{"id":146,"date":"2025-10-30T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:03:26","slug":"sweet-spicy-roasted-nuts-olives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/sweet-spicy-roasted-nuts-olives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet & Spicy Roasted Nuts & Olives"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sweet & Spicy Roasted Nuts & Olives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chances are, you’ve tried sweet or spicy roasted nuts. Some are made with cinnamon and sugar, while others are spiced with cayenne pepper and garlic. Here, we’ve kept the sweet-meets-spicy flavor you know and love, but given it a major upgrade with the addition of Kalamata olives. We’ll walk you through how to dry the olives before adding them freshly-roasted nuts and a simple spice blend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Servings: 4 cups<\/span><\/p>\n

INGREDIENTS<\/span><\/p>\n

2\/3 cup pitted Kalamata olives, quartered lengthwise<\/span>
\n3 Tbsp. honey<\/span>
\n1 lb. assorted raw nuts (about 4 cups total)<\/span>
\n2 Tbsp. sugar<\/span>
\n2 tsp. paprika<\/span>
\n1\/2 tsp. ground cinnamon<\/span>
\n1\/2 tsp. cayenne pepper<\/span><\/p>\n

STEPS<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Line a large shallow baking pan with parchment paper. Line a tray or another baking pan with parchment paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Line a microwave-safe plate with two layers of paper towels. Arrange olive quarters in an even layer on prepared plate. Microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until olives look dry, 3 to 3 1\/2 minutes. Let stand at room temperature about 10 minutes (olives will crisp as they cool).<\/span><\/p>\n

3) Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine honey, oil, and 1\/4 tsp. of the salt. Add nuts; stir to coat evenly. Transfer nuts to prepared baking pan. Roast 5 minutes. Remove from oven and stir well. Return to oven; continue roasting, stirring once, until nuts are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes more.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) While nuts are roasting, in a small bowl combine sugar, paprika, cinnamon, cayenne, and remaining 3\/4 tsp. salt.<\/span><\/p>\n

5) Working quickly, remove nuts from oven; transfer to prepared tray, leaving excess honey and\/or oil in the pan. Sprinkle nuts with dried olives and spice mixture; toss until thoroughly coated. Spread mixture in a single layer; allow to cool completely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chances are, you’ve tried sweet or spicy roasted nuts. Some are made with cinnamon and sugar, while others are spiced with cayenne pepper and garlic. Here, we’ve kept the sweet-meets-spicy flavor you know and love, but given it a major upgrade with the addition of Kalamata olives. We’ll walk you through how to dry the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetizers-snacks","tag-appetizers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3039,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/3039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}