My jalapeno plants are continuously pumping out ripe jalapenos so I can make homemade cowboy candy jalapenos! I don’t want to waste them so I went to an old standby recipe that I haven’t made in a few years: Cowboy Candy.
Check out this simple and incredibly tasty homemade recipe using spicy jalapenos straight from the garden and canning them in a jar with a sweet cowboy candy sauce. The sweet and spicy flavors blend so well together and make an incredible appetizer over cream cheese, as a marinade for meats, or as a complement to any of your entrees. This homemade cowboy candy (candied jalapenos) will impress your family and friends either eating it or as a gift to let somebody know how much you mean to them.
Preparation
Our first step in preparation is to go and harvest some fresh jalapeno’s directly from my backyard organic raised bed garden. Preparation does involve a bit of work to slice up the jalapeno peppers and getting all the other ingredients together.
Cooking it up
You basically throw all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. This includes the apple cider vinegar, sugar, turmeric, cayenne pepper, celery seeds and garlic.
The next step is to add in the jalapenos and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
Canning
Everything is cooked up so now we just need to transfer the peppers using a slotted spoon to the jars. You come back and fill up to the 1/2″ head space with the candying solution.
Please remember to wipe the rims off with a wet paper towel to ensure the lids will seal better.
Recipe
Cowboy Candy (Candied Jalapenos)
This incredibly easy homemade recipe uses spicy jalapenos paired with a sweet cowboy candy sauce. The sweet and spicy flavors blend so well together and make an incredible appetizer over cream cheese, as a marinade for meats, or as a complement to any of your entrees. This homemade cowboy candy (candied jalapenos) will impress your family and friends either eating it or as a gift to let somebody know how much you mean to them.
- Pressure Canner or Boiling Water Canner
- Gloves, Latex or other
- Saucepan
- 3 lbs Peppers, Jalapeno (fresh)
- 2 cups Vinegar, Apple Cider
- 6 cups Sugar, Granulated White
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- 1/2 tsp Celery Seed
- 2 Clove Garlic, minced
- 1 tsp Pepper, Cayenne
Pick 3 pounds of fresh ripe jalapeno peppers from your garden. If not available, pick some up from the grocery store.
Wearing gloves, remove the very top and the stem from the jalapeno peppers.
Slice the peppers in 1/4" rounds. Set aside.
In a large pot, bring apple cider vinegar, white sugar, turmeric, celery seed, minced garlic and cayenne pepper to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes.
Raise the heat back to a boil and add the jalapeno pepper rounds and return to a hard boil. Reduce heat again and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
Transfer the jalapeno pepper slices to your clean jars leaving a head space of no less than 1/2".
Using a ladle, transfer the syrup to fill the jars ensuring you leave a head space of no less than 1/2".
Wipe the rims with a clean and damp paper towel. Put on lids and screw on top finger tip tight.
Place jars in a canner ensuring the top of jar is covered with 2" of water. Bring the water to a full rolling boil. When it reaches a full rolling boil, boil jars for 15 minutes.
Remove from heat and let cool. When safe, remove jars from water using canning tongs and transfer to a cooling rack. Leave them to cool for 24 hours.
Allow jars to sit for 2 – 3 weeks before eating as the flavors will mature in that time.
If you like this content, make sure you check out my Homemade Tomato Jam Canning Recipe and the Strawberry Jalapeno Jam Canning Recipe. I guarantee you will love them!! Also, you will want to check out my Louisiana Simple Living YouTube channel for more content you will enjoy.
Looks like another winner to me!!!
It is
hope we have some to watch the game with!!!
You know we will!!
It looks like you leave the seeds. Do you? I made these(another recipe) but I find them very spicy. My husband eats them though and loves them. Next time I will try your recipe.
I do leave the seeds in with the Cowboy Candy. I do take the seeds out in some recipes but I like them in Cowboy Candy.
What do you wash this hot candy down with?
A nice tall beverage of your choice!