Peanut Brittle Hearts for Valentine’s Day

I’ve been meaning to share this peanut brittle recipe forever, because it’s one of the easiest candies you can make, and everyone seems to love it. I’ve also been meaning to post a Valentine’s Day recipe … and don’t you just love when you can do two things at once?

This recipe takes little time and few ingredients. What’s not to love about that?

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If you’ve never bought raw Spanish peanuts before, here’s what they look like. It’s important that they be raw, because you’re going to cook them in the brittle mixture, and if you start with roasted peanuts, they’ll taste burnt.Here’s what the brittle looks like when it reaches the “golden brown” stage.

And this is what it looks like when you’ve added the baking soda:

It looks pale and less appealing than it did before, but just wait. Once it hardens and cools, you’ll be happy.

I wanted to leave room for my two heart molds, so I put half the brittle on my silicone sheet and half on a foil-lined pan.

These are the pancake molds I used. They have a handle on one side that makes removing them very easy.

Once they’ve cooled enough to hold their shape, you can remove the mold.

My heart is in your hand. Well, technically, your heart is in my hand.

If you don’t want to make these in a heart shape but you do want to give them for Valentine’s Day, just break, bag, and label with a Valentine’s message.