If you’ve been wondering how to make homemade Peppermint Patties this is the recipe for you! With only 4 ingredients, all you need to make this healthy Peppermint Patty recipe is coconut oil, dark chocolate, honey, and peppermint extract.
We make this healthy paleo dessert recipe all year round, but especially enjoy it on St. Patrick’s Day.
Peppermint Patties
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup honey or agave nectar
- ½ teaspoon organic peppermint extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine coconut oil, honey, and peppermint extract in a pint mason jar
- Using a hand blender whisk until smooth
- Refrigerate for 2 hours until firm
- Transfer into peppermint patty mold
- Place mold in freezer for 45 minutes until patties are firm
- Melt chocolate over very low heat and allow to cool thoroughly or patties will disolve
- Dip patties into melted chocolate using a dipping tool
- Transfer to a parchment paper lined small baking sheet
- Place in freezer for 15 minutes
- Serve
For perfect results with this homemade Peppermint Patties recipe, make sure the coconut oil mixture is rock solid before you dip it in the chocolate. Another tip? Do not over heat the the chocolate. If you have any leftovers, be sure to store them in the refrigerator or freezer, as they will not stay solid if stored at room temperature.
My husband adored these homemade Peppermint Patties, scarfing them down after work the other day. What we love about this gluten-free candy is that it melts in your mouth. The boys enjoyed them too!
Here are some of my other gluten-free candy recipes:
Gem Zolciak says
These sound amazing but am I dense or blind? I can’t find a button to pin recipes from this site like most others. I see different sharing buttons but not pinterest .
TIA
Elana says
Gem, if you hover over the photo the “Pin it” button will appear :-)
Shel says
Has anyone tried using stevia instead of honey? My hubby is diabetic and I need mostly sugar free….
Bobbi says
Yes..it is veeeery good..used one packet.
Dana says
thank you i was wondering that too… candida free diet here
Elana says
Dana, here’s a link to my Candida Diet Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/candida/
Enjoy!
Elana
Sarah says
I just made these, and they are SO GOOD!!! We are on the GAPS recipe, so I didn’t want to use chocolate with refined sugar in it. I decided to make my own chocolate using baker’s chocolate:
60g (about 3.5T) unsweetened chocolate
50g (about 2.5T) cocoa butter
2 Tbsp honey
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
I followed the advice of some of the other comments, and froze the patties completely, and letting the chocolate “dip” come to room temperature after melting (30 minutes to wait until it comes to room temperature). The chocolate “stuck” no problem! :)
Kenda says
Hi Elana,
I’m just wondering if I can use Aura Cacia peppermint oil in this recipe?
Thanks,
Kenda
deniseregina says
Wondering something similar: peppermint oil versus peppermint extract. Woauld the oil be essential oil I got at Whole Foods? It is organic.
Elana says
Hi there, I use organic food grade peppermint extract in this recipe. If you click the green text in the ingredients portion of the recipe you will be given exact info on the product I use :-)
Organic Superfoods says
These look amazing, Im going to make these this weekend, can’t wait.
I love chocolate and coconut, big fan of your recipes also.
Nicole says
Is there a coconut oil substitute I can use? I’m allergic to coconut.
Elana says
Nicole, I haven’t tried that so not sure. If you do experiment please let us know how it goes :-)
Maricruz Zacharias says
I would use carbob; I make all my recipes with it, it’s very tasty.
Elana says
Maricruz, that’s an interesting idea, I wonder if it would work well in this recipe :-)
Tamara says
I made these about 20 minutes ago, just ate one. They are amazing, I’m extremely happy with them. Chocolate + mint = heaven.
Elana says
So glad these were amazing Tamara!
Michelle says
These are my favorite. I make them all of the time. Thank you for sharing.
Elana says
Michelle, so glad you are enjoying this recipe!
Tracy Gale says
I figured it out, but the chocolate has to be as cool as possible.the coconut oil mixture has to be really cold….frozen! My non paleo family really loved them. FYI, I used raw honey to sweeten, and had to mix it at is hardened in the freezer so the honey wouldn’t separate to the bottom. Yummy.
Elana says
Glad to hear these were yummy :-)
Tracy Gale says
I tried this recipe, but my chocolate wouldn’t stick to the coconut oil mixture. I waited for the chocolate mix to get as cool as possible without hardening. Suggestions?