Best Macadamia Berry Dessert Recipes

MACADAMIA NUT BRITTLE WITH BLUEBERRIES

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This is the best nut brittle I've ever tasted: salted macadamias and dried blueberries!

Provided by ezmars

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Blueberry Dessert Recipes

Time 26m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
½ cup corn syrup
½ cup salted macadamia nuts, chopped in half
½ cup pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon coconut oil
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch ground nutmeg
½ cup dried blueberries
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Butter a 10x15-inch baking pan.
Combine sugar and corn syrup in a saucepan with a candy thermometer clipped on. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Heat to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C); add macadamia nuts, pecans, coconut oil, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook and stir until candy mixture reaches 300 degrees F (148 degrees C); remove from heat.
Stir blueberries, baking soda, and vanilla extract quickly into the candy mixture until combined. Pour all of the candy immediately onto the prepared pan. Spread evenly. Cool completely, about 15 minutes, before breaking into pieces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.3 calories, Carbohydrate 32.5 g, Cholesterol 0.6 mg, Fat 8.5 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 136.4 mg, Sugar 22.9 g

MACADAMIA SUNSHINE BARS

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Your guests will be delighted with my bars. They are packed with nuts and dried fruit. I think that when you take a bite of this treat it's like a mini-vacation to a Polynesian paradise. -Jeanne Holt, Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 55m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

1 package lemon cake mix (regular size)
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
3/4 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs, room temperature
4-1/2 teaspoons thawed pineapple-orange juice concentrate
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 jars (3 ounces each) macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
2/3 cup coarsely chopped shelled pistachios
2/3 cup chopped dried pineapple
2/3 cup chopped dried mangoes
1/3 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
GLAZE:
1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons thawed pineapple-orange juice concentrate
4 to 5 teaspoons water

Steps:

In large bowl, combine the cake mix, brown sugar and spice powder. Add the butter, eggs, juice concentrate, orange and lemon zests and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in the nuts, dried fruits and coconut., Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., Combine the confectioners' sugar, juice concentrate and enough water to reach desired consistency; drizzle over top. Cut into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290 calories, Fat 15g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 244mg sodium, Carbohydrate 38g carbohydrate (28g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.