85 peppermint recipes

Mint Moments are melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies with cornstarch for tenderness, rolled in crushed peppermint candy and powdered sugar while still warm.

Chocolate Chip layered shot with Swiss chocolate almond liqueur, Baileys Irish Cream, and peppermint schnapps. A sweet, minty dessert shooter that tastes like a chocolate chip cookie.

Silky peppermint chocolate squares that literally melt on your tongue, made with sugar-free milkcote chocolate coating and dipped for a smooth, snappy shell. Makes 8 dozen candies. A dietetic candy that tastes like pure indulgence.

A boozy chocolate sheet cake laced with peppermint schnapps and sweetened condensed milk, topped with a minty schnapps frosting. Big batch, bold flavor, and ready in an hour.

Homemade mint wafers with just 3 ingredients: powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and peppermint extract. No-bake candy that's simple to shape and perfect for gifting.

Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves (dolma) filled with brown rice, dill, cinnamon, allspice, and a hint of peppermint. Meatless dolma simmered in lemon broth, served hot or cold as a make-ahead appetizer.

Fudgy cocoa brownies topped with melted peppermint patties spread into a smooth mint chocolate layer. Double chocolate, double mint, and seriously indulgent.

No-bake Halloween spider cookies made by stacking peppermint patties on butter cookies, then piping frosting legs and candy eyes. A spooky craft kids can eat!

Peppermint ice cream pie with creme de menthe, semi-sweet chocolate, and crushed candy in a graham cracker crust. A frozen mint-chocolate dessert that sets in 5 hours.

Old-fashioned chocolate cake with crushed peppermint stick candy folded right into the batter. A tender cocoa layer cake with a cool, pepperminty crunch. Straight out of a mid-century church cookbook.

Christmas tree cake cut from a 13x9 sheet cake into a tree shape, frosted green and decorated with peppermint candies, pretzel rod trunk, and a gumdrop star. Festive holiday show-stopper from one boxed mix.

Two layers of chocolate-mint cheesecake on a crushed Thin Mint cookie crust, finished with peppermint chocolate ganache. Girl Scout cookie season just became a year-round affair.

Spirited chocolate truffles blend milk and dark chocolate ganache with your choice of liqueur (raspberry, almond, peppermint, or orange), then dip in melted chocolate and dust with cocoa.

Chocolate mint flavored coffee grounds blended with chocolate, mint, and vanilla extracts. A homemade flavored coffee blend that brews up like a peppermint mocha for a fraction of cafe prices.

Twisted peppermint candy cane cookies with red and white dough, sprinkled with crushed candy while still warm. A festive holiday baking project that kids and adults both love shaping by hand.

Cold-brewed herbal iced tea made overnight with flavored tea bags and filtered water. A caffeine-free, no-cook method for smooth peppermint, strawberry, or lemon tea.