White Chocolate Covered Candied Grapefruit Peel Recipe. Bitter sweet grapefruit peel candied to perfection and dipped in sweet, creamy white chocolate.
I found these beautiful grapefruits the other day and couldn’t resist. Grapefruit is one of my all time favorite fruits, I could seriously eat 3 a day and not get sick of them. My original plan was to make a grapefruit curd and I did the unthinkable and cooked my eggs in the grapefruit mixture. It was heartbreaking, at this point I was out of grapefruit and all that beautiful juice just wasted. So plan b to recoup some of the cost, I made White Chocolate Covered Candied Grapefruit Peel.
Candied grapefruit peel is a wonderfully bright, yet bitter treat. It happens to be one of my favorites and one of the reasons is that its very contradictory. On one hand its has sweet notes and the other very bitter notes. I rolled the candied peels in sugar, it provides a little more sweetness but I also love the light crust and crunch it provides. To really balance things out I dipped one end in white chocolate.
I hope you enjoy this White Chocolate Covered Candied Grapefruit Peel as much as I do!
Enjoy!
Stacey
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Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit.
White Chocolate Covered Candied Grapefruit Peel Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large grapefruits
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar for coating
- 2 cups melted white chocolate
Instructions
- Cut grapefruit peel into strips and leave 1/4 inch of the pith attached to the peel.
- Put peel in small sauce pan.
- Cover with cold water.
- Bring to a boil, drain, repeat two more times.
- Bring peel, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer until peel is translucent, about 20 minutes.
- Drain, lay out on wire rack to cool and dry, about 4 hours.
- Toss in sugar, let set.
- Dip one end in melted chocolate and lay on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Let set in cool dry place, until chocolate is fully set.
Wow! This is such a perfect party recipe, Stacey! I can’t wait to prepare it and try it. 🙂
Hi Agness, thanks so much! Enjoy! Take care.
These are so pretty. I love the bitter sweet contrast. Just lovely.
Hi Marie! Thank you, thats what I love about them to. Take care. 🙂
These are beautiful and such a unique flavour combination! Usually you see orange peel and dark chocolate ( no thank you!) but grapefruit and white chocolate sounds divine. I love grapefruits too! So sad when you cook the eggs in a curd. My heart breaks every time I do that haha
Hi Ruby! Thank you, yes I love the bitterness of the grapefruit peel and the sweetness of the white chocolate, so yummy! I should’ve known not to turn my back on the curd for 1 second 🙁 . Take care.
That looks so pretty! Fruit becomes so much more enjoyable, specially for kids like this! Love that white chocolate on the top!
Hi Deepika! Thanks! Agreed, I love my fruit candied and my veggies deep fried, like you said, the kids in us lol. Take care.
Never thought to candy grapefruit… my hubby loves citrus, so I will have to try it! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Michelle! Thanks! It makes for a really nice bittersweet combo!! Take care.
These look like a fun treat! I haven’t ever tried candied grapefruit peel, but I think I’m going to have to! Dipping in white chocolate sounds heavenly!
Hi Kathy! Thank you! The white chocolate adds a nice sweet balance to the bitter. Its a lovely treat. Take care.
I’m sorry about your curd failure! It’s so sad when these things happen and you lose beautiful ingredients. I LOVE grapefruit too – I’ve been buying it by the bag lately because it’s in season! These candied peels are beautiful.
Hi Katherine! Failures in the kitchen are always disheartening. Grapefruit is just one of the best! So glad you like the peels. take care. 🙂
My husband would love these! Can’t wait to try them!
Thanks Abbe! If he loves grapefruit he will definitely love these 🙂 . Take care.