These Sriracha & Maple Roasted Mixed Nuts are the perfect amount of hot and sweet. They’re great for a party appetizer or edible gift this holiday season!
Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you eat so many nuts that you think you might turn into one. The latter is how you will feel after you eat these sriracha & maple nuts! And trust me, that is a good thing.
Raise your hand if you are one of those people who puts sriracha on everything! I knew there were a few of you out there! I didn’t discover sriracha until college and I’ve been hooked ever since. At the time, I was in my ‘put ranch dressing over everything’ phase and the heat of sriracha went perfectly with the ranch dressing. 
After college I managed to grow out of my ranch dressing phase, but the sriracha has stayed with me ever since. I’m not quite sure why it is so addicting and loved by so many people, but it just is! It adds a nice heat without being overpowering or adding any other strange flavors that might take away from the main dish. I could probably go on an on about my love of sriracha, but I’m guessing that many of you out there feel the same way I do about it, so I will spare you. But, if you are wondering what the heck I’m talking about, I suggest you go get yourself a big bottle of it and give it a try!
We eat a lot of nuts in our house and as much as I adore a simple roasted and salted, or even raw, nut, I also really love all the fancy flavors that they are coming out with these days. Unfortunately, most of them have a billion ingredients in them, half of which I can’t even pronounce. Also, most of them don’t seem to be gluten free, which makes me really sad. I want to eat fun flavored nuts too!
I’m a huge sucker for a sweet and salty combo and do you know what is even better than sweet and salty?? Sweet, salty, and spicy! These flavors go so well together and the maple syrup makes them ooey and gooey and sticky and delicious. I’m warning you now, you will want to eat the entire batch in one sitting.
Before I leave you with the recipe I will warn you of one more thing. If you are a fellow sriracha lover, you might be familiar with the recent press that the sriracha plant has been getting. If not, I will fill you in. Apparently the sriracha factory emits a strong odor of cooking chili peppers that irritates the noses and eyes of some residents of the California town. There was a lawsuit started to try to get the factory moved, but from what I can remember, they lost and the factory stayed in place. Why am I telling you about this? When you open the oven to flip the nuts during the cooking process you might get a big wiff of hot sriracha sauce, so be careful and don’t stick your head in right away. Unless you are a super sriracha addict and that sounds pleasant to you!
Sriracha & Maple Roasted Mixed Nuts
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These Sriracha & Maple Roasted Mixed Nuts are the perfect amount of hot and sweet. They’re great for a party appetizer or edible gift this holiday season!
Ingredients
- 3 cups roasted, unsalted mixed nuts, your favorite kinds
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce*
- 2 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper. Place nuts on top of the parchment paper and add sriracha, maple syrup, canola oil, and salt. Toss to coat with your fingers.
- Place the nuts into the oven and bake for about 20 minutes, tossing a few times with a spatula to make sure they don’t all stick together.
- Once you have taken the nuts out of the oven, let them sit for about 20 minutes so they can harden up, but toss them around a few times while they cool or you may end up with one big mass of nuts.
Notes
*You can use more sriracha sauce depending on how spicy you want them to be.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Snack, Gluten Free, Vegan
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Sriracha glazed nuts.. what a brilliant idea!!. sweet, salty & spicy totally my kinda thing.. I am sure I will finish off the entire batch in one go.. 😉
If you are anything like me, you will finish off the entire batch and then make two more batches and finish those off too! 🙂
My boyfriend is still in his “put Ranch on everything” phase . And when it’s not Ranch, it’s mayo. Still a phase when you’re 25, right? He’ll totally grow out of it?? 😉 I’m loving this sweet + spicy + salty combo! I’ve been eating nuts like crazy lately, so if you turn into one, I’m right behind you.
I still have a soft spot for ranch, but I had to stop buying it because I was going through a bottle a week! Now I only get to enjoy it when we go to someone’s house and they happen to have it on hand. Haha, we will both be sweet, salty, and spicy nuts together 🙂
I have never even heard of Sriracha??!! And sadly I have not outgrown my ranch addiction, sounds like I need to try something new. I love the sweet, salty and spicy combo 🙂
OMG! You must go to the store immediately and buy some sriracha! You will love it and it goes really well with ranch 🙂
These look amazing!! I usually make a granola or trail mix on Sundays for us to snack on during the week but I am totally making this over the weekend! It sounds so good! I am such a sucker for spicy/salty/sticky treats!
Thanks Annie! I’m actually kind of a wimp when it comes to most spicy foods but I really couldn’t stop eating these! I finally cut myself off after I realized I was purposely not bringing any breakfast to work just so I could eat these for breakfast!
Okay- confession- when I’m a little low on food in the pantry, I literally search for food on which to put Sriracha sauce. I just need a vehicle, any vehicle…goldfish, a tortilla chip, carrots…you name it- sriracha sauce will make a quick snack out of it. I can’t get enough of the stuff! These nuts sounds like a dream come true.
Hahaha, that is the best thing ever! I can totally relate! As long as sriracha is involved you know everything will be ok! You will definitely love these nuts, Sarah 🙂
Love the idea of sriracha to spice up some sweet and salty nuts!
