Snowflakes and cookies… and chocolate and peppermint… these are a few of my favorite things! I‘m envisioning Julie Andrews in the Swiss Alps… “Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes…” Sing it! When the holidays roll around and I break out the snowflake cookie cutter, I’m transported back to those fabulous childhood memories of…
Pink Peppermint Cut Out Cookies
As soon as the cool weather hits and the crispness is in the air… it’s PEPPERMINT time! These adorable pink angels are perfect for your holiday baking needs. I just LOVE using a gingerbread cookie cutter for cookies that are not exactly gingerbread boys. Their cute little faces are so sweet! Now you can…
Chewy Peppermint Cookies
Peppermint and chocolate and colorful sprinkles, perfect! These cookies are full of delicious peppermint flavor without being OVERLY pepperminty… the dark chocolate is just the perfect dip for these, or is it the sprinkles…. they are just TOO Cute! I just love how colorful these are and can’t you just imagine them on your holiday…
Peppermint Fudge
Peppermint is a classic Christmas Candy, shaped like candy canes and round mints that have an irresistible cool taste. This fudge turned out such a pretty pink color, and the minty goodness is obvious as soon as you take the lid off one of these cuties. The individual sized fudge is perfect for gift giving,…
Peppermint Mocha Cut Out Cookies
The Holidays just wouldn’t be the Holidays with out Candy Canes! ….and well cookies of course. These Mocha Peppermint Cookies are very festive. I think if you stuff your pockets full of these, they will help you conquer all your Holiday Craziness. They will keep your tummy happy and give you a caffeine boost to be able to stay…
Peppermint Cookie Cups with Fudge Filling
It’s been a PEPPERMINT week her at Created by Diane. It started off with Peppermint Cookies and Peppermint Icing followed by Peppermint Scones and ending with these Peppermint Cookie Cups with Fudge Filling. These bite sized treats are rich and delicious! For the ganache: bring one cup of cream to a boil then pour it over…
Peppermint Scones
Yes these are Peppermint, Yes they are scones, Yes they are shaped like candy canes, but No I didn’t crush up hard candy canes and put them into these. I used Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips in these, which are like peppermint bark. I’ve been seeing lots of peppermint white chocolate quite a bit, it’s…
Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies with Peppermint Icing
Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies with Peppermint Icing Candy canes are so popular at Christmas times so no better time for me to try a new cookie and icing flavor than now. Even the sound of pink peppermint brings on a smile. I made these cookies for the Food Blogger Cookie Swap. Lindsay and Julie came up…
Mini Peppermint Bark Cupcakes
A fun version of peppermint bark. Mini Peppermint Bark Cupcake I melted dark chocolate for the bottom and mixed white chocolate with crushed peppermint candy canes for the top part of the cupcake, placed it into the two part mini cupcake candy mold and topped them off with a mini heart sprinkle. What…
Pretty in Pink Candy Cane Cupcakes
I have always loved York Peppermint Patties, they are cool and minty with a layer of rich chocolate. I made my favorite chocolate cake recipe into chocolate cupcakes and added mint extract and then frosted them with mint flavored buttercream and rolled the edges in crushed candy canes, they are cool and minty and…
