There are two super easy mints I’ve made for years at the holidays, Homemade Butter Mints, and these classic three-ingredient cream cheese mints. However, it was my daughter who came up with the idea to coat them in dark chocolate, which is simply genius. This turns a nice, minty candy into an amazing treat and rivals any store-bought chocolate covered candies. Really.
You can, of course, coat the entire mint with chocolate and create your own version of peppermint patties, but we chose to just dip one side. You still get all the chocolate flavor, but with a fun black and white look.
And while these are a great addition to a cookie plate, they also make a sweet little gift all on their own – especially when gifted in a vintage mason jar.
Though I’m starting to think I’ll be making these all through the year now, not just for the holidays, and keeping them for us…
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I love how beautiful these look! Both elegant and vintage at the same tim in the Mason jars! I will be attending my sister-in-law’s baby shower in two weeks and these delicious, chocolate, mints will be perfect. Absolute perfection. Thanks,
Kate
Thank you, Kate – that seems like a great use for these mints!
I served these at a Mother’s Day tea party this weekend and they were SO good! No one could believe that I made them. The taste reminds me of York peppermint patties. I sent each of the guests home with the extras; now I need to make more so I have some of my own!
Wonderful idea, Dawn! You just reminded me that I need to make these again, too. 😉
We are making these today as gifts. Was just wondering how long they last in the fridge?
We’ve had them for more than a week right now and they are still great, Heidi! I think they’d probably be good for up to a month, but they haven’t lasted that long around our house. 😉
I LOVE these! They taste delicious and look so fancy. We put ours in a piping bag with a star tip and drizzled the chocolate over top instead of dipping them. Perfect for a cheap DIY Christmas gift 🙂 Thank you for sharing the recipe.
We made these for my wedding 13 years ago…but we rolled them into balls and dipped them into white chocolate and decorated the top…they made beautiful truffles! And the white chocolate was delicious…We also had some with dark chocolate as well and alternated the place settings with dark and white truffles.
What a great idea, Cheryl, I bet it was lovely – and tasty!
These sound wonderful (and look so fancy shmancy too!). I was wondering if you think they would be appropriate gifts for dance teachers, etc? I have Mason jars and plenty of beautiful ribbon and can’t really afford gift cards for everybody this year. Just don’t want to look cheesy (no pun intended)…can’t wait to sample them!
Yes, Mary! I was a preschool teacher for years and always appreciated homemade, yummy gifts. 🙂
Oh, coconut and mint my favorite, pinning to my dessert board. Would love for you to share this on Real Food Fridays Link Up.
http://yourlife7.blogspot.com/2013/12/real-food-fridays-16-link-up.html
Yummy! These sound delicious.
I love, love, love melted chocolate with nuts and dried cranberries. Oh my gosh, I could eat them until I was sick.
I opened our first jar of pickled jalapenos last night from your recipe. Deeeeeelicious!!! I almost don’t want to give any away as gifts!!!
Woot! Brian won’t let me gift any – I make enough to keep him for the year and if he runs out, he’s not a happy camper. 😉
Coconut is also good with the leftover chocolate. These mints look so fancy.
Oh, yes, that would be good, too, Charlotte! I’m trying that next time. 🙂
These are ridiculously good. I don’t really like traditional butter mints. But with the chocolate, these are addictive. Now that Jami’s taken the picture, I’m going to go find where she hid them.
You had me at cream cheese – then finished it off with dark chocolate! Oooh, can’t wait to try these.
Oh. My. Goodness. Your daughter is certainly a genius! You’ve just taken a candy I’ve never really cared for & turned it into something I can’t wait to try. Plus, you make them in such a simple way that ends up looking so classy & I don’t have to go buy any of those fussy molds. Whoo-Hoo!! Thanks for sharing your brilliant ideas — wish I’d know about (thought of on my own. duh.) using up the leftover chocolate by making nut clusters a few days ago. We had a fair amount leftover after making buckeyes & it ended up in the trash. 🙁
Oh, my heart actually hurt when I read you sent chocolate to the trash, Kari, ha! Glad to know future chocolate will be saved. 🙂
I hear ya! Although I had to make the difficult decision to toss the hardened mass, I didn’t actually have to do the dirty work. 🙂 You have definitely done a good deed today, in saving all future left-over chocolate at my house. I’m still shaking my head over the fact that I never thought of making nut clusters. Again, I say duh.