Dorothy quite regularly asks to make ‘them sweets’ and she means these ones!
Our brightly coloured peppermint creams went down very well with everyone a few Christmases ago, but Dorothy was a particular fan, sneaking one whenever she went in to the kitchen!
Then whilst on one of my many Halloween shopping trips, I found a super cute mini bat cutter and realised that if you turn it upside down, a dove cutter (which we had in a Christmas cutter set) looks alot like a ghost. I knew straight away that I had to make a Halloween version.
You will need
250 grams icing sugar
1 egg white
Black food colouring gel
Peppermint extract
Lustre powder
Black candy melts or black edible ink pen
Cutters
Method
- Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl
- Add a few drops of peppermint and a tiny bit of egg white
- Mix well
- Continue to add egg white in tiny amounts until the mixture comes together as a dough that can be rolled out with a rolling pin
- Taste a little and add more peppermint if needed
- Split the dough in half and add a little black food colouring gel to one half
- If the black dough becomes too loose, simply add a little more icing sugar
- Roll out the dough and cut out small bats and ghosties
- Dust the bats with lustre powder
- Place on a sheet of greaseproof paper or on a wire rack and allow to harden
- While the peppermint creams are hardening, melt the candy melts and use a cocktail stick to give the ghosts little eyes
Aren’t they cute! I wanted to make some little pumpkins too but I can’t find a cutter that’s the right size. Maybe I’ll find one on the next shopping trip 😆
Love Rachel 🎃
1 comment
One of the first things I remember making in the kitchen were peppermint creams. So simple to make and delicious too x