These candied cranberries make a fun gift! Tart cranberries with an orange flavoring rolled in sugar.
Tis the season for cranberries - whether you like them fresh or as craisins, they are easy to find now so get them while you can! I decided to make these Orange Candied Cranberries for a couple reasons. Last Christmas Eve my friend brought these to our annual feast and I really liked them a lot.
Sweet and tangy at the same time! So this year as I was making some cranberry recipes (post coming soon), I had some leftover and decided to whip up a batch myself.
Not only are these good to snack on but I think these would make a great garnish on a cheesecake, cake or cupcakes. They are easy to do and look really festive for this time of year!
While I really liked these, I can't say the DIY Guy was a fan so these won't be making the cut to bring into his work.... I'll have to send in another treat.
Hmmmm... my snowman is studying these intently! He looks perplexed 🙂 but I think he is cracking a smile!
Another cranberry recipe you might like:
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Orange Candied Cranberries
These fresh cranberries are dipped in an orange sugar coating
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups whole fresh cranberries
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 1 ¾ cup water
- 2 teaspoon orange liqueur (triple sec or contrineau) (or orange extract)
- 1 cup of sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan combine 1 ¼ cup sugar, liqueur and water.
- Heat over medium stirring until sugar is dissolved but not too hot
- Add the berries, stir and cover with a plate and weight it down
- Keep in refrigerator overnight
- Place 1 cup sugar on a large plate
- Remove berries with a strainer and roll berries until coated
- Place berries on parchment paper until dry (about 2 hours)
- Keep these stored in a covered container in a cool spot
Notes
Will keep for about 10 days
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Cakespy says
This is SO clever! Perfect for a cake garnish.
Debi RecipesForMyBoys says
I have been thinking about candied cranberries and cannot wait to try them!
Zainab Mansaray says
These are beautiful!!
Joan Defino says
Deb, These look beautiful with the sugary coating. Pinned! Joan-MyCookieClinic
Nicole says
These look amazing! I'd love to have you link them up to this week's Party Time Link Party! http://tikkido.com/blog/link-party-23
Celeste Meredith says
These look beautiful and I have to give a try.
Jennifer Johnson says
How beautiful I must try this! I have never seen cranberries candied before.
Lizzy T says
These are so pretty! I've never tried them, but now I want to!
Chandra Sirois says
I was just thinking about doing some candied cranberries this morning!! For real I was then I saw your amazing recipe! Totally pined!
Tammy says
Who knew candied cranberries were so simple to make?! I've been seeing these everywhere and cannot wait to make them! ^_^
Thank you for sharing. xo
Cathy says
These are SO pretty and I love the orange twist!!!
Jamie Sherman says
So festive and pretty! 🙂
Joy says
Really beautiful, Deb- thank you for sharing the recipe with us at Treasure Box Tuesday- pinned! ♥
Miz Helen says
Hi Deb,
Your Orange Candied Cranberries are just beautiful and would be delicious. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Marco Bax says
Hi ! We put up a list of the TOP 100 best Christmas recipes for 2015. Your recipe was also included on this list. Go check it out at: http://ohmydish.com/100-best-christmas-recipes-2015/ Greetings, Veronique and Marco from ohmydish.com
Melissa says
I made these and they are very yummy and easy to make. However they didn't seem to dry as much as I thought they would. And after storing them for a couple of days they seemed to get even more moist and a lot of the sugar fell off. Any suggestions why this is the case or are they supposed to be that way?
Deb Attinella says
I did not have that happen so I am wondering if they were really dry before storage? That is all I can think of. Sorry they did not work out