Walnut Drops

Walnut Drops

This recipe was thought to my mother forty years ago, when she was in her 10th grade by her teacher. She never really made these sweets until much later on in her life, now its an every year Christmas Special that sells and goes down like hotcakes.

Walnut Drops are relatively easy to make with a few common ingredients, but it would require some patience.

Ingredients:

1 Tin Condensed Milk
1 Cup Fresh Milk
1 ½ Cup Sugar
½ to 1 Cup Walnuts
2 Table spoons Cocoa Powder
1 Table Spoon Butter
A Cap full of Vanilla Essence

Procedure:

Put the fresh milk on the fire and let it boil till half.

Fresh Milk

Add the sugar and stir occasionally till it dissolves.

Add Sugar to Milk

Once all the sugar has dissolved add the condensed milk.

Nestle Condensed Milk Tin

Pouring Condensed Milk
Stir continuously till you find the mixture nice and thick.
Mother Stirring her Magic

Add the cocoa powder to the mixture and stir till its mixed evenly.

Cocoa Powder

Add Cocoa to the Mixture

After its evenly mixeed you can add the walnuts.

Shelled Walnuts

Drop the Walnuts in the Mixture

Just before taking the drops off the fire add some vanilla essence and one table spoon of butter.

Vanilla Essence

Add a Cap Full of Vanilla Essence

Drop spoonfuls of the mixture on a greased tray.

Making Drops of Walnut Mixture

Remove spoonfuls to create drops

Leave it overnight or as required till they dry.

Walnut Drops Drying

Ready Walnut Drops

Eat them or pack them everyones going to enjoy them!

Packed Walnut Drops

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Anonymous
Anonymous
8 years ago

Hi Clyde, I tried it and it turned out superb:) thanks so much cos this is my favourite Xmas sweet, Sophia

Diana Mascarenhas
10 years ago

Hi I tried this recipe but it got sticky… wat do I do now. It is sticking to the tray. Sumthin went a miss I guess. I followed all the steps. I guess I took it off the flame before it actually thickened

Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

Hello I am Rita from Holland I have tried the above receipe to the T but the walnut drops are not getting hard since days and I need your help to alter this please advice urgently….

Lorraine Fletcher
10 years ago

Hi, tried out the recipe and it turned out great.would love to have the baked neuri recipe too. thanks again

Clyde
10 years ago

We now have the recipe up 🙂

Clyde
10 years ago

@ Julia

@ Pamela

Glad you guys had good success

pAmELa
11 years ago

I increased the walnuts and ecreased the sugar. Still turned out great. Have a blessed Christmas….

Anonymous
Anonymous
11 years ago

hi
my name is julia. I have tried this receipe and it turned out awesome! but in future, for my walnut receipe, I shall probably use 1 1/2 cup walnuts. anyway, thanks for the wonderful receipe. I would like to have a receipe on how to make a simple fruit cake.

Lilia
Lilia
12 years ago

I've tried the milk cream receipe and it turned out awesome. The tip on testing the consistency in water really helped a lot

Clyde
12 years ago

@ Lavina

you need to dissolve the sugar before you proceed with adding the condensed milk as mentioned in the recipe, keep stirring, follow the recipe

Anonymous
Anonymous
12 years ago

Hi, I tried making the walnut drops,it tasted good however I was not able to completely dissolve the sugar. Can you pls suggest what went wrong .Thanks for the site..
Regards,
Lavina

Clyde
13 years ago

@ Sherzen

its tough to get the walnut drops or any goan sweet at the first go, it all comes with practice.

You probably needed to keep it on the fire for longer till it hardened up.

To know when its ready, you need to take a little out and drop it in some water, if it hardens its ready to be taken out.

If not you need to keep stirring, Im sure you will get it with your next attempt! Be patient and all the best 🙂

sherlyn
sherlyn
13 years ago

Hello,
Nice site,good presentation of the recipes.I tried making the walnut drops,it tasted good however I was not able to thicken the mixture..I t became semi thick so finally refrigerated the drops .Can you pls suggest what went wrong and/or the approx time frame to continue stirring.Thanks for the site..
Regards,
Sherzen

Faye
Faye
13 years ago

Great and easy recipe…….and the illustration helps a lot…..thanks

Louise Sequeira
Louise Sequeira
13 years ago

Hey there

I tried this receipe yesterday and it turned out really great !!

Enjoyed…making it , it was simply well explained…

I am also looking for Neuri receipe …if possible can you please post that as well.

Thank you so much .

Louise Sequeira

Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

Hi! Thanks a lot, I tried it for Christmas and it was an absolute perfect one, my son was the most happiest one he just couldn't stop smiling and thinking that I made chocolate in the house, we all enjoyed it. Thank you again.

Pramila D'Sa Fernandes
Pramila D'Sa Fernandes
14 years ago

hey great reciepie with some amazing illustrations
u guys are doing some great job
keep up the good work!!!!

Anonymous
Anonymous
14 years ago

I have taken most of the recipes and im sure they are going to taste better then what i make coz, im a good cook myself.. but your step by step instructions and the photos make it look so appetising.. tks

Audrey Mesquita e Vaz
14 years ago

Yum! Yum! My mouth is watering just reading about it….I am sure going to love the taste of this!!

saira
saira
7 years ago

please send me a easy cake receipe using desicated coconut.

Shabnam Gomes
Shabnam Gomes
7 years ago

Hi Clyde,

Thank you n loads of love n blessings to u n ur mom for sharing all these recipes. I’ve tried milk cream , guava cheese n coconut ice. All turned out perfect. Will try this too.. just wanted to know how long can this be stored.. thanks again !!

Diana Mascarenhas
Diana Mascarenhas
6 years ago

Hi I tried this recipe but it got sticky… wat do I do now. It is sticking to the tray. Sumthin went a miss I guess. I followed all the steps.
I had tried the recipe in 2014 and same thing happened. I had written a comment then but didn’t receive any reply.

Read more at: https://www.goanfoodrecipes.com/2008/03/walnut-drops.html

Errol
Errol
6 years ago

Hi Clyde,

Just tried out this recipe this Christmas and I must say I am glad I came across your site.

The walnut drops turned out perfectly.

Thanks a lot for sharing such authentic Goan recipes.

Dsouza
Dsouza
4 years ago

Hi. What can i make if the chocolate mix is more than required for the walnut drops?
Any other recipes can be made using the mixture?

Jeannete Banis
Jeannete Banis
4 years ago

Hi, i tried this yesterday and it was great. Is it possible to reduce the sweetness by adding less sugar or no sugar at all? Pl advise

Sabina Noronha
Sabina Noronha
4 years ago

Hi, thanks for sharing Goan recipes here…just a request…can you please mention liquid quantity in ml as I am confused with size of the glass and condensed milk quantity in ml….thanks

Sabina Noronha
Sabina Noronha
4 years ago

One more please….is 1 table spoon butter used to grease the tray ?? Thanks!!

Althea
Althea
4 years ago

Hi clyde
Need your help the walnut drops didnt work
This time its still wet i made it on monday last week
The weather in aus keeps changing
Its either very hot or cold
Can u suggest what i can do
I have stored it in a container

Last year it was good
Awaiting your revert

Thanks