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Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties

December 8, 2013

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You’re going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe!  Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends!

Looking for more quick and easy Christmas treats? Try this Christmas Bark, Christmas Crack and Snow Day Snack Mix!

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Can you believe we are 12 DAYS from Christmas? I know this for a fact because the boys like to ask me hourly…. I never forget what day it is during the month of December 🙂  The house is finally all decked out and I’m debating whether to put the boxes up in the garage OR just leave them on the floor in the garage since I’ll be putting everything back up in 13 days.

Yikes! That was depressing 🙁  No, we’ll keep all the decorations up for at least week after Christmas 🙂

Well we are finally getting around to planning this year’s cookie trays and teacher’s gifts and I’m sure you are too. I have the easiest, most delightful recipe to share with you today – Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties.

You're going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe! Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends! | MomOnTimeout.com #Christmas #candy #recipe

These patties take no time at all, don’t require any baking, use only a few ingredients and are guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face. Yes, guaranteed. Now for those of you who aren’t peppermint-crazy like I am, consider using a different flavored extract. Cherry for the red is always delicious and I actually made the green ones with mint extract which I find to be perfect for Christmas time.

You're going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe! Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends! | MomOnTimeout.com #Christmas #candy #recipe

The dough is made up with just a few ingredients that you knead together with your hands. This is where you add in the extract of your choice. Start with just a couple drops to start and add more as necessary until you reach your desired intensity of flavor. If you want to do three different colors like I did just separate the dough into three balls.. Or four. Or two. Your choice 🙂  Add food coloring of your choice. I find the gel and paste work best. If you only have liquid food coloring you will have to add in more coloring and more powdered sugar so that the dough isn’t super sticky.

Roll into small balls and then roll in the sugar. Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and press down with a fork. It’s really that incredibly easy. Keep going…

You're going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe! Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends! | MomOnTimeout.com #Christmas #candy #recipe

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You're going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe! Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends! | MomOnTimeout.com #Christmas #candy #recipe

Until you are done!

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These little candies will be the easiest treats you make all season and your kids will have fun helping AND eating them when they’re ready to go 🙂

More Christmas Treats

  1. Martha Washington Candies
  2. Peppermint Fudge
  3. Buttermilk Pecan Pralines
  4. Divinity Candy
  5. Homemade Gumdrops
  6. M&Ms Marshmallow Dream Bars

How To Make Christmas Peppermint Patties

red white and green christmas peppermint patties stacked and scattered on a parchment paper.
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Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties

You’re going to love this Easy Christmas Peppermint Patties recipe! Super easy to make, fantastically festive, and always a hit with kids and adults alike. These holiday treats are the perfect addition to cookie trays and make an excellent gift for teachers and friends!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword christmas candy, peppermint patties
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 60
Calories 47kcal
Author Trish – Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • ⅓ cup light corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon peppermint extract or mint extract or any other extract you want
  • 4 cups powdered sugar divided
  • food coloring preferably gel or paste
  • ½ cup granulated sugar to roll balls in

Instructions

  • Combine butter and corn syrup together in a small bowl.
  • Stir in your extract of choice.
  • Add 2 cups powdered sugar and mix until well combined.
  • Stir in an additional cup of powdered sugar.
  • Knead the mixture until the powdered sugar is absorbed and the dough is completely smooth, adding additional powdered sugar if needed.
  • Divide dough into three portions.
  • Tint one portion red with the red food color/gel and one green. Leave one portion white. If the dough gets sticky, knead in more powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time.
  • Shape into 3/4 inch balls and roll in granulated sugar.
  • Flatten gently with a fork.
  • Let candies stand, uncovered, at room temperature for 1 day.
  • Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 8mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 24IU | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg
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By Trish - Mom On Timeout December 8, 2013 Candy, Christmas, Christmas Candy, Christmas Recipes, Dessert, Favorites, Holiday Recipes, Kid-Friendly, No Bake, Recipes

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Comments

  1. Joni says

    December 7, 2020 at 11:38 AM

    Trish, on the Christmas Peppermint Patties – I’m a little confused.
    The ingredients list says to use 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
    The instructions steps 3 and 4 say
    Add 2 cups powdered sugar and mix until well combined.
    Stir in an additional cup of powdered sugar.

    Wondering which to follow?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      December 13, 2020 at 2:03 PM

      I’m sorry, it looks like the recipe card amounts got messed up but it’s fixed now. Follow the instructions. It’s up to 4 cups of powdered sugar.

      Reply
  2. besttodolistapp says

    February 8, 2018 at 7:10 PM

    Just made them, they are delicious!

    Reply
  3. Nina says

    December 24, 2017 at 1:45 PM

    Hi! I’m going to try making these tonight but I want to double dip them in chocolate, should I dip them after they have sat for a day or before? Could I just chill them instead of letting them sit?

    Reply
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