Christmas Peppermint Candy
This holiday season, why not try something new in your candy repertoire? This Christmas Peppermint Candy is super tasty, fun and festive!
Servings: 12
Calories: 240kcal
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- aluminum foil
- non-stick cooking spray
- medium saucepan
- toothpicks
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 30 saltine crackers
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 teaspoon coconut oil divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line a 13x9 baking sheet with foil, spray with non-stick spray, lay saltines flat covering the entire baking sheet and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter with brown sugar together, and bring to a boil.
- Boil for 3-5 minutes until sugar is dissolved and mixture turns a darker brown.
- Pour butter and sugar mixture over the saltines and spread evenly.
- Bake for 5 minutes, and then let the pan set while you melt the chocolate.
- Melt semi-sweet chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon coconut oil and pour on the top of the candied mixture and spread evenly
- Melt white chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon coconut oil, once chocolate is melted add peppermint extract.
- Drizzle lines of peppermint white chocolate back and forth across the top.
- Using a toothpick make vertical and horizontal lines to run the peppermint white chocolate across the candy.
- Let the baking sheet cool to room temperature and refrigerate overnight or for 8 hrs.
Notes
*You can use any type of chocolate that you like.
*You can add the peppermint to the semi-sweet chips if you do not want to use white chocolate.
*You can add the peppermint to the semi-sweet chips if you do not want to use white chocolate.
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 26IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg