About the bake
These tasty bitesize sweets are great for all of the mint-lovers out there and can be served as an after dinner treat, given as a gift or even just to nibble on snuggled up in front of the telly. It is so quick and simple to make, why not get the kids involved with helping you. Add a drop of green food colouring if you want them to turn out green! If you want to make them without an egg, use condensed milk instead. Peppermint Creams are sometimes brought out as a Christmas treat but we like to make them all year round.
Method
Step 1:
Place the egg white and a few drops of peppermint extract in a medium bowl and beat well using a wooden spoon.
Step 2:
Add the icing sugar and stir well until the mixture begins to come together. Use your hand to bring the mixture together to form a soft dough.
Step 3:
Roll teaspoonfuls into balls and place on greaseproof paper. Flatten down with the back of a spoon. You can then decorate with a fork or the end of a straw. Leave to harden.
Step 4:
To decorate, melt the chocolate and dip the peppermint creams to half coat them. Leave them aside to dry and sprinkle on chopped peppermint candy canes.
Ingredients
For the creams
- 1 Egg white(s) (free range)
- 1 tsp Peppermint extract
- 275g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
For the decoration
- 75g Dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
- 3 Peppermint candy canes (optional)
Utensils
- Large mixing bowl
- Rolling pin
- Shape cutters
Recipe Reviews
Very nice but tastes that little bit odd
they looked amazing and tasted amazing! I have never said this before, but I actually have nothing to complain about! :D
quality
The peppermint creams went down a treat with everybody and all agreed how beautiful they were and asked for me to make them some to take home as a Christmas treat to share with their friends and family which made me feel really proud
My dough was in a liquid form a lot like icing. It did ‘t taste very nice though I made it again and it tasted amazing!
great they look lovely but I want to put it in a box for a present will it turn out the same even if it was in the box for an hour or so
Hello,
They should be fine in a box at room temperature for an hour or so.
Happy Baking!
Ingredients
For the creams
- 1 Egg white(s) (free range)
- 1 tsp Peppermint extract
- 275g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
For the decoration
- 75g Dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
- 3 Peppermint candy canes (optional)
Utensils
- Large mixing bowl
- Rolling pin
- Shape cutters