CANDY STICKS RECIPES

Steps:

• Dip candy sticks halfway into warm water; sprinkle with sugar. Place on a wire rack until dry.

Steps:

• Use a vegetable peeler to pare the zest from the oranges. Remove as much of the white pith from the zest before cutting the zest into ½ cm / ¼” wide strips.
• Cook the strips of zest in a saucepan of simmering water for 10 minutes. Drain well and set them to one side.
• Combine the equal amounts of sugar and water in a heavy-based saucepan. Cook over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved and a syrup forms.
• Add the strips of orange zest and gently simmer them in the syrup for 30 minutes until soft and translucent.
• Line a large baking tray or wire rack with a sheet of greaseproof paper and lift the strips of zest onto the paper. Leave the peels to cool and dry until tacky to the touch; 1 hour.
• Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set atop a half-filled saucepan of simmering water. Stir occasionally until the chocolate has melted and remove the bowl from the heat.
• Dip half of the peels into the melted chocolate before returning them to the greaseproof paper to set. Chill the chocolate and plain peels for 1 hour before serving.