Add three cups of water to the blanched orange peels and add the 3 cups of sugar. Now bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Adjust the heat to create low simmer and let the orange peels candy.
Depending on the size of orange peel and how many you are doing this may take 30 – 45 minutes. The peel will be tender, soft and almost transparent looking when done. Using a strainer, remove the orange peel to a sheet tray lined with a cooling rack. Using tweezers or chopsticks, arrange the peels over the cooling rack so that they aren’t touching each other. Try to make them straight, as the cool they will harden and keep their shape. Let the peels cool for an hour.