There are some shops in the malls that sell toffee coated nuts. They are wonderful! At a festival that I was at recently, Someone was making some in an electric skillet. It was not too bad. I’ve been searching for a recipe, so far only coming up with the normal chocolate covered Toffee Nut recipes.
try one of the following
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sugar-coated-pecans/detail.aspx
http://peanutvan.com.au/recipe21.htm
http://www.kenanderson.net/up/html/nuts___seeds.html
im almost sure this is what youre looking for the recipes sound wonderful and im sure to try them out myself.