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    Home » Recipes » Holiday » Christmas » Festive Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes

    LAST UPDATED: August 11, 2018 • FIRST PUBLISHED: December 1, 2016 By Toni Dash 43 Comments

    Festive Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes

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    Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes are easy to make in less than an hour! Pretty and festive, they are great for stirring hot winter drinks, as gifts, to decorate holiday packages or for a snack!

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    Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes in a glass

    It’s just December 1st and I already feel like I’m behind for the holidays, do you?! Rolling off the lazy Thanksgiving break lands us smack into holiday planning. Between gifts and holiday traditions I have way too much on my plate.

    We have a Countdown to Christmas box I found at a craft store when my kids were really little. It’s a little wooden cabinet with doors on the front of it and little drawers, one for each day of December. What started as a purchase on a whim has turned into a very serious holiday tradition.

    Each day my kids find a trinket or little note associated with an activity in the box. When the kids were little I would plan out the entire month of fun things to do, from like spontaneous night drives with hot cocoa to look at holiday lights to holiday movie binges. Now I’m lucky to stuff something in the box the night before!

    Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes.

    These Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes are perfect for a holiday surprise like our box (or if St. Nicholas visits your house on December 5th, you might suggest these to him to put in the shoes left out!). They are super easy and quick to make. They make great decoration on a gift, and are beautiful packaged together for snacking OR to use as stirring sticks in a favorite holiday drink (like this Arctic Peppermint Mocha Shake).

    Candy canes are dipped or brushed with melted chocolate and rolled in smashed starlight peppermints or spearmints. Once the chocolate hardens they are done! Any type of mint candy cane will work so mixing colors is fun too. There is something so festive about them, isn’t there?

    I’m sure with all of your gift giving you’ll think of people perfect for this homemade gift of Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes! It definitely puts me in the holiday mood to make them too.

    Chocolate drink with Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes.

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    Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes in a glass

    Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes

    These Double Mint Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes sing the holidays! Any pattern of mint Candy Cane can be used and covered with crushed peppermint Starlight mints or green and white spearmint candies. They easily can be whipped up in less than an hour and are a perfect compliment to holiday packages.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 15 chocolate dipped candy canes
    Calories: 97kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 15 full size (6 inches tall, ¼ inch diameter) Candy Canes, unwrapped
    • 4 ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
    • Approximately 35 striped candy mints (peppermint or spearmint depending on your preference)

    Instructions

    • To crush mint candies: Place unwrapped mints into a freezer zip plastic bag. If using multiple colored candies and wishing to keep them separate, use separate plastic bags for each color. Using a rolling pin, pound the candies to crush them into small pieces. Over pounding will reduce them to a fine dust which is not desirable. Remove candies and place them into a large, flat dinner plate or baking sheet which will allow the candy canes to be rolled in the crushed candy.
    • 2-3 inches of water to boil over a small to medium saucepan. Place the chocolate chips in a metal bowl that sits on top the saucepan without going into the pan. Alternatively the chocolate chips can be melted in a microwave by placing them in a microwave safe bowl, melt on high/100% for one minute, stir and microwave in 10 second increments, stirring in between, until the chocolate is melted fully. Do not over heat in the microwave.
    • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
    • Using a dinner knife, dip the knife into the melted chocolate and cover the stem of the candy cane, starting directly across from the end of the curved end continuing to the end of the candy cane stem. The coating should be thick enough for the crushed candies to stick but not so much that is coats the crushed candies or drips from the cane.
    • Gently place the chocolate coated candy cane in the crushed candies, pressing down to allow the candies to adhere to the chocolate. Roll or rotate the candy cane in the crushed candies until the chocolate is covered. Place on the parchment paper to harden.
    • Repeat until all the candy canes are coated.
    • For quicker hardening place the baking sheet with candy canes into the refrigerator until hardened (30 minutes-1 hour).

    Nutrition

    Calories: 97kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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    This delicious recipe was originally published in December 2013 and has been updated in 2016.

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    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    1. Jeanine says

      December 02, 2016 at 9:48 am

      5 stars
      What a great idea. this looks so good. I know my kids would love to have some dipped candy canes. I buy candy canes but the truck load around this time of year!

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    2. Janeane Davis says

      December 02, 2016 at 9:23 am

      Wow, those look so delicious! What’s not to love about candy on candy!

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      • Toni Dash says

        December 02, 2016 at 9:31 am

        Ha, ha! Techically I guess it’s candy on candy on candy!

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    3. Reesa Lewandowski says

      December 02, 2016 at 8:24 am

      What a fun idea for holiday food gifts! I’d love these! Chocolate & peppermint are my favorite combo!

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      • Toni Dash says

        December 02, 2016 at 9:05 am

        Me too Reesa!

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    4. Dina Demarest says

      December 02, 2016 at 6:58 am

      Those look delicious! I’d love to make those and give them to friends in a coffee basket or a goodie basket. Delicious!

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    5. Melissa @ The Staten Island family says

      December 02, 2016 at 6:48 am

      Not only does this look super delicious but it also looks like it would be easy to whip up with the kids! Definitely putting this recipe on my holiday list! Those pics are EVERYTHING!!

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    6. Meagan says

      December 02, 2016 at 6:35 am

      These are really beautiful. They would be perfect for my mint cocoa craving!

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    7. Annemarie LeBlanc says

      December 02, 2016 at 1:57 am

      These double mint chocolate dipped candy canes are a great idea. It looks so pretty in a drink and I am sure it tastes good as it is. Thanks for the idea. I’d love to serve this to my guests this Christmas.

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    8. Lisa says

      December 02, 2016 at 12:20 am

      I love this idea! I may have to do this in place of the dipped pretzels I bring – these are even more festive!

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    9. Alicia says

      December 01, 2016 at 8:58 pm

      What a great idea! These would be perfect in hot cocoa for movie nights.

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    10. Claudia Krusch says

      December 01, 2016 at 8:57 pm

      My son would love these too! They are so perfect for the holiday season.Can’t wait to try them!

      Reply
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