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Home » Recipe » All Manner of Sweet Things » Chocolate » Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates

Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates

Published on December 13, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia 20 Comments
Last Updated on January 28, 2019

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A great edible gift idea that the kids can make!

candy cane chocolates

When I was a little girl there was a Christmas sweetie tray on the kitchen counter at my grandmothers house. It was filled with American gum drops (you know, the big semi-hard ones covered in sugar), assorted chocolates and jelly beans. It was just there – for the whole Christmas period – ripe for the taking.

It was a magical bowl, I swear, as it never emptied.

I’ve got one of those magical sweetie bowls now. It’s only brought out after dinner on pudding night, mind, not just left there all week for the kids to nibble at, but still.

This is one of the recipes I experimented with to fill it, and I have to say it was rather lovely!

The idea was inspired by some American style chocolate bark I was given to try out at Fine Peerie Cakes last week. Fine Peerie Cakes is a super little cafe on the high street in Lerwick, and it is Shetland’s only dedicated cake shop. With lovely calming decor, classics crooning in the background, and hot coffee and tea served in the most adorable china tea cups it’s one of my favourite places to stop; a little oasis of calm among the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping just now. They were experimenting with a new sweet and wanted me to try it! Sometimes my job is really rather awesome.

Fine Peerie Cakes Lerwick

Being of North American birth I was really surprised to learn that this treat hails from there. I’d never had it before. Layers of white and milk chocolate flavoured with peppermint topped with crushed candy cane – why, oh, why was this something brand new to me!

So I had to recreate it at home, somewhat, so my kids could try it (that’s easier than the hour long round trip into town!).

candy cane chocolates

Their verdict? The chocolates were devoured within minutes. They loved them! I reckon these would make super little edible gifts too, wrapped up in a bag and tied with pretty ribbon, and they’re something easy enough to make that even the children could do it themselves. There is no cooking involved, just boiling a kettle and melting chocolate.

Easy peasy!

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  • Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates
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    • Instructions 
    • Environmental Information

Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates

Layers of dark and white peppermint chocolate topped with crushed candy cane!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 12 chocolates
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 150 grams dark chocolate at least 70% cocoa solids
  • 150 grams white chocolate
  • 1/2 tsp peppermint extract divided
  • 1 large candy cane
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Instructions 

  • Boil the kettle.
  • Break half of the dark chocolate into small pieces into a small, heatproof bowl.
  • When the kettle has boiled, pour the water into a small saucepan to a depth of around 1.5 inches. Pop the heatproof bowl with the chocolate in it on top and set aside to allow the chocolate to melt, stirring occasionally.
  • Spoon just over a teaspoonful of melted dark chocolate into the bottom of a silicone mould (or use petit fours cases) swirling gently so it covers the bottom.
  • Pop the whole tray into the freezer for a few minutes until the chocolate has hardened.
  • Repeat melting in a clean bowl with half the white chocolate. Stir 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract into the melted white chocolate and spoon the mixture over the top of the dark chocolate.
  • Repeat again with the rest of the dark, and then the rest of the white chocolate.
  • Coarsely chop or crush the candy cane with a rolling pin and sprinkle over the top of the still melted white chocolate after you've spooned on the final layer.
  • Refrigerate until set.

Notes

This would make a nice gift idea - place six chocolates into a small bag and tie with coloured ribbon and a gift tag!

Environmental Information

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Linking up with Festive Food Friday over at Taming Twins, Treat Petite over at The Baking Explorer (co hosted by Cakeyboi), #CookBlogShare by Supergolden Bakes, Family Foodies by Bangers & Mash (co-hosted by Eat Your Veg) and Recipe of the Week by A Mummy Too.

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OTHER CHRISTMAS CANDY CANE RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE
Candy Cane Rocky Road by Katie
Candy Cane Cupcakes by Katie (scroll down for the UKTV link)
Santa’s Mintshake – a peppermint candy cane milkshake! by Elizabeth
Peppermint Bark by Jude

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Comments

  1. Andrew Petrie says

    April 1, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    What fun these will be – I’ll have to pencil them into my diary for November. Merry Christmas !

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  2. Martina Evans says

    October 20, 2015 at 11:57 am

    wow these look great! I’ve never seen or heard of these before, but I’m glad that I have now. Thanks for the recipe/post Elizabeth!

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  3. Maya Russell says

    March 23, 2015 at 7:04 am

    These sound delicious – perfect for Christmas. I love mint & chocolate.

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  4. Heather Haigh says

    February 15, 2015 at 1:28 am

    They look so pretty!

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  5. carolyn joyce says

    February 6, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    These look absolutely amazing!!!!

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  6. Pam Francis Gregory says

    January 12, 2015 at 6:52 pm

    Ooh these look lovely!

    Reply
  7. kayleigh white says

    January 10, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    OH MY WORD! These look amazing!

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  8. Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

    December 25, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Those are so pretty! I love the little layers. Happy Christmas!

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  9. Kate - gluten free alchemist says

    December 21, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    These are so pretty Elizabeth and the combination of chocolate and mint is always a winner. I will definitely be trying these out with my little one! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas x

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  10. Sarah (@tamingtwins) says

    December 19, 2014 at 12:07 am

    These are so pretty Elizabeth, I love the colours. The tea shop sounds lovely, you painted a fab picture of it with words, you always make me so want to visit Shetland. Thanks so sharing these little beauties on #festivefoodfriday.

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  11. Vanesther - Bangers & Mash says

    December 17, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    These are so pretty and would make such lovely Christmas gifts. Must give these a try with my girls. And a great entry too for December’s #FamilyFoodies challenge. Thanks for linking up 🙂

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  12. Fiver Feeds says

    December 14, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    You made these? It looks amazing, I thought it is something that’s bought in a supermarket!

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  13. Dominic says

    December 14, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    these are so pretty and nice to see something a little different with candy canes! Merry Christmas!

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  14. Johanna GGG says

    December 14, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    looks delicious – I am not quite into eating candy canes by themselves as they seem too sweet and sticky but anything with chocolate always sounds ok with me – and I like how you do them as individual chocolates

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  15. Steph @MisplacedBrit says

    December 14, 2014 at 12:44 am

    Very cute idea and the results were fantastic! My girls would have great fun making these 🙂

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  16. Lilinha Espindula says

    December 14, 2014 at 12:41 am

    The peppermind candy cane Christmas chocolates look lovely and very easy to make. I would love to receive some as edible gifts x

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  17. Lucy Parissi says

    December 13, 2014 at 8:23 pm

    A never-emptying candy jar – surely every kid’s dream! These look like so much fun, I love playing around with candy and chocolate at Christmas time. Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare – hope we can catch up in person soon!

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  18. Alice Megan says

    December 13, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    These look amazing! What a fab treat

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