Help.
I made these candied meyer lemons the other day and for the life of me, I just cannot stop eating them! It all started when Anna brought me four plump, juicy lemons from her tree last week. After staring at them for about forty eight hours, I stumbled upon a lovely new blog that showed them all beautiful, bright and candied.
And then I thought to myself:
Self, you could do this! It appears to only take fifteen minutes and while I know you’re extremely busy eating honey wheat pretzels and staring at Facebook right now, the end result might just be worth it.
And then I immediately stopped what I was doing and got to it!
And guess what? The end result WAS worth it! After candying, the lemon slices become wonderfully sweet and chewy, the perfect little bite after a meal or just when you need a little sugar in your day.
The options are really endless for these little guys. You could use them to top lemon bars or lemon meringue pie, serve them as part of cheese or chocolate plate (and really impress your friends), or do as I do and just eat them plain.
The candying process really does only take fifteen minutes, and then after they cool you can stick them in the fridge where they will turn ridiculously chewy.
I may or may not have been eating a candied meyer lemon slice after every meal, including breakfast, for the past three days straight.
If you’ve never tried a meyer lemon before, you really should. They aren’t as sour as regular lemons and just happen to be in season right now!
Make these. And then prepare to be addicted.
Candied Meyer Lemons
from Biscuits and Such
4 meyer lemons, sliced thin
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
Bring the sugar and water to a boil on the stove. Reduce heat to simmer and drop in the lemon slices. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until slices turn translucent. Drain and cool on wax paper before storing in the fridge.
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Those look fab but I don’t think I like lemons enough to do that! Now oranges, maybe…
These make EXCELLENT palate cleansers too!
I had no idea it was that easy.
I may try this with kumquats
Wow, I’ve never even heard of these candied lemon slices! They are so pretty
. I must try them. Oh, and I tried Nutella yesterday. I’m addicted.
Well, those look easy, fresh, and super yummy! I can imagine how fancy and pretty they would look on top of a lemon meringue pie — or even something berry-flavored, as a brightener.
That’s something different! Do you spend much time perusing other blogs? Or how do you find the ones you do!?
The possibilities for candied lemons are endless.
Oh how I love meyer lemons…
Wow, I’ve never actually seen a recipe for candied lemons! It’s very intriguing. I also have a bunch of lemons I got in my CSA box that need to go to good use!
I love how your mind works….
I may. . . okay I do sound dumb right now but are you supposed to eat the peel? Or do you just kind of stick your tongue in and eat the middle?
I was wondering the same thing!
You eat the peel. Much like chocolate covered orange peel the candying process takes out the bitterness and they are delicious!
I highly recommend roasted lemons. Perfect for brightening up a salad, pasta, fish, fowl. No sugar needed.
I can’t wait to try this with grapefruit!
These look gorgeous. How beautiful would an assortment of citrus be?
I was thinking the same thing!
Sooo jealous you have a neighbor with a gorgeous lemon tree full of lemons to candy up! We have neighbors with yappy dogs. Sigh.
Just reading made my lips pucker…they look good but…?
The recipe is simple enough to be intriguing, and you SAY they aren’t as sour as regular lemons. You’ve never lied to us before, so I’ll try it!
This is the perfect contrast for when I’ve (almost) had too much nutella + chocolate. Simply cleanse my palate with these…then start all over
I do believe that some of these need to be dipped in milk chocolate. It’s necessary.
Mmmmm. My neighbors have a lemon tree that keeps dropping lemons into our yard. I might have to try this!!!
Brilliant. I LOVE citrus. This is the most amazing thing I have seen in quite some time!
The process of candying always seems to me like it should be super long and super complicated…but I guess maybe not? These sound like the perfect middle of the day…or mid morning…or mid afternoon…or wake up in the middle of the night hungry snack!
They look so good!!!
Now this is fresh and fantastic and I have about 12 meyers! woohoo! This is great and I have done this with oranges just not lemons.
Jenna that first picture is just amazing!
I love lemons! I’m going to have to try this immediately.
