So, I find these almonds benefit from some heat after adding the spice rub. One thing I've done in the past is to toss them in a hot frying pan for a bit...this adds complexity of flavor and also makes it so I can easily eat them (I seem to have developed a very minor, but annoying, allergy to raw nuts in the last few years). Since I was hot smoking ribs anyway, I thought this was a great opportunity to try to get a little extra smoke into the nuts and double down on the fuel I was burning, anyway. The frying pan method definitely works, but I thought this was pretty cool. Thanks for the question!

@@ThisDadGoesTo11 I might try one batch just with smoking with rub. And then one batch in the pan and then smoked. Might be a tasty experiment

That definitely sounds like a tasty experiment! Please let me know how it turns out. :)

​@@TheTwistedClarityhow did it turn out? Which was your favorite?

They got about five hours of smoke in the second run. I need to make more of these! It's been a little while. So tasty... Thanks for the question. 😁

Thanks for watching! 😁