Peppermint creams for Christmas gifts

Peppermint creams for Christmas gifts
  • Serves icon Makes 35-40
  • Time icon Hands-on time 30 min, plus 30 min drying

Looking for the best peppermint creams for Christmas? You’ll never look at After Eights the same after trying one of these peppermint creams. The recipe makes 35-40 which means you can wrap half up as a Christmas gift, and save half for yourself.

Looking for more edible Christmas gifts? Make a big batch of tiffin truffles or fill a tin with spiced lebkuchen.

Nutrition: Per sweet (for 40)

Calories
94kcals
Fat
0.3g (0.2g saturated)
Protein
0.1g
Carbohydrates
22.5g (22.3g sugars)
Fibre
N/A
Salt
trace salt
Calories
94kcals
Fat
0.3g (0.2g saturated)
Protein
0.1g
Carbohydrates
22.5g (22.3g sugars)
Fibre
N/A
Salt
trace salt

Ingredients

  • 100ml lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 870g icing sugar
  • A few drops green food colouring
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • 100g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids), melted

Method

  1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the lemon juice, icing sugar, green food colouring and peppermint extract. Tip the mixture onto a clean work surface and work into a smooth paste. This takes time and elbow grease! After 5-10 minutes of kneading with your hands you’ll have a smooth, thick, almost plasticine-like paste. Mould and gently roll into a smooth, round sausage shape that’s about 50cm long.
  2. Cut off 1cm slices, then shape them into smooth-edged rounds (you should have 35-40 in total). Dip half of each peppermint cream into the melted chocolate, put on baking trays lined with non-stick baking paper, then leave to set in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  3. When the chocolate has set, carefully peel the peppermint creams from the baking paper. Put them in a non-stick sealed container with non-stick baking paper between the layers and keep in the fridge or in a cool room until ready to pack as gifts.

delicious. tips

  1. Melt the chocolate in a small high-sided bowl to make it easy to dip the creams in halfway.

    Choose a pretty gift box and line it with wax paper to help prevent the peppermint creams sticking to the sides. On the label write ‘store somewhere cool’.

  2. These will keep in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 3 weeks – we recommend you keep them in the fridge or a cool room.

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