Quick & Easy Orangettes Recipe Everyone Can Make – Try It Now!

What’s your guilty pleasure? Those candied orange sticks dipped in dark chocolate from the local chocolatier. As soon as someone gifts you a box, you’re hooked. Before you know it, the entire box is gone in a day. So, this year, you’ve decided to try making them at home. But after simmering the orange peels in sugary syrup, things quickly go south—they burn and turn brown. Looks like you’ll be heading back to the chocolatier’s shop for consolation.

Luckily, Elisabeth Loncke, a culinary content creator, has discovered the perfect recipe for you. It’s a quick, no-added-sugar method that produces tangy candies in no time. She opts for a seasonal citrus fruit that’s sweeter than an orange: the clementine. “I didn’t add any sugar, but you certainly can if you like,” she notes in her video. You’ll see—it’s ready in no time!

• 500 ml of clementine juice (about 5-6 fruits)
• 2 tablespoons of agar-agar (or 60 g of cornstarch)
• 1 bar of dark chocolate (205 grams)

1. Peel the clementines and place them in a blender. Blend them and then strain the juice through a fine sieve to measure out 500 ml of clementine juice.

2. In a saucepan, heat the clementine juice with two tablespoons of agar-agar. Bring it to a boil for one or two minutes.

3. Pour the mixture into a loaf pan lined with plastic wrap. Let it set in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours until it forms a firm block.

4. Cut the set juice into equal-sized cubes and dip them into melted dark chocolate using a fondue fork.

Once the chocolate has cooled and hardened, your delicious candies are ready to enjoy. Elegantly packaged in a pretty bag, they also make a wonderful homemade Christmas gift to place under the tree on Christmas Eve.