Wash oranges well. cut off tops and bottoms of them. Remove skin(and white part of skin) of oranges. Cut peels into narrow or wide stripes and tiny square ones.

Place orange strips in a pot. Pour cold water. Allow to simmer for 3-4 minutes. pour off boiled water. Repeat it for 3-4 times more, until bitterness of orange skin remove

Pour orange skin in a colander and let it drains.

Remove cardamom skin. Grind cinnamon stick, cardamom seeds and star anise with a mortar and pestle.

Then in a pot, pour your sugar, ground cardamom, star anise, cinnamon. Pour 350 ml cold water into the pan.Place it on a medium heat, and stir it time to time until sugar dissolved.

Then add peels and cook it for 30 minutes. Keep your eyes open on the sugar syrup and be careful in last 5-6 minutes. Because you do not want your syrup get very thick and caramelized. If it happens, orange peels will be sticky.

Allow them to dry for few hours.

Put your chocolates in the chocolate melting bowl. When chocolates are melted,

Dip peels one by one into the melted chocolate.

Repeat same process with all pieces of peels

And raisins and let them to dry on the wire rack. You can also stuff dried date with orange peel🙂. So first remove date seed and then stuff it with a piece of orange peel.

They have taste of heaven🙂. Fragrance or flavor of orange makes you feel good, specially along with a good cup of tea or coffee.

Also you can put either coated or uncoated in a nice box and gift it. You can store it in the fridge or in cool place for a month.

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