Welcome to Chris from Thinly Spread on today’s 31 Days of Love series with her BEAUTIFUL Peppermint Creams. So makes me want to make some! Check out our other guest bloggers with Valentine’s Cards, Valentines Gifts that Kids can Make and Valentines Treats!
How lovely to be able to share our Valentine’s Peppermint Creams here on Red Ted Art’s 31 Days of Love! I love making sweets and biscuits with children where the adult input is minimal, and peppermint creams are one of the easiest!
Peppermint Creams Recipe
- 225g icing sugar
- 4-6 tbsps sweetened condensed milk
- a few drops of peppermint essence
- a few drops of red food colouring (we actually used beetroot juice here as it makes such a pretty pink!)
- 50g plain chocolate
How to Make Peppermint Creams
- Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl
- Add the condensed milk a little at a time, stirring until you have a crumbly but not sticky mixture
- Add a few drops of peppermint and a few of beetroot juice or food colouring
- Knead with your hands until your mixture is smooth (add a little more condensed milk if it’s too crumbly but don’t over do it or you’ll have a sticky mess!)
- Lightly dust your work surface with icing sugar and roll out your mixture until it’s about 5mm thick
- Cut into hearts shapes with a small heart shaped cutter
- Leave to dry on a piece of baking parchment
Once they have dried, melt the chocolate in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (older children can do this themselves but an adult will need to help little ones).
Dip the bottom of each heart in the melted chocolate and leave to set on your baking parchment. Don’t they look pretty?!
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jenny paulin says
these are beautiful i have pinned them x
Red Ted Art says
Beautiful, aren’t they?!
@Goriami says
Love that these ones aren’t using raw eggs! And so so pretty! Will def have a go! X
Carolin says
Absolutely gorgeous and so beautifully presented x
Lindsey says
These are lovely – add a lovely extra touch to the plain hearts I had planned to do – how long will they take to dry (just for planning the activity with my little ones) ? 🙂
Chris at Thinly Spread says
They didn’t take long at all, I’d allow a couple of hours to be on the safe side and turn them halfway through. Mine didn’t take that long but just to be sure!
Red Ted Art says
Thank you Chris!
Lindsey littlewood says
Thanks!
Jessie says
LOVE THESE! I hate to disrupt the lovely Valentine’s Day theme, but I’m thinking of making some red ones for Red Nose Day!
Char says
What size heart cutter did you use and how many hearts did you get from one batch? Thinking about making this for my daughter’s class.