How To Make Candied Orange Peel With Pictures

If you’re concerned about eating pesticides, use organic oranges in this recipe. You can also candy other citrus fruit peels (such as lemons, limes, tangerines, or clementines).

If you’re getting bitter orange peels, you’re probably not removing enough of the pith.

You might need to turn the temperature down again after the peels have cooked for a while since water will evaporate as the syrup cooks. The sugar will soak into the orange peel as it slowly cooks.

There shouldn’t be very much syrup left as this point and it should drain onto the parchment paper underneath the rack.

You can eat the fruit or save it to use in another recipe.

Boiling the strips and draining them three times removes the bitterness from the pith.

The strips should become almost clear once they’ve finished cooking. If you live at a high elevation, you may need a much longer cooking time.

For an extra crunch, you can roll the strips in some granulated sugar before you dry them.

You can also dip the candied orange strips in melted chocolate. Let the chocolate harden and eat the strips or store them in the refrigerator.