No-Cook Candied Kumquats (Small Batch)

How to use No-Cook Candied Kumquats

I made a jar, we ate them within a day, just digging in with a spoon, and I immediately made another jar. When you open the refrigerator and see them, you’ll be flooded with ideas for how to use them.

–straight out of the jar standing in front of the refrigerator

–on top of yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast (above)
–use some liquid in cocktails or mocktails
–use some liquid and a few chopped kumquats in salad dressing

–on top of ice cream or frozen yogurt, or a bowl of berries as I have done above
–chopped and stirred into muffin batter or quick bread batter

–on top of pancakes (here they are on a wedge of berry oven pancake)
–on toast to stand in for marmalade (yes, it works!). Put some Candied Kumquat slices on your toast, and drizzle a little of the syrup over it.
–to decorate a cake
–on Matzoh Brie, during Passover

You’ll think of a million other things once you taste them, I promise. And since we aren’t canning them, you can make one jar at a time. Or maybe make 2 jars and give one to the neighbor. Good food gifts make good neighbors. You heard it here first.

How to make No-Cook Candied Kumquats

Assemble your 2 ingredients — fresh kumquats and runny honey.

Slice the kumquats very thinly, and flick away any seeds if you see them. I use my favorite 40-year-old cheapie serrated supermarket knife, or a small paring knife. The knife isn’t crucial; just slice those kumquats thinly.

Put the kumquat slices in a jar. Don’t pack them in tightly, just put them in there.

Pour in honey to cover the kumquat slices.

So far so good! It looks great!

Within an hour, when you shake the jar a little bit, the contents will begin to slosh. This means the kumquats are releasing their juice and the sugar is penetrating the fruit.

It really is a bit miraculous how this happens, but the next day, you’ll have fully candied kumquats, to use in whatever way you can dream up!  (Is anyone triggered and anxious about these kumquats spilled on the counter? Don’t worry, I cleaned it up right after the picture.)

Sponsor products used in this recipe for No-Cook Candied Kumquats

In this recipe, I’ve used fresh Kumquats from Melissa’s Produce, the Los Angeles-based largest distributor of specialty produce in the U.S.

It’s Spring Sweets Week!

Welcome to #SpringSweetsWeek 2021 hosted by Heather from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks! With the weather warming up and flowers beginning to bloom, let’s celebrate with spring sweets and a fun giveaway! This year 24 food bloggers from around the country are sharing over 100 sweet recipes, so say goodbye to the snow and cold and get ready to enjoy the best spring treats like cupcakes, cookies, pies, dessert boards, and even a few beverages! Our #SpringSweetsWeek sponsors are helping us give away great prizes. Thank you to Dixie Crystals, Melissa’s Produce, Door County Coffee, Circulon, Taylor and Colledge, and Nairn’s for your generosity.  We have an incredible giveaway with six amazing prizes and would love if you would take a moment to read about it and the prizes that you can win, below.

Friday #SpringSweetsWeek Recipes

• • Candied Kumquats by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
  • Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
  • Citrus Biscotti by Pook’s Pantry
  • Citrus Rhubarb Custard Bars by Cheese Curd In Paradise
  • Coconut Macaroons by Books n’ Cooks
  • Easy Key Lime Mousse Tarts by Blogghetti
  • Eclairs by House of Nash Eats
  • Grapefruit Mint Julep by The Spiffy Cookie
  • Key Lime Soufflé by Art of Natural Living
  • Lemon Lime Macaron by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
  • Lemon Raspberry Parfait by The Carefree Kitchen
  • Mini Lemon Sweet Tea Pound Cakes by Nik Snacks
  • No-Cook Candied Kumquats by Shockingly Delicious  YOU’RE HERE, THIS IS ME!
  • Pineapple Cheesecake Shooters by Jen Around the World
  • Rhubarb Cream Cheese Danish by Devour Dinner
  • Rhubarb Lavender Crisp by Sweet Beginnings
  • Walking Banana Pudding Dessert Bags by For the Love of Food

We share recipes from #SpringSweetsWeek on Pinterest! Make sure you follow the board to see all the delicious recipes shared this week.

We have amazing prizes for our Spring Sweets Week Giveaway!

See all our fabulous prizes here donated by generous sponsors.

Enter the Giveaway right here ⇓

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for visiting…are you hungry for more? Follow Shockingly Delicious on…

FACEBOOK   |   PINTEREST   |   INSTAGRAM   |   TWITTER

…for all the latest recipes, ideas and updates!

This post may contain affiliate/referral links. It is a way for this site to earn advertising fees (at no cost to you) by advertising or linking to certain products and/or services that I approve and prefer. Thank you for using my affiliate link to shop, so I can continue to bring you shockingly delicious recipes!