@ehBeth,
a handfull of sugared spanish peanuts.
I've figured out that this is a cheap way to access candy. Basically you throw a bag of the peanuts in with a lot of sugar and fair amount of water and let it cook, observing from time to time. It will start to get grizzly bubbling after a while, not just a little but a lot, and then I actually watch.
I drain the peanuts, cool them down, put them into containers. Treats at ready, few at a time. These can last quite a while.
The spanish peanuts I buy (cheap is what got my eye) still have their jackets.
That is either no matter, or good nutritionally. Me, I like the mound of sweet peanuts that shows up at the end of the recipe.