Wet Walnuts

For any maple walnut fan out there like me, these are for YOU! These Wet Walnuts are amazing.

I’m going to share with you how to make Wet Walnuts today

Yep, maple walnuts….

Yummy! Really, believe me you want these in your life!

Wet walnuts, sometimes also called walnuts in syrup or walnut topping.

They are walnuts soaked in or coated with a sweet, slightly fluid syrup. Unlike candy nuts or pralines (which are usually fully crystallized or dry), wet walnuts remain in a liquid syrup—making them ideal as a topping or mix-in. 

These luscious, sweetened walnuts are especially popular as an ice cream sundae topping. But feel free to put them on pancakes, oatmeal, and yogurt.

Because they stay “wet,” they keep a soft, syrupy coating rather than becoming hard or crunchy.

You may be asking yourself, Why would I want to know this, and what would I use them for…

Trust me, we’ll get to that, and if you like them as much as I do!

Breaking News: I heard that Smuchers discontinued their Wet Walnuts… just one more reason to make homemade!

Now that you have made maple syrup……here is what you can do with it.

in a  glass jar and add lightly chopped walnuts and cover them with the syrup.

I used a 12 oz package of walnuts and put it into a large glass jar.

I’m not sure how many times I looked at the photo above, only now to realize there is a typo. LOL! Too bad I can’t use an eraser.
The walnuts will soften a bit when soaked in the syrup. One of my favorite ways to enjoy Wet Walnuts is on a Hot Fudge Sundae! It reminds me of my first job, where I worked at an ice cream shop, and I made wet walnuts often and loved them on Hot Fudge Sundaes.

Check out this post on How to Make Hot Fudge Sauce.

And you will want to take that maple syrup and put it on…

Pancakes!

Yep, it’s all about basics today. You will want to make a big stack of pancakes and drizzle them with Maple Syrup. Here is the recipe for the Yummiest Pancakes.

You will want to pile on the Wet Walnuts, too. I love the Wet Walnuts heated with diced apples all piled on my pancakes!

another option…

Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Frosting and Bacon, and yes, it’s perfectly fine to serve these for breakfast if you ask me!

You’ll be using maple extract for the frosting, so really that is just one more reason to run out and get some if you don’t already have it.

Drizzle the syrup over the frosting!
Here are a couple more recipes using maple extract:

• Maple Banana Walnut Scones
• Maple Walnut Cut Out Cookies

OMG, you have to make some chocolate maple cupcakes… these are amazing, and then you’ll have one more amazing thing to put the wet walnuts on top of.

And one more all-time favorite walnut recipe I have to share with you is these Candied Rosemary Walnuts!

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Wet Walnuts

wet walnuts in maple syrup, homemade great for topping pancakes, ice cream, and more

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time5 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Course: Condiment, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 cups

Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups walnuts add more or less depending on how much syrup you'd like, you can chop the walnuts or leave them whole/halved. the finer you chop the more nuts you can add
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
• alternatively, you can heat maple syrup and add the walnuts

Instructions

• Bring water and sugar to a boil, boil for one minute.
• Stir in maple extract.
• Place in a jar with a lid and store in the refrigerator.
• Serve it over ice cream, cupcakes, cake, and other great treats.

Notes

The proportions are 2:1 two parts sugar: and one part water you can make a large quantity just keep the proportions the same and add the maple extract accordingly. After two days, if I haven't consumed them all I store them in the refrigerator.

Click on the links below to find each syrup recipe:

• Blueberry Syrup
• Cherry Syrup
• Apple Cinnamon Syrup
• Chocolate Syrup
• Lavender Syrup
• Lemon Syrup
• Coffee Syrup
• Pineapple Syrup
• Maple Syrup
• Peach Syrup