Homemade Andes Mints

It it never a holiday at my house without Holiday Mints! This chocolate mint
dessert recipe is a family recipe that has been passed down generations. These
homemade andes mints have more chocolate than the store bought kind! You can
color the filling to fit the holiday.

Servings: 12 people

Author:

Prep Time
30 minutes

cool time
1 hour

Total Time
1 hour, 30 minutes

Course:

Dessert

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

holiday recipes andes mint recipe peppermint patties christmas recipes holiday desserts

🧂 Ingredients

12 oz chocolate chips
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup white baking chips
1 tbsp peppermint extract
food coloring color of your choice

Instructions

1 Pour chocolate chips and 1 cup of the sweetened condensed milk in a medium sized
glass bowl. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir with rubber spatula. If not melted
thoroughly, microwave at 10 second intervals until all melted. Stir in vanilla.
2 Cut parchment paper for an 8×8 pan. Place parchment paper in pan. Spread HALF of
the chocolate mixture into pan. Freeze for 15 minutes.
3 While chocolate is freezing, in a small glass bowl, pour in white chocolate
chips and the rest of the sweetened condensed milk. Microwave for 1 minute. If
not all the way melted, keep microwaving at 15 second intervals until all
melted. Add in the peppermint and food coloring.
4 After the 15 minutes of freezing the chocolate is up, take pan out of freezer.
Spread the white baking chip mixture onto the chocolate. Freeze for an
additional 10 minutes.
5 After the 10 minutes is up, spread the last layer of chocolate onto the white
chip mixture. Freeze for an 2 hours to set.
6 Cut mints into bite size pieces. Serve your Homemade Andes Mints cold!

Nutrition Info

Name	Amount
Calories	293 kcal