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These Sweet and Crunchy Candied Pecans are low carb, sugar free and the perfect Holiday Party Snack or Homemade Gift!

sugar free candied pecans

When I think of the holidays and all the business that comes with it, I have to be honest, it makes me cringe. It’s not that I don’t like the holidays  it’s the leading up and prepping work that needs to be done for them. Being the momma most of the load goes on me for Christmas shopping and the food we shall eat on Christmas day.

Now I love to cook and bake, but between having a blog and working with brands that need recipes on certain dates, I’m sort of on max overload at the moment. I haven’t even thought about wrapping yet!

sugar free candied pecans

Thankfully my hubby loves to wrap and has taken over that job for me since actually I was pregnant with our youngest 11 years ago. I gave birth to him 3 days after Christmas and could not even sit comfortably, let alone wrap presents. He’s continued to wrap every since, bless his heart! BUT I still need to wrap His gifts!

 

I’m really not a last minute shopper, I do a bunch of shopping online with Amazon Prime lol! That certainly helps, but planning the food for Christmas day, testing recipes I need for the new year ahead is what is on my mind.

low carb candied pecans

I actually think I put the stress on myself to be honest. I get excited knowing we have a party to go to so I can honestly try out new recipes on everyone!

Saturday night we had a party with friends from church so I made 2 new recipes, one in the crock pot and another as an appetizer for New Years. Both scored big points with everyone so I will most certainly be sharing them soon!

low carb sugar-free candied pecans

I can’t help myself especially when I know there’s a crowd. It’s exciting. So even on Christmas Day I will be making a brand new never made before recipe, oh my, yes on Christmas day when my parents and brother and sister in law will be coming over for dinner. No wait a minute, scratch that, not one new recipe but two!!!

I pray they won’t fail. But being an Italian you can bet I have plenty other tried and true recipes to give them. At least the new recipes I’ve chosen to try on Christmas are not desserts, because that would be too risky since sugar free desserts take me many tests before perfection and sharing on the blog.

In Christmas’s Past, we’ve enjoyed these recipes: Zucchini Lasagna, Spaghetti Squash Lasagna,  Brussel Sprout Salad, Asapargus Bundles, and of course plenty of desserts! Some of the favorites are my Grandmother’s Butterballs, Peppermint Brownie Bark, And my Favorite of all, Peppermint Cheesecake Pie!

sugar free candied pecans

My daughter and I have been baking for a couple for weeks and freezing everything to be ready to deliver goodie trays on Christmas Eve. We made Salted Caramel Cashew Fudge, White Chocolate Coconut fudge, Sugarless Sugar cookies and Gingerbread men. If I have time I’d like to make my Chocolate Cream pie and I also still need to make ahead my Grain Free Cinnamon Roll Muffins for Christmas morning,

WHEW!! I’m exhausted thinking about it all! But this recipe today is one I can make over and over again with no stress, no worries and honestly hassle free! It’s perfect for gift giving as well as a holiday party snack!

Brenda’s Notes:

  • If you don’t have Sukrin fiber syrup, you can use another sugar-free honey or maple syrup of even molasses if you’re not sugar free.
  • Bourbon is optional and can be eliminated if desired.
  • The photos in this post are a double batch of the recipe below as I plan to give them as gifts in mason jars to family and friends for Christmas.
  • I used Swerve Confectioners sweetener but you can use any granulated sugar free sweetener you like.
  • This recipe was first published in December of 2014.

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Sugar Free Sweet Candied Bourbon Pecans

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 20
Calories 109 kcal
Author Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

  2. Whisk the butter and syrup until combined.

  3. Add the bourbon (optional) and maple extract  and stir until incorporated.

  4. Stir in the Swerve and cinnamon.
  5. Place pecans in a bowl and toss together with coating.

  6. Spread them on a greased baking sheet and bake 15 minutes.

  7. Once out of the oven while the juices on the pan are still hot, use a spatula to toss the pecans and then allow to cool before storing in an airtight container.

