![]() ![]() But they’re best kept super-cold in the freezer. Peppermint patties will hold up in the fridge for a couple of weeks. The patties tend to soften once exposed to heat, so be sure not to skip this step. Form the patties and chill before dipping in the warm chocolate. It's kind of difficult to overmix this type of dough. The dough may appear dry when mixing, so keep beating until it comes together. It's important to use a stand mixer as opposed to mixing by hand. Peppermint extract is laced throughout the sugar dough that’s then chilled and dipped into melted dark (traditional), semisweet, or bittersweet chocolate. I prefer the latter and always find it fascinating that condensed milk and powdered sugar can create that tacky, melt-in-your-mouth texture I’m so fond of. Some recipes use corn syrup and butter, while others use condensed milk. These patties can be made a couple of ways. It’s actually so simple-and somewhat cheap-to make, you’ll find yourself reaching for this recipe over and over. Schulz must have been a fan from naming one of his Peanuts characters after the candy. The guy behind the York Cone Company, Henry Kessler, made sure the patties had that perfect “snap.” The company became one with Hershey in the late 1980s, and so the candy is quite synonymous with the brand. The patties were developed in 1940 at a store in York, Pennsylvania. The story behind the York Peppermint Pattie These peppermint patties will soon become your favorite candy too. Birthday gifts, stockings, stuffers, Valentine’s Day cards, and Easter baskets would-and still do-contain candy laced with mint. My brother was known for his love of everything Reese’s cups and peanut butter, while I was the mint maven. ![]() I don’t know where the love for peppermint patties came from, but goodness they were and still are the best in my opinion. It seemed like she always treated us to something like Blow Pops or York Peppermint Patties. I have a specific memory from childhood when my mother would take my brother and me to Rite Aid with her to run errands. Peppermint patties have drawn me to my happy place time and time again. Textures I love when it comes to sweet snacks.“If you’re happy and you know it”… you know where I’m going with that. After I ate about three one of these Peppermint Patties, I became a reformed chocolate addict. I found that when dark chocolate is paired with another flavor, like orange or mint, it becomes so much more appealing. Although it still wasn’t my first choice when it came to chocolate, well, you know, I appreciated it a little more. I started appreciating the flavor of dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is softer, sweeter, and always made me want more! The perfect cluster of sensations to a sugar-obsessed kid.īut something changed in me as I grew older. When I went trick-or-treating on Halloween, candies containing dark chocolate were the first things I’d give away to the other kids, especially the York Peppermint Patties! I traded them for my preferred sweets, like Hershey’s bars, Snickers, M&Ms and Twix. These no-bake Healthy Homemade Peppermint Patties are secretly sugar free, low carb, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan, but you’d NEVER know it… they taste just like store-bought!Īs a kid, I was always a fan of milk chocolate. ![]()
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