Candied edible flower petals are a sweet and beautiful way to garnish anything with nature’s gifts. This simple homemade candy becomes a zen craft that is made in minutes, and will be a rememberable zero waste addition to anything you use them for.

 

As spring comes, I love to add flowers to everything I can. Salad, cookies, cake, scones, brownies, tea. If I’m enjoying it, I’m adding flowers! I even love to add them to charcuterie boards and cocktails. Candied edible flower petals take anything, like a simple cookie or cupcake into something truly elevated. And anything coated in sugar and crystallized is sure to be delicious.

I already have a candied rose petal recipe on the blog, if you’ve made those.- you know exactly how to make these! The process is exactly the same. But, in this post – we have used additional flowers from the garden.

How do I know which flowers to choose?

Edible flowers to turn into candy can be used fresh or dried. I used a combination of both in my assortment of candied edible flower petals. Dried lavender made a beautiful addition to my cookies, and fresh pansies added so much beauty. Use whatever you would like that’s safe.

• Not every flower is safe to eat. Many flowers are considered poisonous. Make sure you have correctly identified your flower if you have foraged them.
• Don’t use edible flowers from highly contaminated areas such roadways, chemically treated lawns, or areas with animals.
• If you haven’t tried a particular flower in culinary uses, taste a small piece of the petal before consuming a whole petal. You can be allergic to flowers.

Where can I find safe edible flowers?

The best way to ensure you’re using safe flowers is to grow them yourself! If you’re interested in making candied petals from roses and want to grow your own, I recommend using this post for help on starting and planning an organic rose garden. And if you can’t grow your own, below are some dried flowers.

If you want to buy whole fresh flowers, find a reputable source like a nursery or on Etsy.

Ingredients in Candied edible flower petals:

• Flower petals of choice
• Granulated Sugar
• Egg whites

adaptations:

• If you don’t use refined sugar, you can use coconut or date sugar. And if you prefer, you can use sugar crystals like monk fruit or splenda.
• This recipe contains raw egg, so please do not serve to anyone immunocompromised, pregnant, or infants. If you are still concerned about using raw egg, use pasteurized egg white powder.

tools

• a fresh paintbrush for painting egg whites onto petals
• a cooling rack for your petals to dry

Recipes you may want to use candied petals for:

Rose butterscotch cookies

Rose brownies

Mini lemon basil curd tarts with shortbread crust recipe

Lavender shortbread cookie crust tart with zesty lemon curd

Love potion rose aphrodisiac cocktail with rose sugar rim valentines drink recipe

Candied edible flower lemon sugar cookies

If you plan to make these candied petals, let me know what you’ll use them for!