• Place a medium saucepan on high heat.
• Add raw peanuts, water, salt, grated ginger and cane sugar ( also add the optional spices, if desired).

  Stir until all the sugar is dissolved.
• Once the peanuts are boiling, stir in the ground cinnamon and vanilla extract and continue to boil on high heat.
• Continue boiling for another 30 minutes, uncovered and stirring every 10 minutes or so.
• Once ¾ of the water evaporates, reduce the flame to medium.
• Continue stirring until the mixture is thick and syrupy and all peanuts are coated in caramelized sugar.

  This step should take no more than 10 minutes.
• Drop about 2-3 tablespoons of peanut mixture onto a non stick baking tray.

Cooling

• You may allow the peanut drops to sit at room temperature or place in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.