Rich, chocolatey, homemade and healthy York peppermint patties.
Ooh, look!
Flying chocolate saucers!
Flying into my wide-open mouth. It’s funny how they don’t need to ask for directions…
Thick chocolate coating, filled with a rush of sweet peppermint.
These intense chocolate peppermint patties are out-of-this-world good.
*Cue creepy sci-fi music.*
Do you believe there’s life on other planets? I know people are considered quacks if they believe in aliens, and I don’t believe in the green, googly-eyed aliens of science-fiction movies. But who really knows there’s not life in some form outside of our own solar system? Earth is still best, though, because we have chocolate!
Healthy York Peppermint Patties
These homemade and healthy York peppermint patties are rich, chocolatey, and surprisingly vegan.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp water
- 2 tbsp coconut butter
- 1/8 tsp pure peppermint extract, or as desired
- 1 1/2 tsp agave or pure maple syrup, or stevia drops to taste
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp water
- 2 tbsp agave or pure maple syrup (see link below for a sugar-free sub)
Instructions
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a little bowl. (Best if the coconut butter is not melted.) In a separate bowl, combine last 4 ingredients. In candy molds or cupcake liners, spread out 1/2 of the chocolate, then portion the mint filling on top. Finally, cover with the rest of the chocolate and freeze until chilled. If you'd prefer sugar-free peppermint patties, omit last 4 ingredients and use my Sugar Free Chocolate Sauce.Substitution notes: If you don’t have coconut butter, perhaps you can sub more coconut oil, although I haven’t tried this and can’t vouch for the results. I haven’t tried any coconut-free variations of this particular recipe, but maybe try raw cashew butter or pureed cashews in the filling? If you don’t like mint, of course you are free to omit the extract. And you can sub melted chocolate chips for the last four ingredients if you don't have coconut oil.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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And by the way, these look awesome. Will definitely being making these soon.
can i use regular oil cant have coconut. i plan to use cocoa butter instead of coconut butter too
Sorry, I don’t think other oil will work. But you can just melt chocolate chips for the topping instead.
I wondered that also. Thanks M
These look soooo yummy!! When I was a kid, my gramma would always have the peppermint patty Klondike bars. They were my favorite!!
If you leave out the peppermint is it more like a Mounds bar? or add a few almonds on top and make an Almond Joy?? : D (which happens to be the candy of choice for my dad and I) I might just have to try that out today..
You might want to also add some shredded coconut and/or a little coconut extract because coconut butter doesn’t really have a coconutty flavor.
🙂 OK – I love that you mentioned this modification because I was totally thinking about the shredded coconut addition this morning after I looked at this recipe.
Hey Katie,
I think I’ve read that you try and stay away from too much sugar because you dont have a sweet tooth. I’ve found that I dont have much of a sweet tooth (as I dont crave things with sugar normally) but I’ve noticed that when I have foods that are heavily sweetened or made out of refined flours (white bread, even white rice) my body feels as though its on a sugar high and I want more and more sugar. I try and eat as clean of a diet as possibly with many whole foods and whole grains.
Do you have any suggestions? I’m thinking of cutting out all processed white foods, ice cream and see what happens for a little bit. I only eat white refined if I’m at a restaurant and I order pasta or have some bread out of the bread basket. At home I use whole grains in every meal.
Do you know if using stevia gives people the same sugar rush?
Thank you so much I really appreciate your opinion. Also, if any CCK readers would like to comment I’d love to hear from you too 🙂
Stevia dont give you a sugar rush! 🙂
Sorry, I don’t really know! It doesn’t give me a sugar rush, but I don’t eat much of it so I can’t say if it would if I ate larger quantities.
Try the 21 Day Sugar Detox from Balanced Bites. It should regulate your blood sugar levels. Then reintroduce the foods you cut out one at a time to see how they affect you! http://the21daysugardetox.com/
Stivia will not give you a sugar high because it is acctually takes longer for the body to digest so it acctually levels your blood sugar instead of spiking it.
Hey Katie! These look incredibly awesome, especially since it is finals week for my grad program and the makes me want chocolate even more than usual. Do you have any substitution suggestions for the coconut oil? I make my own coconut butter, so I generally have that on hand but the oil is pretty pricey.
Oh man, I hate grammatical errors. I meant “that makes me want chocolate even more than usual.” I’m sure you could figure it out, but it was going to bug me.
Thanks for reminding me! I just edited my post. You can omit last three ingredients and just use melted chocolate chips as the coating.
You can get coconut oil at Vitacost for 20.99 (54 oz)
http://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-extra-virgin-certified-organic-coconut-oil-54-fl-oz-1
it’s wonderful I use it all the time!
I want these. Like…now.
As far as life on other planets, while it’s not something I really think about, I think it would be a little naive to think that in the vast universe Earth is the only planet graced with life of some sort, ya know? (Whether it be breathing life or plant life, etc)
I bet the other life forms out there probably think the same thing, ya know? That THEY’re the only ones out there. Little do they know! 😉
Sorry if I’m just missing this, but what’s the yield for this recipe?
Ooo I can answer for Katie!
It’s on her “view nutrition facts” link.
Yes, I am wondering like Claire… how many does this recipe make?
See above answer!
These look amazing! Anything with peppermint I’m all about!
I never buy any fun extracts but I always want to! This recipe makes me want to go out and buy peppermint extract NOW! They look so yummy!