Do you love mint and chocolate together? Then you’re going to love these healthy, chocolate peppermint patties.
Seriously.
And you know the best part?
There’s no emulsifiers. No artificial ingredients.
Nope!
The ingredients in this recipe stand the test of time and they’re probably ones you have in your pantry right now.
So, for an occasional treat, these surely hit the spot.
Especially if you’ve been missing those “other” peppermint patties you gave up after trying to eat healthier.
These are so easy and delicious!
And they’re only made with real food ingredients.
EVERYONE who has tried these says they’re the bomb.
I have to agree!
Let me know how you like them.
Peppermint Patties (gluten free)
Ingredients
--Patties--
- 1/3 cup dried, shredded coconut unsweet
- 1/3 cup almond flour/meal
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- pinch of salt
--Chocolate coating--
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ground Himalayan sea salt to taste
Instructions
Make the Patties
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Blend ingredients for patties in medium bowl until smooth. Mixture will be a "sandy" texture but will hold together once you move to the next step. (You can process the ingredients in a food processor if you want it really smooth but I don't do that. Just mix it with a spoon.)
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Divide the sandy mixture into about 12 portions, each about the size of a pingpong ball. Roll each portion into a ball in your hand, and squeeze tight to form a firm ball.
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Place each ball on a wax paper-lined baking sheet that will fit in your freezer. While holding the ball with your left hand on the wax paper to keep the edges together, flatten the ball slightly with your right hand thumb to flatten the ball a bit into a patty shape. Uneven is fine! Keep them on the wax paper-lined baking sheet and set in the freezer for 15-20 minutes, to firm them up.
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While the patties are cooling down, make your chocolate coating.
Chocolate Coating
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Chocolate coating: Warm the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Don't overheat or completely melt all the chips - take the bowl out of the microwave when some of chips still look whole (see note below).
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Add the 2 tsp oil and cinnamon and stir the chips to melt them all together. The chocolate sauce should be able to drip off of a spoon in "long, melty streams" when you pull the spoon out of the sauce. If not, melt it a little more, 5-10 seconds at a time.
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After patties are in the freezer 15-20 minutes, dip each patty in the chocolate sauce to coat it evenly. Remove each patty with a fork, let excess chocolate sauce drip off a bit and place the chocolate covered patties back on the wax paper-lined baking sheet.
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Sprinkle each patty with a pinch of salt (optional).
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Freeze patties for another 10-15 minutes until the chocolate has hardened.
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Enjoy! 1 patty is a serving. You can keep patties in fridge for up to a week in a closed container. I keep the patties in layers, separating the layers by a piece of wax paper.
Recipe Notes
Don't overheat chocolate chips: When you overheat chocolate chips while melting them, they can "seize," meaning the cocoa particles clump together, resulting in a thick, grainy, and lumpy texture, losing their smooth, silky quality. This is often caused by exceeding the ideal melting temperature and can make the chocolate unusable for most applications.
You can take steps to try and fix it by adding a small amount of fat like vegetable oil or cocoa butter and stir to re-emulsify the chocolate.
Storage: These will keep well in the freezer in a snap-top container for a few months. (But they won't last that long -- everyone loves them!)
Nutrition:
Per Serving (1 of 12 Patties):
Calories: ~160 kcal
Protein: ~1.4 g
Carbohydrates: ~12 g
Fat: ~8.9 g
Fiber: ~2 g
These are approximate values and may vary slightly based on ingredient brands and measurements.
How about you? Is this something you can sink your teeth into? 🙂
-Caitlin Russell MS RDN LD CLT
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