Did you know you can make a small batch of cowboy candy, or “candied jalapeños,” even with just a few jalapeños? In this post, I’ll show you how to use this safe, tested recipe to make something delicious with those jalapeños!
How Can I Use Cowboy Candy?
The possibilities are truly endless when it comes to how to eat cowboy candy! Here are some ideas:
- Mixed into deviled eggs or a cheese ball
- In potato, egg, or pasta salad
- With cream cheese and crackers
- On a sandwich
- In corn bread, tacos, or burritos
- As a baked potato, chili, or pizza topper
- In jalapeno popper dip or cheese dip
If you have leftover brine, you can also can it and use it to make homemade barbeque sauce and pickle eggs or to baste meat with!
Recipe Video
Recipe
Recipe adapted from the Ball Candied Jalapenos recipe.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, except jalapeños, up to a boil.
- Add jalapeños and reduce heat to medium.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and store in refrigerator or continue with canning instructions.
- Fill clean, warm jars with cowboy candy, making sure to leave 1/4-inch headspace.
- Clean jar rim off to ensure no cowboy candy is on it.
- Put a clean lid on and screw on band until fingertip tight.
- Put in water bath canner.
- Fill remaining jars until cowboy candy is gone.
- Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude.
- Remove jars and set on towel or wooden cutting board to cool for 12-24 hours.
- Remove bands and check seals. If any jars failed to seal, store in refrigerator and use first.
- Wash jars and store without bands on.