Peanut Drops Recipe
Try the very simple peanut drops recipe, one of Jamaican favourite snack that both adult and children will love. Made with just six simple ingredients, these sweet munchies are highly addictive.
What Is Peanut Drops
Peanut drops is a sweet Jamaican snack made with roasted peanut, ginger, water and spices. All the ingredients are cooked down to a syrup like liquid that hardens when cool.
This peanut cake is easy to make and the result is very tasty. You can eat drops any time of the day.
What You Need For This Recipe
Here is what you will need to make peanut drops; roasted peanuts, brown sugar, grated fresh ginger, vanilla and cinnamon. I used ground cinnamon here, but you could also use cinnamon leaves or stick.
I like a lot of ginger in my drops because I like its burning sensation from the ginger, so I usually use more ginger then the recipe recommends
How To Make
Put the peanut and the grated ginger to boiled for about 5 minutes. Let the peanut absorb the ginger flavour. If you are using cinnamon stick or leaf, also add it here so that the peanut can soak up that aromatic flavour.
Add the sugar and leave to cook until the liquid became a thick syrup, this will take up to forty to fifty minutes.
Cook on high heat until the liquid start thickening, turn the heat to low to prevent the pot burning.
Once the liquid thickened, you will need to “drop” it and leave to cool for the drops to form.
Traditionally the drops are left to dry on banana tree leaves. There is a charge that you won’t have banana leaves. In the case, use over sheet or aluminium foil. Leave to cool so the drops can form.
In Jamaica, peanut drops, or any kind of drops, is eaten at any time of the day or night. It is usually eaten on its own. This dessert is perfect for someone who has a sweet tooth
Related Recipes:
- Gizzada
- Grater cake
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Jamaican Peanut Drops
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Roasted peanuts
- 2½ Cups Brown sugar
- 3½ Cups Water
- ¼ Cup Grated fresh ginger
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Add the peanut and the grated ginger along with the water to a pot.
- On medium to high heat, bring to a boil.
- Add the the sugar. Leave to cook for 50 minutes or until the the liquid reduce.
- Add the vanilla and cinnamon. Turn the high down to prevent burn and reduce the liquid to a sticky syrup
- Using a large table spoon, scoop out the peanut and drop it on aluminium foil, over sheet or banana leaf.
- Leave to cool.
Notes
- When spooning the drops, do it quickly because the syrup starts the get hard once you remove it from the fire.Â
- And careful not to burn yourself with the syrup.Â
Hi I followed this recipe, however the nuts were to soft, and not crunchy.
Do you know What I did wrong?
Hi Dawn, did you use roasted nuts?
Hi Dawn, I add the peanut at the end right after you remove the syrup from the heat.
can I do this with any nut as long as they are roasted?
You sure can
Do these need to be roasted unsalted peanuts. I’m guessing they can’t be with salt or season on? I’m just trying to make sure I buy the right ones. X
Yes, roasted unsalted peanuts
Thank you, Lesa!
In Brazil we have a similar recipe called “pé de moleque” (something like “brat’s foot lol) but it doesn’t use ginger. Some new versions even use condensed milk, which I’m not in favor of.
I’ve made a small batch of Peanut Drops and I love it. The ginger makes all the difference. Thanks again!
Hi Renata, thanks for stopping by and trying the recipe and sharing your experience. Ginger do make all the different. thanks for teaching my something about your culture. I may risk it and try the condensed milk and see how i like it.
Raw peanuts work better. You can also add a teaspoon of lemon Juice to highten the flavor.
Hello, thank you for the recipe! Can I replace the brown sugar with equal amounts of honey instead?
I tried this recipe and it didn’t come out as pictured. Wasted 4 cups of peanuts, sugar and ginger. Followed the recipe and it would melt at room temperature, peanuts were soft because they were being cooked in the water for 50 mins. Is something left out of the recipe.