Homemade Peppermint Patties Recipe

Heather Dessinger

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Peppermint Patties Recipe

If you enjoy these salted chocolate almond butter cups as an alternative to Reese’s peanut butter cups, I think you’ll love the healthy candy makeover I’m sharing today – a real food version of YORK peppermint patties!

Before we dive into the recipe, have I ever told you about the day I opened my microwave – which doubles as an extra pantry cabinet – and found an entire box of Newman’s Own Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cups? Totally happened. 

You see, years ago I asked my husband to pick up some healthier peppermint cups because I’d loved YORK peppermint patties as a kid. He did, but soon after that they were discontinued.

Apparently, a lot of other loved those patties as much as I did, because Newman’s Own eventually brought them back. When my husband saw them at our local health food store, he grabbed a whole box for me just in case they changed their minds and discontinued them again. 

When I finished the box, I decided to figure out how to make my own without the soy lecithin and powdered milk, which aren’t ideal ingredients. (They’re definitely better than the PGPR, artificial flavor and other additives found in the original, though.)

After experimenting with a few recipes online, I finally settled on a version that is super easy –  no need to make a mess dipping the creme filling in chocolate and then watch everything smear all over parchment paper. These patties are just as cool, minty and refreshing as the original, and can be made in about 10 minutes of hands-on time. I hope you love them!

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Homemade Peppermint Patties Recipe

These peppermint patties are just as cool, minty and refreshing as the original, and can be made in about 10 minutes of hands-on time. The recipe makes 12 peppermint patties. You will need mini-muffin cups and a mini-muffin tin.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutes
Freezing time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 71kcal
Author Heather Dessinger

Equipment

  • small bowl
  • mixing spoon
  • teaspoon
  • muffin tin
  • paper cups for muffin tin

Ingredients

For the creme filling:

For the chocolate shell:

Instructions

  • Place the coconut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil and peppermint in a small bowl and mix with a spoon until smooth. Place the mixture in the freezer for 10 minutes. 
  • While the creme filling is firming up, place 1 tablespoon coconut oil and 6 tablespoons chocolate chips in a small sauce pan and melt over low heat, stirring occasionally. When the chocolate/coconut oil is fully melted, remove the pan from heat and set aside.
  • Remove the creme filling from the freezer, scoop out one teaspoon, roll it into a ball, and then press down until you have a small disc. Continue this process until you have 12 discs.
  • Line the muffin tin with 12 paper cups and place 1 teaspoon of chocolate mixture in the bottom of each. Place the creme filling in next and press it down into the chocolate.
  • Pour ½ teaspoon chocolate over the creme filling.
  • Continue this process until all the peppermint patties are complete, then place the muffin tin in the freezer for 20 minutes before serving. If you have any left over, store them in an airtight container the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 6mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg

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Homemade Caramels – Soft and chewy, these corn syrup-free caramels are made with just 3 ingredients. 

White Chocolate Chip Cookies – These gluten-free cookies are perfect for dunking in a cold glass of milk.

Cut-Out Sugar Cookies – Decorated with naturally colored sprinkles and plant-based, natural food dye, these sugar cookies are easy to make and fun to decorate!

These homemade peppermint patties are just as cool, minty and refreshing as the original, and can be made in about 10 minutes of hands-on time.

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About HEATHER

Heather is a holistic health educator, herbalist, DIYer, Lyme and mold warrior. Since founding Mommypotamus.com in 2009, Heather has been taking complicated health research and making it easy to understand. She shares tested natural recipes and herbal remedies with millions of naturally minded mamas around the world. 

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27 thoughts on “Homemade Peppermint Patties Recipe”

  1. 5 stars
    Love this recipe! And cracked up at your typo of “112 discs”! I was like omg, I only got around 12! Then I realized. I also left the peppermint extract out to see if it would taste like those coconut creme filled fancy chocolates that I love! Chilling now, so I’ll keep you posted! You could do any flavor with these, orange, lemon, vanilla! I’m so excited any time I can make homemade healthy treats! Thanks girl!

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    • I’m not sure, but I think you might have trouble getting the filling firm enough to form into patties. If you try it, though, please let us know how it works out!

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      • That would be possible. The link to the product on amazon showed that it is just organic sunflower oil + organic peppermint oil.
        So any good oil + food grade essential oil peppermint would be the same. You’d need to experiment with the amounts of each to see how “pepperminty” you want it.

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  2. Would peppermint extract work as well, or does it need to be oil? In excited to find a Christmas treat my gf 91st daughter can eat, she’s sad to miss out on all the goodies.

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    • 5 stars
      Best. Recipe. Ever. We loved these. My daughter tried peppermint patties and loved them. When I saw this recipe I knew I had to try them. They are four year old approved! Lol.

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