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Recipe: Peppermint Patties

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Servings 12
Author Lauren

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup leftover mashed potatoes Isn’t that awesome!! You don’t taste them – I promise!
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted on the stove
  • 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
  • 5 cups unbleached powdered sugar this is definitely dessert!
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil or palm shortening
  • Several candy canes

Instructions

  • Stir together the mashed potatoes, butter, peppermint oil and powdered sugar to form a thick dough. Just keep stirring till it all becomes one big clump. Use a spoon or ice cream scoop to put a teaspoon at a time onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  • Push down the dough into small patties and place in the fridge overnight. (Or freeze for an hour or so).
  • Melt coconut oil (or palm shortening) and chocolate chips in a pan on the stove. Once melted, dip patties into the mixture and coat with chocolate. [I didn't have quite enough chocolate to cover all of them, so I left some without their coating. I'm actually really happy with how they turned out too, but you can always just add more chocolate.]
  • Smash up candy canes (a great job for any young helpers in your house!) and sprinkle on top.