Fair warning to parents: this recipe is a bit messy. So... I think this is a recipe that kids would probably SUPER enjoy and it's pretty simple and stuff... but they'll probably get really sticky and covered in powder and possibly turn blue in the process. I mean, I'm an adult and I managed to do all of those things.
Okay! So, what we're going to be making is SNOWMINTS. They're like mints that look like snowmen. That's... it's... pun.
For this recipe, you will need:
- 1 tbsp softened butter
- 1 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp mint extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- food coloring
Mix everything (except the food coloring) together. I find it works best to add the cup of powdered sugar in 1/4th cup increments. You can stir with a spoon at the beginning, but it, erm, needs to get to the point where you knead it.
With about 2/3s of the mint-dough, form little snowmen bodies. That's pretty simply just rolled up balls stacked on top of one another.
Now, you're going to want to mix some food coloring into a little of the remaining dough (seriously, a very little of the remaining dough...) for noses. Preferably, you'll mix in both red and yellow to get a nice orange color so their noses look like snowman carrot noses and not remarkably like beaks. But, you know me: I never have all the right ingredients when I set off on one of these projects.
Anyway, then you form little noses and stick them to your little snowmen.
Then, add blue food coloring to remaining dough. Then, fashion little hats, scarves, earmuffs, capes, or whatever else you'd like out of the blue dough and fasten them to the snowmen.
Thus making adorable little treats. But also super sugary/sweet treats, so I'd advise against popping an entire snowmint in your mouth in one go.
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