Chocolate Covered Oranges (Quick & Easy Treat)

Chocolate dipped orange segments on a wire rack.

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Chocolate Covered Oranges (Quick & Easy Treat)

If you have never had chocolate covered oranges, you are missing it big time. These juicy treats are not only super delicious, they are super easy to make too!

Prep Time15

Chilling Time10

Total Time25

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American, Asian

Servings: slices

Calories: 35kcal

Author: Priya Maha

Ingredients

2 Mandarin oranges
100 g dark chocolate

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Prepare the oranges, wire rack and parchment paper lining

Peel the oranges, and divide them into segments.
Remove as much of the white thread on the segments as possible.
Separately, place a wire rack on top of a large plate.
And cut parchment paper into small squares, large enough to fit one orange segment each.

Melt the chocolate

To melt chocolate, use either the double boiler method on a stove or the microwave.
To double boil, chop the chocolate (if using a chocolate bar) into small pieces for quick melting. If using chocolate buttons or melts, no need to chop them.
Place the chocolate in a heat proof bowl and place it over a pan of water (make sure the bowl does not touch the water). Turn on the heat (medium low ) and let the steam from the water heat up the bowl and melt the chocolate. Stir to ensure all the chocolate is completely melted before removing from heat.
To use the microwave, chop chocolate into small pieces and place in a microwave safe bowl. Heat it up at short 20 to 30-second intervals on medium high. Check after each interval by stirring the chocolate with a spoon.
To avoid the chocolate from setting too quickly, keep your bowl of melted chocolate on a saucepan filled with hot water until all the orange segments are covered.

Dip the orange slices

Hold each orange segment at one end and dip the other end into the melted chocolate. Make sure to dip as much as possible, and ideally, dip half of each orange segment, at least.
Lift the chocolate dipped orange segment off the chocolate and place it on the prepared wire rack. Let any excess chocolate drip onto the plate.
Once you are done dipping all the orange segments, transfer them onto the cut parchment paper pieces and refrigerate for a few minutes until the chocolate coating sets.
Remove from fridge, peel the piece of parchment paper off the dipped oranges and place the fruits on a serving plate to serve.

Notes

Choose fresh oranges with easy to peel skin and easy to separate the segments like Mandarin oranges. Also, seedless oranges are a better option.
In peeling the oranges, remove every bit of the white threads of the skin on the segments for neat and clean segments. Also, dab any juice leaks with a kitchen towel (paper towel) before dipping into melted chocolate.
For easy dipping, fill melted chocolate into a deep container (like a drinking glass). If you don’t have any suitable deep containers, use a spoon to pour the chocolate over each slice while holding them with the other hand.
Placing the oranges on a wire rack after dipping will allow excess chocolate to drip down and not create a pool of chocolate around the chocolate-dipped slices when placed on the parchment paper.
This recipe is best made with dark or semi sweet chocolate. For best results, use cooking chocolate (sold in bars, or as buttons or melts) as it melts the best. Eating chocolate does not melt smoothly and chocolate chips that are meant for baking are made to withstand high temperatures and will not melt well.
Couverture chocolate is of the best quality but is quite delicate and requires careful handling when melting. If you are a beginner, this chocolate may not be the best to work with.
Also, if you live in a hot and humid country, working with chocolate can be tricky. Compound chocolate is more advisable as it is so much more stable and does not melt too easily in hot climate.

Variation:

Dark chocolate can be substituted with milk chocolate or even white chocolate (your favorite chocolate).
Instead of leaving the orange segments with a coating of plain dark chocolate, you can add a little sprinkle of sea salt flakes on the chocolate dipped orange segments (before the chocolate sets) for additional flavor. You can also use sprinkles (use tiny ones) for added decoration.
And instead of covering only half of each orange segment with chocolate, you can also cover the whole segment with chocolate. Simply dip the entire segment into melted chocolate, lift it out with a fork and place on a wire rack to allow excess chocolate to drip off before placing on a parchment paper.

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