4th Of July Peppermint Patties

With the 4th of July approaching I thought I’d share with you a cute candy idea,  perfect for the festivities, they can be altered in many ways – Home Made Peppermint Patties. I made them using different colors(Candy Cane for Christmas, for this coming holiday I used  Patriotic red – blue – white, but you can do red – green – white for Christmas; or red – pink – white for Valentine’s day. Variations are endless.

You don’t need to layer them like I did, you can just keep them simple but if you decide to complicate things a bit here is a HOW to:

 

• Roll
  each dough individually between two pieces of parchment or wax paper.The
  layers should be fairly thin. You need to make sure that layers of each
  dough are similar in size. I found that it helps to roll each dough
  into  a “snake” shape of certain length and then just roll into a
  rectangle shape. Chill  rolled out layers for a little bit /5 minutes/ we are going to
  stack 3 layers on top of each other and then roll them into a log.

• Once you have your layers  chilled we will assemble the  Peppermint Pattie log  

 

• stack the  layers, peeling the first layer and placing it directly onto  surface lined  with dusted wax paper, layer white blue red on top of each other, peeling the parchment
  papers off

• once
  you have all layers stacked, use a rolling pin and just very gently roll
  the pin using slight pressure just to even the dough out, this will
  also help with eliminating any air cavities between individual
  layers.If needed let the layers soften a little before the second the next step.

• Now
  comes the tricky part, in order to roll 3 layers into a Peppermint
  log they have to be soft enough so they don’t break in the process but
  not too soft or it is impossible to roll(I know I told you to chill them
  first, but that was for a another reason, so you could peel off the
  parchment paper). Let them soften a little bit, and roll 3 layers into
  one large log.Use the bottom wax paper to help you start, gently lift
  the wax paper to start with the rolling, if it looks like it is tearing a
  little just work your way until you have a one log, at the end it will
  come together, the dough is pretty soft, and any small tears you’ll
  see can be easily smoothed out, once done   roll the log using  palms
  of your hands  to achieve the even thickness throughout  shape, but don’t push too
  hard, just very gently, at this point dough will be soft.Wrap the log
  with parchment paper or wax paper/ plastic wrap works too and freeze
  until hard. 

 

 

 

To illustrate the process I used images from Watermelon Peppermint Patties, same technique applies to 4th of July Patties

 

• Freeze the patties until hard/very important/

•  Melt the Chocolate wafers and dip each round into the chocolate, using a
  large dipping fork or a meat fork(works great), gently shake of the
  excess and place freshly coated patties onto the tray lines wit wax
  paper. Once you are done with all the patties, put the tray into the
  fridge for 10 minutes to harden the chocolate.

Store mint patties in a cool place in an airtight container, layered, wax paper between each layer.

 

I had these stored in airtight container in the fridge with no problems for about a month or so, bring to room temperature before serving.I can assure you these will melt in your mouth and you’ll hardly have an issue with storing them, as they’ll be gone before you know it.:-)

 

I made tri color patties several times here are few variations that I made.