I live in San Diego and last week I was out running in my neighborhood and came upon a HUGE crate of lemons with a sign: Free, Take Some! And I used to have a huge lemon tree in my backyard with like 200 lemons at any given time. More lemons than I know what to do with….
I shall be trying your recipe! B/c Sugar and the word “candied” make me happy!
beautifuL!
these might just be the easiest things in the world…and so vibrant!
Have you tried candied grapefruit? oy.. even more addictive!
OooooOOOooooh, this looks like it could be fun. And, I just had a major candy craving hit me, so this could hit the spot.
One of my most favorite things to photograph is lemons… I love how the tiny juce filled cells capture the light. I dunno… something about the color of them just makes me smile!
Ohh these look super good! I love lemons!
I love anything—*anything!*—that involves lemons. This sounds spectacular. And I think adding them on top of lemon squares would be an adorable accent.
Thanks for sharing such a delightful treat!
Wow, those WERE easy to make! I also made some candied blood oranges (they were about the same size as the meyer lemons). I couldn’t wait until they were cool to taste, and boy are they yummy!
I’m thinking that the leftover simple syrup (bright red and citrus-infused) will be great for a sangria!
Thanks for inspiring me this morning.
My sister has a meyer lemon tree that is just begging to be made into this recipe
I’ve never heard of this!! Oh my god I love everything lemon. I want to try this recipe!
Those look awesome! I love Meyer Lemons, I could eat one like an orange
Hi Jenna, Not as knowledgable as you with cooking…can you tell me would you be able to do this with oranges? My Dad LOVES chocolate covered orange slices and maybe this could be the beginning of me making them for him.
Thanks
Hi Jenna, thanks for sharing this awfully simple candying technique. I tried making chocolate candied orange for the first time recently, and it was awesome. The only problem was that the method that I followed took me AGES – probably a total of 3 hours. I think this should work with oranges too! Will make some candied citrus fruit be using your method next time:)
I have a few meyer lemons in my fridge that I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with. Will have to give it a try. Thanks!
Yum. I am sipping hot water with a meyer lemon wedge, like, right now. I have only ever had candied oranges before but candied lemons sounds delightful.
My sister makes an amazing lemon tart – the candied lemons would be a perfect addition. The first picture on the post? Stunning!
this is totally something my grandmom makes with grapefruit peels
My mom is a lemon addict! I’m thinking these would make a lovely Mother’s Day present
Oh my God, Jenna. I laugh like a hyena at every post. You top yourself every time.
Tiny Urban Kitchen is also featuring them, as is Sunset magazine! I had never heard of them until recently… I guess since they’re not native to my region.
oh I want to make these!
they sound so good!!
Hello Jenna, so I’m not sure I’ve ever posted any comments but I religiously read your blog everyday after my best friend steph reusch who blogs on http://www.rosebites.com sent me to you. Let me just say that on many occasions I have run out and done the recipe you put up for the day. Even this one which I am about to attempt. Let me just say, I realllly appreciate the recipes with ingredients that can be found in a college kids pantry or one’s that don’t cost $50 to go out and try to create!!! You do a wonderful job feeding me. Thank you =)
thank YOU!
Can you use “regular” lemons or are meyer lemons a special and necessary part?
you could use regular! They just might be a little more tart
but yummy!
I just made this recipe and the candied meyer lemon slices are fabulous! I’m also addicted to anything citrus so that could mean I was a little biased to begin with but really, they are that great. And I’m totally jealous of your friend with a lemon tree!
I love drinking endless cups of hot water with lemon wedges and subsequently eating the raw lemon wedges, peels and all; they’re lovely…
FINALLY had a chance to make these today. I just want to sit and drink the lemon sugar water that’s left over!
I didn’t realize that meyer was a TYPE of lemon… I just thought candied meyer lemons was the name of the recipe. 
(Obviously I don’t cook much. hehe) So I just used regular lemons. They were good, but I’m anxious to try these with the meyer lemons now. Thank for sharing! A fun little treat and the kids love them.
Hmmm…I made these exactly as directed, but they came out very, very bitter! HELP!!!!!
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