Recipe Notes

Net Carbs: 5g

Nutrition Facts
Sugar Free Sweet Candied Bourbon Pecans
Amount Per Serving (1 ounce)
Calories 109 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 6mg 2%
Sodium 20mg 1%
Potassium 50mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Protein 1g 2%
Vitamin A 1.6%
Vitamin C 0.2%
Calcium 1%
Iron 1.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Blessings, Brenda

 

 

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        • How do you feel about the reviews that say that sukrin is high glycemic when blood sugar is tested after ingesting and that sukrin being a foreign company is untouchable when it comes to any recourse for the false advertising? Could these reviews saying it isn’t sugar free have validity? Personally, I have never tried the syrup or sweetener, but I am now leery because I did order a gluten free cake mix from sukrin’s website and ran it thru an at home gluten free test kit and it came back positive for gluten. Do you still feel comfortable feeding this product to your family?

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          • I’m the one with a gluten sensitivity, but I am not celiac and no one in my family is so I’m comfortable with that. As far as spiking ones blood sugar I have not had that happen to myself, but everyone is different and certainly should check their blood sugar if trying this product for the first time.

  2. There is so much to prepare for Christmas. I know exactly what you mean! Luckily the last couple of years, my daughter has volunteered to wrap gifts! This would be a perfect gift idea!!

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  11. I made these today and they burnt!! Are you sure that the oven should be 350 degrees or should it be for 250 degrees? I cooked them the specified amount of time and like I said they were burnt. Most of them tasted OK, but a lot of the burnt ones stuck to the pan.

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    • I am so very sorry! I looked at my original notes and it was supposed to be 325 not 350! I feel terrible they burnt on you! I just edited the recipe. Again I apologize. 🙁

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      • This recipe states it is sugar free.
        Molassas is sugar.
        1 tbls of molassas contains 15 grams of sugar.
        So how can it be sugar free.?
        I am looking to make coated pecans using xylitol.

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        • One serving does not contain 1 tbsp of molasses. Divided by the amount of serving 1 tbsp is minuscule to the serving.

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  12. I made these pecan treasures and cooked them at 325. I only had Xylitol so used that. They are excellent. I took them as a hostess gift and we all loved them.

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  15. This is brilliant. Can see using rum, amaretto, whiskey, other liqueurs as well although sugar content higher from those? I’ve had great success with sugar free roasted cinnamon pecans. Non-diabetic friends/family gobble them up so I’m excited to try these. Thank you for sharing your recipes which are very well thought out.

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  16. I made these this morning using Amaretto and additional spices for my Mom. They are yummy and I know she will LOVE them. Thanks for posting this recipe. I have seen it before and meant to make them, but didn’t. I saw them on Keto Adapted’s post and decided to make them!

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  19. These are awesome! Reminds me of pralines, without all the work. I used Jack Daniels & Sukrin syrup, as it was what I had on hand. Beautiful!

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  20. I so need to make these. I have 40 lbs of Texas pecan halves in my freezer in Foodsaver bags. I sort of got a little greedy picking them this year ….

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  24. I just took mine out of the oven and it is great! instead of bourbon i use Bailey and it tastes OK. And I just used whatever sweetener I have in the house and it still taste great! thank you so much for give us such a good treat! My husband is in love with it.

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  26. Thank you for the recipe! Made them last night, and they were very yummy! I used Jack Daniels, since I didn’t have any bourbon, and also used Walden Farms syrup, since that’s what I had on hand. My hubby put them on his blue cheese wedge salad and declared it “tasty”! He’s super picky when it comes to non sugar sweeteners, so I’m glad he enjoyed these! I guess that means I’ll have to share them with him, LOL!

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  29. Is butter necessary to make them ‘set’? Could oil be used, olive, canola, corn, etc.? I’ve found this to be THE best keto candied nut recipe. I use mapleine instead of bourbon, and they are to die for!

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    • I’m not sure since I’ve not tested it with anything else but I think the butter could be swapped with coconut oil.

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