Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

One of the local delicacies in Batangas is the Sweet Peanut Candy. It’s simply composed of caramelized sugar and nuts molded into the sizes of saucers. I was privileged enough to join the Carnation Family Foodtrip and see how this Filipino candy was made.

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

The cooking process started with the peanuts that were simmered along with brown sugar in a big cooking pot called the talyasi. The talyasi was huge that the worker needed a paddle to mix the peanuts and the brown sugar to achieve the right consistency. Here’s a closer look of how everything in the pot looked like:

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

The perfect consistency reminded me of the viscosity of what a can of pork and beans have, and after the cooking and constant mixing of ingredients were done, the lady with a wooden scooper began to dump the mixture into round molds on the table.

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

The wooden table was wiped with a little oil and cold water so that the sweet peanut candies won’t stick to it when the old lady was putting each scoop of hot mixture into the molds. The open ventilation of the sweet peanut factory had its use to quickly cool the molded mixtures.

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

Finished products were quickly packed just as they hardened. As for the rejects, they were packed in another way. The sweet peanut candy didn’t really need to be round to be sold at a good price, but the shape really makes a difference since the delicacy was known for its round and saucer-like shape.

Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas by Maki Eduardo

You can also watch an HD video of how the candies were made here.

Anne Muriel’s Special Sweet Peanut

Taal, Batangas

(043) 2142845

Comments

6 responses to “Sweet Peanut Candy of Batangas”

  1. reyjr Avatar

    Rawr! Nakaka inggit talaga ang camera…

    hehe! Sweet peanut! Pang merienda na. =D

  2. cai Avatar
    cai

    This is called Panutsa / Panucha. And it’s really good. =)

  3. MrsLavendula Avatar

    those newly made peanut candy looks good but im more of a peanut brittle fan

  4. Naliligaw Avatar

    ang sarap netong peanuts lalo na pag bagong luto. waaaaaaaaah!

  5. u8mypinkcookies Avatar
    u8mypinkcookies

    yumm.. i love peanuts!! for peanut brittle, i prefer the one that’s durog yung peanuts (like good shepherd in baguio) than yung buo (like romana’s) 🙂

  6. sheryl Avatar
    sheryl

    Hi po. Ask ko lng po. san po banda sa taal batangas yung Anne muriel special sweet peanut? kc po, i was trying to call them but always busy. Thanks. 🙂

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