Homemade Mexican Mazapan

This homemade Mexican Mazapan recipe is such a treat!! For those of you who do not know what Mazapan is, it is a confection consisting of confectioners sugar and ground nuts. The 2 main nuts which are used in Mazapan recipes are almonds and peanuts. But you can basically use any nuts you like and it will be absolutely delicious!

The homemade Mexican Mazapan recipe I am sharing is the most common in Mexico. The peanut Mazapan. Many brands make it, but the most beloved is definitely made by dulces “De La Rosa”. The Jalisco well known brand has successfully shared so many delicious candies and confections throughout the world, and Mazapan is probably the best known and most loved.

This crumbly treat can be enjoyed in so many ways. Once you have made a nice big batch, you can make Mazapan flavored Ice Cream, Conchas, Rice Pudding, Jello, Carlota, Martinis and the list is endless!! The flavor of Mazapan is so easily adapted into classic recipes.

In Europe there is a similar treat, it is called Marzipan and is a creamier softer version of this confection. You can find it covering pastries and made into beautiful seasonal shapes that can be found in bakeries, pastry shops and super markets.

The Mazapan in Mexico has a traditional round shape and packaged in a clear plastic paper, which once opened, the Mazapan will practically crumble apart due to its very fragile texture. With our recipe, we enjoy playing with shapes. We use whatever cookie cutters we have available or are appropriate for the season, and we knock ourselves out making, hearts, stars, Christmas trees, jack o`laterns, turkeys, Easter Rabbits etc.. It is honestly so much fun to see and make the Mazapan treats in so many forms!

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Homemade Mexican Mazapan

Super easy recipe to make your own delicious Mexican Mazapan

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 16 mazapanes

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups unsalted peanuts
• 1¾ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

 

• Add the peanuts to the food processor and run it until the peanuts turns into a fine powder
• Add the powdered sugar and continue processing it, until it starts to turn into a paste. It should still feel crumbly but when you take some out with your hands. But when you press it, it should keep its form.
• On a piece of baking paper place a cookie cutter. Fill the cookie cutter with the mazapan paste and press it down hard. Cut the excess paste off with a pastry dough scraper or a knife. Gently push out the final mazapan and repeat until all the paste is used up.

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Notes

If you can’t find unsalted peanuts you can also use salted peanuts. If you use salted peanutes you can either wash them and then roast them in the oven at 180°C for 6 minutes, flip them and roast for another 6 minutes if not dry yet.

The other way to use salted peanuts is to add them without washing the salt off. This gives the mazapan a salty kick.

Keyword homemade, Mazapan, Mexican dessert, sweets