I’ve been making Sugar and Spice Almonds for years at Christmas time. I don’t know why I’ve never shared a recipe for them here!

I was writing my planned list of home made gifts for this year and thought I better make these first cab off the rank, so I could do my thing and share the recipe with you. Hopefully this gives you plenty of time to get them made yourselves!

Timing of making these today for me, however, is not great… I just know they won’t make it to being gifts with my vultures children around!

Just look at all of that sweet, crunchy, cinnamon-ny deliciousness!

Whether gifting, or sharing at a gathering, these will disappear fast!

Sugar and Spice Almonds – a versatile home made gift
This recipe is pretty versatile in the ingredients you can use! Here are some variations that would work well:

Mix and match the spices

Don’t get me wrong, this flavour combo is spot on for me. The spices are the perfect balance and strength.

However, they would also be good with a bit of curry powder or cumin, paprika, chilli. You could use cinnamon as the only spice and leave the others out. You can’t really go wrong!

Using alternatives sweeteners

My preference for sweetening these tasty morsels over the years has become a combination of raw sugar and maple syrup.

The sweetener of choice in general in my kitchen is coconut sugar, and it does giv...