Thanks Jeanette! The spice of the sriracha adds such a nice flavor to these nuts!
Soooo yummy! I just this month got some Sriracha Roasted Cashews from NatureBox and they were so, so, so good… so I DEFINITELY need to try these!! I love the maple for a touch of sweetness too!
Hi, Cheeto!
I just saw an add for those cashews yesterday and they looked so good! I need to find some of those asap! Or I guess I could just make another batch of these! The maple definitely adds a nice touch! Cheeto says hi 🙂
I could snack on these for days! I’m a huge mixed nut lover and a big fan of Sriracha. What a win win!
I could snack on these for days too, in fact that is exactly what I did and I finally had to make myself put them down! I think I made about 4 batches total!
I am obsessed with sriracha too! I love that it is a just a tiny bit spicy, but brings a ton of flavor too. It seems to make everything better. I haven’t grown out of my ranch addiction, BUT, have you tried adding sriracha to ranch? It’s amazing!
I bet these nuts taste just delicious. I love sweet and salty with a little kick. Can’t wait to try these! What an easy appetizer to set out at a party.
That is exactly what I love about it too! It goes so well with pretty much everything you use it in! I do still love to eat ranch dressing sometimes, but I don’t go through a bottle a week anymore like I used to! Sriracha and ranch is the best! I used to put it all over my pizza!
This would be great for a party! The thought of it makes me want to have a party now just so I can make more of these and won’t be tempted to eat all of them myself 🙂
wow… This recipe must be so good! I love nuts and this combo of sweet, salty and spicy sounds like the best kind of crazy!
Thanks Olivia! The combo is definitely addicting, but in a very good way!
These nuts look TOTALLY addicting. In the best possible way of course. 😀 Seriously, though I LOVE the combo of the three S’s (sweet, salty, ‘n’ spicy) and these nuts are definitely calling out to me! 🙂
I got so addicted to them that I finally had to cut myself off, haha! I was about to make my fourth batch when I finally just made myself put down the bottle of sriracha. I love the three S’s too, such a great combo! Thanks, Sarah!!
Guilty as charged re: sriracha. I want it all over ALL THE THINGS. And I feel like this sweet spicy savory combo is going to be my downfall. In the best way.
Me too! All over all the things!! It was totally my downfall and I ate an absurd amount of them, I finally had to cut myself off!
Well, I’m new to the sriracha scene, will have to try it!
And we are total nut lovers here,…..we consume so many nuts…..I won’t even admit how many we eat. But love every variety! Yum.
You must try it, Laura! If you like a little heat to your food, you will love it! Haha, I eat a lot of nuts too! My desk drawer always seems to be full of them and I’m always snacking on them. I guess it is a good thing they are healthy!
We don’t put sriracha on everything, but we use it a LOT! I love spiced nuts as a snack and my husband does too. Thanks, Izzy.
I guess I don’t put it on quite everything, but I do use it a lot too! It just adds a nice spice without being too hot! I’m so glad you like these, Bri!
Nuts with a sweet, salty, and spicy flavor combo – what’s not to love! I’m a huge nut lover too but I’ve not branched out to putting sriracha on them. Delicious snack!
sweet, salty, and spicy is my new favorite combo! I usually just eat plain nuts, but it was fun to spice them up a little bit!
My husband? ADORES sriracha, and I’ve grown to love it now too! These nuts look just delicious. We’ll be making soon!
For some reason I can’t get my husband to come around to sriracha. He has his favorite hot sauce and doesn’t seem interested in trying a new one, hopefully one of these days I can get to to love it! Your husband would definitely love these nuts!
Izzy, you had me as Sriracha. 🙂 I need to make these nuts.
If you love sriracha, you will surely love these, Kathy!
I totally feel like a nut today, Izzy! Must be the Monday blahs. My husband and I snack on almonds all the time, so this recipe looks amazing! I’ve only had sriracha a few times, but I do like it. And I think it would be absolutely perfect to jazz up some mixed nuts!
Haha, Gayle! This is an awesome comment! Mondays aren’t too bad for me because I have them off, but I’m back to work tomorrow and I am sure I will be feeling like a nut too! I eat a lot of almonds too, they are such a good snack! I’m kind of a wimp when it comes to spicy food, but a little bit of sriracha on these nuts really tastes good. Have a great week, Gayle!
Yum, these sound like an amazing combination! I love flavored nuts, but I can’t bring myself to buy any after I read the label. Why so many crazy ingredients?!
Smart to make them at home. You know what is in them and they are less expensive.
Thanks for the warning on opening the oven. I would be the one to take a deep breath in when I pull them out. Haha
I know! Why must they load up nuts, which are healthy, with all kinds of strange ingredients?! I think I will be making them much more at home now that I realize they can be so easy and so good. Unfortunately, I learned about the strong sriracha smell from experience, haha!
I love sweet and salty combos too! You always come up with some of the most creative combinations, this one sounds delicious.
Thanks so much, Danielle! Sweet and salty is the best!