Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

I doubled the amount of sugar syrup, because it didn't seem like 1 cup would be enough for the amount of peels I had. Glad I did, and now I have leftover mildly citrus flavor syrup for tea, drinks, etc. The peels will definitely need to dry longer than a few hours. They aren't dry yet, so I can't say how long.

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JWYNNE

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2012

Sweet, sugary, Success! I simmered the peels for 20 mins in water; For the syrup, I added 1/2 cup extra water and kept the same amount of sugar. I simmered the peels and the syrup for 45 minutes. I allowed the sugar to seize and it coated the peels real well and I loved it! Thanks for sharing Brenda!

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marljong

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: San Mateo, California, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2011

I don't know what I expected. I followed directions including some suggestions. I brought the peel from cold water to boiling four times. I let it boil 5 min.s each time. So not very different from the recipe of boiling 20 min.s.There was no bitter taste at all. I left the peel in the simple syrup for quite a while and it coated very good. I put my sugar to dust the candy with in the food processer and had very fine sugar. Dried out over night on DR table...looked beautiful. However no one liked it and no one ate it! I hate to give bad reviews. I am giving this a 4 b/c I think it turned out well. It just wasn't liked by the people at my house. Sorry

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Skunkee

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Living In: Mcdonough, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

I guess I'm gonna be considered a "pith on" reviewer. I left it on, did the (3) 5 min par boils, rinsing and redoing with cold water each time. Then as some others suggested I made a triple batch of simple syrup and put my peels in, brought to boil over med heat then just reduced it a bit to slow simmer/light boil, for 45 min. I made the grapefruit peels with pink grapefruit, they looked very pretty after the first boil. A beautiful pinkish coral color and kept the color through the processing. I pulsed 2 cups of reg white sugar to make superfine to shake in when just tacky enough to hold the sugar. Nice flavor, still "grapefruity" a bit of tang like I wanted them.

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MichMom

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2011

I guess I did not dry them long enough before coating with sugar....all my sugar melted off. Will try again.

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rubyblue

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2011

Tried this with lemon, orange & grapefruit peels. I kept them in separate pots since I heard the grapefruit take longer to turn clear in the syrup. Be careful not to let the syrup mixture get too hot - my lemon pot crystallized and turned hard as rock after 10-15 min (and the lemon peels started to brown). The orange mixture I took out first(after about 5-10 min, when the peels were almost clear). They turned out soft and tasted great. I also soaked the peels in salt water the night before. Not sure if it made a difference, but it didn't seem to hurt. Lots of work & time, but definitely tasty if you don't overheat the sugar water. :)

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hmcreel

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2011

Just made this Thanksgiving evening. Fun and tasty! We used plastic bag to toss in sugar then stored in tin.

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Daley

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Camilla, Georgia, USA

Living In: Omega, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2011

YUM!!! I only did orange peel & slices. :)

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Rockstarwife

Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2011

We LOVED these! Maybe I just was expecting something different from all the other reviewers, but I made this for my mother's birthday as a gluten-free treat. We had 1 orange in the house and that was it, so it was a super small batch. I used the water from the boiling of the peel to make the syrup also. Made it more fruity. I also tried using the sugar mixture to coat some walnuts we had here, and shook them up with some sugar after boiling. Both those and the orange peels came out beautifully! I was in a rush to give them to my mom, so I just threw them in the freezer to cool them and they ended up being like a gumdrop! My daughter, husband, mother, step-dad and their friends all commented on how tasty they were. I didn't know until reading reviews on here that they were supposed to be hard?! Huh... I guess they can be eaten either way! They were delicious! Definitely going to make these again!

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Bethany

Reviewed: May 31, 2011

They are so delicious!!! Addictive and look so pretty! These 3 (citrus peel, sugar, water) simple ingredients are a match made in heaven. I made them today for the first time and I just love them. I used tangerines, oranges, lemons and limes. The limes were specially great for color. I did heed advice and changed the water several times while boiling and I let the peel dry a little before coating with sugar. I laid it on sheets of baking paper, separated as best possible and let it dry for 30 minutes, then I rolled them in a large bowl of sugar and let them finish drying overnight. The process is a little time consuming but totally worth it. It took me about 3 1/2 hours from start to sugar bowl. I can't wait to experiment by dipping the finished product in good dark chocolate :-) Yummy!!!

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