OliveNation Candied Lemon Peels - 4 oz

I bought these to put in biscotti and brownies. They are exactly what I need. In the past, I've purchased swankier, more expensive candied orange peel, and it's beautifully, perfectly soft and delectable and came from Italy on the wings of a now extinct bird or whatever it was my friend told me when she said that's what I needed. It wasn't. The expensive stuff is wonderful when the candied orange peel is standing alone with a dip of dark chocolate and needs to be extra fancy or as garnish for the top of a special occasion cake, but for regular weekend baking, like the biscotti in the photograph, this is what you need. A pan of brownies becomes something special with a big handful of these chopped to bits and thrown into the batter. Scatter some dark chocolate chips across the top for a real treat. This Christmas, I plan to make classic fruitcake for our family's socially distant gathering this Christmas, and this orange peel will absolutely be in it. I only gave one star for "Giftable" because most folks aren't as enthusiastic about baking products as I can be.

This time of year I love to have Pannetone, but manufacturers have cut way way down on the number of orange peel pieces, so it was either not bother eating it at all, or get my own orange peel! The quality and flavor of this one is more delicious than I could have ever wished for. And it's not overly sweet and sugary either. If you're looking for a true orange peel experience, you'll not be able to find anything better than this.

These are excellent! Excellent in scones or cookies. Highly recommend! HOWEVER, Amazon should not ship them in soft packaging. They should be shipped in a sturdy box. The plastic container was badly mangled.

I bought these to use in a chutney recipe. When the orange peel arrived, it was very sticky on the outside, almost dripping in syrup. The flavor was rather bitter as well. After making the chutney recipe, I put the remaining peel in a mason jar, closed it tightly and put it in the pantry. Five months later, I rediscovered the jar and was surprised to see such a great improvement in taste and texsture. The sticky syrup had been absorbed, resulting in a tastier peel with almost no bitterness. Now, my family has found the new and improved peel. They have practically eaten the entire jar.

Really reved up the flavor of Christmas bread and muffins.

This is certainly not an orange peel candy product, it is like a candied citrus you would buy for a fruitcake. The pieces I received are tough, not easy to chew. They need more time cooking to soften up. They are also sticky, you could probably roll them in sugar to make something like the traditional orange peel candy if you don't mind the toughness. They are sticky enough to hold onto the sugar, just put them aside to dry out. I tried making a batch of candied orange peel at home and they were so much more tender and tasted like orange rather than the chemical taste and smell from the purchased product. I took the peel from 6 oranges and it yielded more peel than came in the purchased bag. I know this is a labor intensive item to do right, they left too much of the pith on the slices and this makes the strips taste more bitter and also adds to a smell. The extra cooking and draining would make the slices more tender and tasteful. I should have read the reviews more carefully and saved myself some money.

Candied orange peel is a very labor intensive process to make. I make it at home butrarelynhave more than a few ounces because it takes 4-5 hours to complete. I ordered this product because I wanted extra for the Christmas season. It was a bit disappointing. It has very little flavor. Mine that I make is sweet but has a tart zing to it. This product was just flat to me Sorry The service was quick and the price was reasonable. I would probably like it better if I had never made some myself

Making a cake of my grandmother's today with this peel. It is certainly highly superior to anything I can buy in any store around here. Moist, tender flavorful,l attractive large pieces. I ate several in the process. No bitterness. And the price was more than fair. You might get better candied peel if you made your own from scratch, but I would rather not. I highly recommend this product and I will buy it again. The questionnaire asked if I found this peel "giftable," It comes in a heavy plastic zip-lock bag. As a baker, I would consider it a good gift, but the presentation is utilitarian. So don't expect to receive a fancy glaceed fruit pinwheel in a decorative tin or anything like that. It's a high quality cooking ingredient as presented and as such it exceeds expectation. Thank you.

iN THE PAST i COULD EASILY FIND CANDIED ORANGE PEEL, AND OTHER CANDIED PEEL PIECES IN ANY SUPERSTORE. nOT LATELY , SO i WAS HAPPY TO FIND THIS ONE AT aMAZON. i USE I FOR BAKING SWEET BREADS, MOSTLY YEAST ONES. i CHOP IT IN SMALL CUBES FIRST, AND USE ABOUT A CUP OR LESS. SOMETIMES, nUTS AND THE OTHER CANDED FRUIT AS WELL.

I haven’t used them yet but they are for a cookie recipe.

They were dried out and very tough. I threw them out.

Exactly what i needed to complete my recipe.

Very good.