Is a food processor a good way to chop nuts?

Thanks everyone!

I use my immersion blender kit that has the equivalent of a mini-mixer. (Think magic bullet!). I love it--I've never thought about batch size because obviously batches have to be kept small in a mini-mixer, so this was a good thread to read in case I need to make a lot one day.

When I'm making truffles, or coating the sides of a cake with nuts, I always do them in the food processor. As the posters above suggested, small batches, pulsed and watched carefully. It's so much faster.

When I'm chopping nuts for cookies (like chocolate chippers or brownies, I generally do them with a knife, or I break them by hand. But that's when I want pretty large chunks.

Personally, I put 'em in a big zip-loc baggie and roll over them w/ a rolling pin. Gives me a little more control than my food processor . . . .

Do not walk away. Pulse and stop to see how they're coming -- because after powder comes nut butter.

Ditto, ditto, ditto. If the nuts end up powedered, learn and try again.

I say, do what SKK and wssmom say.

Ditto what SKK says: use the pulse botton and work in small batches. Works great!

My food processor works great for nut chopping. Just don't overfill it and watch it carefully. A lot of small batches, pulsing.