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I recently did a couple recipes that called for me to make my own extract by heating oranges placed in muslin bag in a pot of water. When it was all done, the recipe called for me to put the muslin bag of oranges into the primary fermenter. I did it and was ridiculed by all my friends saying...

would the honey malt addition change the color that much? Id hate for it to lose that rich orange color? If it wasnt too sweet before would it be a good idea to also add some regular honey do you think?

I have been wanting to do a Honey Orange Hefeweizen for a while now and came across this recipe and all the great reviews. How do you think it would turn out if I added 1/2 - 1lbs of honey malt? Or would I be better off just adding regular honey? Would I have to add more hops to counter this...