These Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams are egg free, and have crushed candy canes for decoration and inside the creams too. Smothered with dark chocolate too, these Peppermint Creams make an ideal gift at Christmas.
Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams
I’m one of those weirdo peeps that dislikes mint. I won’t eat any mint confectionary. No to candy canes, no to mint rock. Although if it’s fruit flavoured rock, then rot on teeth!
But, if it’s mint and chocolate then game on! Any flavour smothered in delicious, delightful chocolate is a good one in my book. Mint and chocolate just seem to compliment each other so perfectly!
And wow, it’s getting close to Christmas, right? It must be because the giant man-baby is getting all festive on me [don’t faint now]. He asked for peppermint creams. His wish was my command [like always, pffffft!]
Peppermint creams are so easy and quick to make. They have a texture of fondant – hardish outer layer with a soft creamy inner. Peppermint creams are traditionally made with raw egg, but you can adapt the recipe to use sweetened condensed milk instead. These peppermint creams are egg free.
Flavoured with peppermint extract and candy canes too. Not only are the candy canes there for decoration, but they’re inside the creams too! 🙂 I wanted chocolate [again], so gave these a generous spoon drizzle of dark chocolate. And it was heaven!
Candy Cane Peppermint Creams Recipe
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2-5 mins
Yield: 12 peppermint creams
Ingredients:
- 225g (1¾ cups) icing (confectioners’) sugar
- 115g (6 tbsp) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- (optional) 2 candy canes
- green food colouring
- 55g plain/dark chocolate
Directions:
- Sift the icing (confectioner’s) sugar into a bowl. Add the sweetened condensed milk and mix until a sticky dough just starts to form. Add the peppermint extract and continue mixing to form a dough. If using, add 1½ crushed candy canes at this point.
- You can add more peppermint extract if you like. If so, you may need to add a little more icing (confectioners’) sugar if too sticky.
- Dust your hands, work surface and a rolling pin with more icing (confectioners’) sugar and roll out the dough to approx. 5mm thick (approx. ¼in).
- Using mini cookie cutters or a knife, cut out your shapes and allow to set for approx. 2-3 hours. Longer in humid conditions.
- Once set, melt the chocolate and either dip or drizzle over the peppermint creams. Sprinkle the remaining reserved ½ crushed candy cane over the melted chocolate and allow to set.
- Enjoy.
See, I can do mint. Do you have any weird flavours you dislike alone but love combined?
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Okay, I’m STILL trying to process the fact that you dislike mint (!?!?!?) but I will forgive you because these cookies look super yummy. I love mint, and chocolate + mint are like, a match made in flavor heaven. Plus, these cookies are gorgeous!
Yes, I’m one of those freaks of nature. The only mint I’ll eat by itself is gum and I’d take Trident fruit flavoured any day over mint.
These are so pretty and Christmas-y and look so yummy!!!
Thanks Kayle.
oh my goodness. I will take umm… the entire batch please? Especially with a texture of fondant – I am embarrassingly in love with fondant. I’ve ruined cakes form eating off the fondant before. Whoops! And mint + chocolate is necessary. I need chocolate with it 🙂
Me too Sally, me too! The last time I used fondant, I ate a fist sized ball of it! 😳 The peppermint creams are pretty much like fondant on the outside but creamy and melt-in-the-mouth-like on the inside. Either way, they’re delicious. 🙂
Not to crazy about mint on it’s own either, but with chocolate and I love it! These creams look so good that I’d like to eat the whole batch…right now!
Glad I’m not the only one, Liz. We need to form a cult of mint-by-itself-haters-club. LOL
I love these! SO pretty too.
Thanks Dorothy. 🙂
Now that you say that, I don’t think I really like plain mint either…Unless it’s gum. Obviously, I do like chocolate and mint together. You can hardly pry those flavors apart this time of year!
Too true. Mint and chocolate is a divine combo. The same goes for nuts and chocolate. That’s something else I don’t like separately. Yes, I’m weird. Thanks Loretta.
So beautiful! I personally don’t like dark chocolate and mint (though for some reason white chocolate seems to work splendidly for my finicky taste buds lol) BUT these are just so gorgeous I now wish I could try them. 🙂
Heh, you’re more stranger than I am Jess. 😉 I guess if you made them with white chocolate they’d be even more creamy with the sweet creamy flavours of the white chocolate.
I found you via the bloggy mom’s blog hop. This looks wildly delicious. I’m hiding my scale this Christmas 🙂
Hi Mandy, thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a sweet comment. It’s great to meet you. 🙂
These are beyond pretty and festive, I love them 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks Uru. 🙂
holy christmas these look so festive! they would actually work perfect for our candy cane themed christmas dinner 🙂
Love the colors of these…..so festive:)
Thanks Connie. 🙂
So festive! I have so many more things to bake before Christmas and time is just running out. Would love a have a piece of this right now to calm my nerves :P. xoxo
Oh my, me too Joanna. I have soooo many recipes I want to try and so little time. That itself is stressful. Did I mention I haven’t bought any gifts yet too? Arrgghh! *hits head against desk* 😀 Thanks for stopping by.
I love the look of these and I’m sure the taste is over the top! I love peppermint and chocolate!
Thanks Kim. Me too, it’s a fantastic combo. 🙂
What a gorgeous cookie! They are so festive!
Thanks Jessica. 🙂
Wow, these cookies are almost too beautiful to eat! Almost, they look amazing and I might need to try them for my holiday cookie exchanges!
Wow, these cookies are almost too beautiful to eat! Almost, they look amazing and I might need to try them for my holiday cookie exchanges!
Very pretty and veruuuuuuuuuuuu inviting
i could eat the entire batch
Very pretty and veruuuuuuuuuuuu inviting
i could eat the entire batch
My hubby won’t taste anything mint except toothpaste :/ But my kids would love these…so pretty!
These look so pretty!!!!
These are so festive! I love it!
These are so festive! I love it!