Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray OR use parchment paper (I prefer parchment!)

Add nuts to a large mixing bowl and mix well, or you can buy premixed nuts. Make sure there is no chocolate with your mixed nuts.

Add sugar, water and butter in a saucepan and mix well. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once mixture begins to boil, reduce heat to low and continue to stir and heat for one minute. Mixture will bubble and double in size. Remove from heat and stir in spices.

Pour mixture over nuts in bowl and mix well to evenly coat.

Pour spicy nuts onto prepared baking sheet and spread evenly in one single layer.

Bake for 8 minutes, and flip nuts with a spatula, breaking a part any sticking. Return to oven for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove nuts from oven and immediately place on parchment paper to cool.

Once cool break apart any remaining large pieces of nuts and serve.

Store in an airtight container.