Chocolate Orange Sticks
Recipe: #19628
June 19, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Orange, Australian, British, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Baby Shower, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Picnic, Gluten-Free Low Fat, No Eggs, Chocolate, Gifts, Kosher Dairy, more
"These are a fantastic after dinner treat. You could also wrap them in cellophane to give as gifts. These are best made a day ahead and last refrigerated and covered for up to 1 week. I have added drying time for cooking time."
Original is 70 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (16.6 g)
- Calories 25.6
- Total Fat - 0.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0.1 mg
- Sodium - 0.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 4.2 g
- Protein - 0.2 g
- Calcium - 4.9 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Quarter the oranges, peel away the skin in whole quarters, including the white pith. Cut orange skins into strips 1cm wide.
Step 2
Drop the strips into a medium pan of boiling water, return to boil then drain the skins and repeat the boiling process and drain twice more.
Step 3
Combine water and sugar in a medium pan, stir over heat, without boiling until the sugar is dissolved. Add the orange strips, bring to boil, then simmer, uncovered for 7 minutes or until strips become translucent. Stir gently from
Step 4
Time to time whilst simmering.
Step 5
Using 2 forks or tongs, remove the orange strips from the pan to a wire rack over a tray. Allow the strips to dry overnight.
THE NEXT DAY
Step 6
You will need a covered tray with foil or waxed paper ~ Melt the chocolate in a small heatproof bowl over simmering water (I use the microwave) Dip half of each orange strip into the melted chocolate, place each one on the covered tray.
Step 7
Stand, uncovered until completely set.
Tips
No special items needed.
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