobby nuts things. LOL
they look absolutely pristine.. in size, cut and texture. job well done!
peabody You are a brave woman. I will not make peanut brittle out of the shear fear that I will eat it all.
jenjen Bravo Ellie!!! This looks all too professional for someone who was just winging it…. great job indeed.
gauri i had this dream last night that i could reach into your blog and eat the food in the pictures. it was SUCH a good dream. except i still didn’t like marshmallows.
Ari (Baking and Books) This looks great! I’m imagining the combination of salty and sweet in my mouth, yum.
ilingc hey ellie, where did you get your corn syrup from? i’ve been to 3 coles, 2 safeway, 1 deli and macro wholefoods (which usually has everything you can’t get from coles/safeway) and still no corn syrup to be found. it’s killing me!! i have all the ingredients to make this bar the corn syrup.. argh..
Ellie Emily - Aww shucks hon, I hope your mom likes it as much as mine
I-Ling - glad you like it I got my corn syrup from Win Sum Chinese grocery store in Glen Waverley, just up from the Muddings Bakery Cafe - you should be able to find it there!
Peabody - Trust me, if it weren’t Xmas and I didn’t have many food baskets to prepare, I wouldn’t have made it either! 
Jenjen - Cheers hon as for looking good, hehehe all I did was snap it up with my little hands!
Gauri - You have a food basket coming m’love
Ari - It’s definetely a good one! Next thing to try for me is salted caramels!
this reminds me of the “munch” bars I used eat as a child. will print this one out to try.