Candied Citrus Peel Recipe

candied citrus peel

Share:

Candied citrus peels are the perfect authentic touch for those holiday fruitcakes you’ve been meaning to make!

They’re not hard to make, but do take some time, so plan accordingly!

And speaking of fruitcakes, I have the most delicious gluten free Fruitcake recipe for you! It’s what I call a FAST Fruitcake recipe, since you don’t need to plan ahead weeks to make it! Bakes in 55 minutes and it’s ready to enjoy!

Gluten Free Fruitcake

Candied Citrus Peel Recipe

Candied citrus peels are the perfect authentic touch for those holiday fruitcakes you’ve been meaning to make! They're not hard to make, but do take some time, so plan accordingly!

Candied Citrus Peel Recipe

Yield: 3 cups of peels
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 grapefruit or 5 oranges, peeled
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 ½ cups sugar + 1 cup for coating

Instructions

Using a sharp knife, cut each fruit into quarters, then slice along the fruit to peel the white “pith” from the underside of the peels. Try to keep strips of peel intact, while removing most of the bitter pith, leaving approximately 1/8 inches of peel.

Eat or wrap the remaining fruit – it will not be needed for this recipe.

Cut the peels into strips approximately ¼ – ½ inch wide.

Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir to dissolve the sugar, and continue to heat uncovered until boiling for approximately 5 minutes.

Add in the strips of peel and reduce the heat to low.  Simmer uncovered for 2-3 hours, until the sugar-water syrup reduces to a quarter of its original volume.

After reducing, remove the pan from the heat and allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes. Drain the peels in a colander and preheat your oven to 200° F.

Pour one cup of granulated sugar into a bowl long enough to contain the peels. Dredge each peel in the sugar until it is coated on both sides and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake the the sugar-coated peels at 200° F for one hour, which will effectively dry them. Another option (if you have the time) is to simply leave them on a drying rack overnight to dry them.

Once the peels have dried, you may eat them as candies, dip half of each peel in melted chocolate and allow to cool as a variation on this candy, or slice them into small chunks for use in recipes like fruitcake.

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a comment (and maybe even a picture!) below or share a photo on Instagram! Be sure to tag me! @gfJules

I hope you love these candied peels as much as we do!

Pin this recipe for later!

Candied citrus peels are the perfect authentic touch for those holiday fruitcakes you’ve been meaning to make! They're not hard to make, but do take some time, so plan accordingly!

Candied citrus peels are the perfect authentic touch for those holiday fruitcakes you’ve been meaning to make! They're not hard to make, but do take some time, so plan accordingly!

Share:

IN 2023 FOR THE 7TH TIME!

Featured In

gfJules Award Winning Products

Leave a Comment

The maximum upload file size: 8 MB. You can upload: image. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. Drop file here

  1. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! Everytime I came across this as an ingredient I was so unsure what to do, but this made it very easy.

    Reply
Skip to Recipe