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This easy to make peppermint plate looks good enough to eat. As a matter of fact, you CAN eat it! Grab this holiday recipe!

Peppermint Plate

This super easy, super dramatic recipe for a peppermint plate – and yes, that means a plate made out of peppermints – comes to you courtesy of my mama.  While she is full of artistic surprises all year round, she goes into overdrive during the holidays.

And so last Christmas she appeared at my door with this plate made out of peppermint candies.  It’s all kinds of merry and bright, and a snap to put together…let’s make it!

And while you absolutely CAN eat it if you want to, I used it throughout the holidays to serve up cookies, and then I propped it up on the magnet board in my studio to inspire me throughout the year.

Framed Cooks studio desk

In the meantime, my mama is once again spreading holiday cheer throughout my house.  For example, yesterday I went to Shop-Rite where they were selling bunches of flowers at $3 for $9.

So I scooped up some carnations and babies breath and chrysanthemums and a bunch of other things I don’t know the name of.  If they were red, green or white I went for it, and at the end I had 9 bunches of flowers for a little under $30.  What a bargain!

Then my mama came over and did this with them.

flowers

And this…

flowers

And this…

flowers

And then she took last week’s bunch of wilted flowers and rearranged the ones that still had some life in them and added some of the new ones and now this is sitting on my studio table.

flowers

I’m telling you, she is MAGIC.  So it’s no wonder that she comes over with things like peppermint plates, right?

Peppermint Plate

Here’s how you make your own peppermint plate!

Get yourself a bag of round peppermint candies – you’re going to need about 70 of them.  Either unwrap them yourself or find a helpful elf to do it with you.

Next, line the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan with parchment, and then place the candies in a single layer on the parchment in a circular pattern.  Leave a teeny bit of space between them.

Then pop the pan into the oven for about 10 minutes until the candies have melted into each other.  Let the peppermint plate cool completely before you take it out of the pan.

Now all that’s left is to cover the peppermint plate with fudge or cookies, and to bask in all the admiration that will come your way for your holiday skills!

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Peppermint Plate

  • Author: Kate MorganJackson
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 1 plate 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

This easy to make peppermint plate looks good enough to eat. As a matter of fact, you CAN eat it!

Ingredients

  • 70 round peppermint candies, unwrapped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9 inch springform pan with parchment paper.
  2. Place the peppermints in a circular pattern on the parchment, leaving a little space in between them.
  3. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the candies have melted into each other.
  4. Cool completely, then unmold the springform pan, take the plate out and peel the parchment off the bottom.

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  3. Dawn @ Girl Heart Food says

    Your mom certainly has talent! Looks beautiful! And this candy plate is just too darn cute!! I would love to make this for Christmas as a serving platter…the longest part would be unwrapping all those candies ;) Pinned!

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  6. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says

    Oh my goodness, your mother is fabulously creative!!! All the floral arrangements she made for you are gorgeous! And this plate is EVERYTHING Christmas should be about! So FUN and perfectly festive! I am just swooning over this idea!!! I can’t wait to give it a try! I am making cookies for Boy to give to a bunch of his clients, so I’m thinking that putting them on this plate and wrapping it in pretty clear wrapping (like gift baskets) would be so fun! YAY! Thanks so much for this idea!! PINNED! Cheers!

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  9. Amanda says

    Wow. Your mom really has an artistic eye. Those arrangements are fabulous! And that peppermint plate is so fun. How cute would a wedding cake look sitting on a big one for a winter wedding?! ????

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  10. Stephanie | The Foodie and The Fix says

    So, Kate… your mama is amazing. And definitely magical. This plate is neat and SO pretty! My kids would love doing this, too! Plus those floral arrangements are GORGEOUS. I have zero talent in that arena. The hubs brought me home some flowers the other day and I’m here to tell ya, they don’t look like any of those! Also, that magnetic board looks awesome, I think I might need one! Pinning, my friend!

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    • Kate says

      You can use a round cake pan, just make sure that the parchment extends up around the edges so it doesn’t stick to the sides.

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    • ColleenB.~ Tx. says

      I have used a glass pie plate before; bringing the parchment paper up and over the edges of the pie plate.
      Have also used a 8×8 sq. pan; doing the same as the pie plate; making sure the parchment paper extends over the sides of the pan.
      Want a long serving platter; use a small baking sheet; just making sure that it is well covered with parchment paper as you don’t want any of the candies touching the pan itself.

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