What are Candied fruits? Where do I get them?

I realize this is an old question, but I’ve been away from the site for quite awhile and this is an issue for me.

I’ve found in my part of the country (southern coastal Virginia) that candied fruits are only available in November, when you’re preparing fruitcake if at all. Fortunately, thanks to the internet you can select truly delicious candied fruits from Provence, with a bit of searching. The postage may be a bit expensive but the cost of the product itself is quite comparable to the US products IMHO, while being superior in flavor and quality.

Hope this is useful to others who like me have a very limited time period to obtain candied fruit locally.

This is great information, because the store in Boston where I always bought mine has closed. Candied fruit is especially used at Christmas time for holiday breads and the (in)famous fruit cake!

I thought this post by David Lebovitz, from a little while back, might be if interest:

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2011/02/making-glazed-candied-fruit-citron-recipe/

If there are any ethnic groceries, particularly Armenian or Turkish grocery stores, around you then they often have a large selection of candied fruit.

Candied fruit is different from canned fruit. It's pieces of fruit (or pieces of peel) that are soaked in heated sugar syrup, which both sweetens & preserves them. They're not sold in cans, but rather bags & plastic containers. You can usually find them in the baking aisle of the grocery store. You can also buy them online:
http://www.barryfarm.com/candied_fruit.htm .
If you're up for it, you can also make it yourself. Here's a website with directions:
http://www.ehow.com/how_3910_make-candied-fruit.html