December 10, 2023 20 Feedback
Put the butter down! Time for peppermint sweet ornaments.
Is it a craft or is it meals? I am undecided precisely – however I really like the idea.
I’m all the time in search of vacation traditions that don’t contain cookies. Take a look at my pomander balls or strawberry santa hats for another enjoyable concepts.
Anybody who has some cookie cutters and peppermints (or different laborious sweet) could make these. Consider these peppermint sweet canes like a DIY sweet cane.
Why make these?
- They’re low-cost.
- One ingredient and you might be achieved.
- You received’t be tempted to eat 20.
What number of might you attainable eat? Additionally, you have got a breath freshener able to go for after the espresso. Simply suck in your tree.
You may make these with different laborious candies as nicely if you wish to have another colours and shapes. I believe you could possibly make all types of enjoyable designs with totally different colours of candies.
To allow hanging these in your tree, stab the decoration with a skewer or a chopstick proper after you bake them (whereas they’re nonetheless mushy) to create a gap for a ribbon.
Do not miss this window as a result of you have to an influence drill to make a gap after they harden. Take a look at my video which is able to present you your entire course of.
My children liked making these final 12 months as a result of they acquired to play with sweet and you’ll create a bunch of various shapes. We didn’t attempt to maintain them for this 12 months due to a wee downside with ants.
These additionally make nice fast presents for individuals who you need to make smile (and for individuals who try to keep away from the nice cookie inflow). I don’t have any issues with cookies – it’s simply the quantity that we appear to inhale. I
Have you ever made peppermint sweet ornaments? How did it go?
Peppermint Sweet Ornaments
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Spray oven-safe, steel cookie cutters with non-stick cooking spray, then place on a cookie baking sheet. Fill every cookie cutter with peppermint candies. Break candies into items to fill in smaller areas.
- Bake in oven at 350 levels F for 3–9 minutes till candies soften into cookie cutter form.
- Take away from oven and let sweet harden. Stab with toothpick or skewer to create gap for hanging.Then stretch cookie cutter to take away sweet “ornamint”.
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