Last Updated August 26th, 2018 at 06:21 pm by Lisa
Peppermint Candy Plate for cookies: DIY in 20 minutes. You need: 1 bag of mints, a pan, and parchment paper. Use to serve cookies, candy, or hot chocolate!
What an adorable plate to serve mugs of hot chocolate with toppings for a party…
I first saw these on Pinterest and just had to make one, I went to the store to get the mints that day. These plates or trays can be made in any shape or size you wish, using the red or green mints and even candy canes. Create your own design and just have fun.
The cookies pictured below are Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies (right) and Best Ever Butter Cookies by Land O Lakes Butter (left). I have made the Butter Cookies every year since 1991 and have the original recipe book from Land O Lakes. It wouldn’t be Christmas without those butter cookies, and now we love the new recipe for Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies.
Here is the recipe link for Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies.
I took this plate to a family Christmas Eve party. My family kept asking how I made the plate…and never mind the cookies! Just kidding, they ate the cookies. Every last one.
- What you need:
- 1 bag of Brach’s Star Brites peppermint candy
- cookie sheet spring-form pan, or tart pan
- parchment paper
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Heat oven to 350 degrees.
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Line your pan with parchment paper or line a cookie sheet
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Arrange unwrapped mints in any design you wish on top of the parchment paper, allow extra room on the sides as the mints will melt and spread.
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Bake for approximately 5-8 minutes. Watch carefully.
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Take out and allow to cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes.
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Remove from the bottom, be careful, tray is fragile and breaks easily
Tips for Candy Plate: If you want to shape or mold the tray in any way after you melt it, you should do so in the first minute it is out of the oven. It hardens quickly. But it is hot so be careful! Try using a spring-form pan if you have one. Let the parchment paper be a bit bigger than the bottom of the spring-form pan to help you remove the candy plate.
Tips for the Candy Plate:
Try using a spring-form pan if you have one. I used a tart pan, it was not easy to remove the candy plate.
Let the parchment paper be a bit bigger than the bottom of the spring-form pan, this helps you remove the candy plate.
If you like this project, here is a cookie recipe that goes perfectly on the plate!
Here is the recipe link for Santa’s Chocolate Chip Peppermint Cookies.
Merry Christmas!
All the Best,
Lisa
XO
Can you put some kind of a sealer on this plates/trays so you can wash them and they last for a few years?
Hi Lisa! So glad you made the candy plate…fun for the holidays! Well honestly I don’t know. Since it is made with candy, even coated it might not last due to temperature and humidity. You can always give it a try I suppose? Good luck and let us know if you find a way to preserve it.
OMG – loved this! Genius idea and the kids loved seeing how it turned out. I actually made this in March, not as a Christmas plate but just as a general plate to serve cookies on at a family get-together. Everyone commented on it!