Peppermint Patties

You will love this easy peppermint patty recipe. Creamy peppermint infused center smothered in delicious dark chocolate and topped with crushed candy canes!

I really love all things peppermint! So this peppermint patty recipe was always going to be right up my street.

It’s wonderfully simple and only requires 6 easy ingredients.

Of course if you love peppermint then also check out our delicious recipes for peppermint bark, peppermint cookies and peppermint ice cream.

How To Make Peppermint Patties

Full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos below.

• Add powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk and peppermint extract to a mixing bowl and mix into a thick dough. If it seems like it won’t come together properly then get in there with your hands and form it into a ball of dough.
• Break off pieces of the dough and form them into balls and place them evenly on a parchment lined baking tray. If the dough is sticky, then dust extra powdered sugar on your hands and over the dough to prevent stickiness.
• Cut out a square of parchment paper and place the parchment paper on top of each ball and then press down with the base of a glass to flatten. The parchment paper stops the bottom of the glass from sticking.
• Place the whole tray into the freezer for around an hour to set very firmly. They should be super hard to the touch.
• Now break up some chocolate and place it into a microwave safe bowl along with some coconut oil and microwave in 30-second intervals, bringing it out to stir every 30-seconds until melted.
• Dip the peppermint patties into the chocolate using two teaspoons to dunk it in the chocolate and then lift it out again, placing it back onto the parchment lined baking tray.
• Top with crushed candy canes (optional) and place into the fridge to set.

Regular Chocolate or Chocolate Chips?

You can use either regular dark chocolate or dark chocolate chips to melt down for this. I used Lindt dark chocolate which worked very well in this recipe and I slightly prefer using regular chocolate rather than chocolate chips to melt down for use in desserts.

However, whatever you have on hand and is easiest for you will work fine.

The blend of dark chocolate with the sweet creamy center really works well in this dessert. However, of course any chocolate will also work.

Make It Dairy Free

You can make these dairy free if you use a vegan condensed milk instead of regular condensed milk. We tested this with a condensed coconut milk and it worked perfectly. The dough did seem a little more sticky than usual, but this is easily solved by sprinkling more powdered sugar over the dough and dusting your hands with it so that it doesn’t stick too much.

Of course if you want these to be dairy free then also make sure your dark chocolate is dairy-free. Many brands of dark chocolate are already dairy-free so this is fairly easy to do.

Storing and Freezing

These store very well in the fridge for a couple of weeks!

They also freeze extremely well and you can eat them straight out of the freezer, they don’t need to thaw first. So if you want to store them even longer then keep them in the freezer.