Here you go, oodles of things to do with those leftover candy canes. (Or maybe you want to pick some up on sale.)
Use them whole:
1. Stir your hot cocoa
2. Stir your hot tea
3. Stir your coffee (works for lattes & cappuccinos, too)
4. Stir your cocktail
5. Stir your milkshake
6. Snap off the hooked end and dip the straight piece in the chocolate of your choice for homemade “reception sticks”
7. Candy Kebabs (spear marshmallows and roll them in sprinkles or other crushed candies)
8. Valentine’s Heart (I’ll try to kitchen test this over the weekend)
9. Edible Fondue Sticks (best for marshmallows)
Crush them lightly:
10. Ice Cream Sprinkles
11. Cake Sprinkles
12. Cupcake Sprinkle
13. Frosted Cookie Sprinkles
14. On top of Whipped Cream in your Hot Cocoa
15. Roll marshmallows in them and eat them whole, toast them in the microwave or drop them in hot cocoa
Make Candy Cane Sugar:
16. Sweeten your Hot Tea
17. Sweeten your Iced Tea
18. Sweeten your Hot Cocoa
19. Sweeten your Coffee or Mocha
20. Use to rim your Cocktails (or this one)
Use them in recipes:
21. White Chocolate Candy Cane Fudge
22. Peppermint Four Layer Cake
23. Chocolate Mint Layer Cake
24. Chocolate Peppermint Bark (I like to pour mine into candy cups instead of making a bark.)
25. Make vanilla ice cream into Peppermint Ice Cream
26. Make your own Peppermint Ice Cream Sandwiches
27. Chocolate Candy Cane Sandwich Cookies
28. Candy Cane Chocolate Chunk Cookies
29. Candy Cane Brownies (these are vegan!)
30. Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels
31. Peppermint Meringues
32. Add to Rice Krispies Treats
33. Candy Cane Cheesecake
So, what can you add to the list?
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Vodka infused with candycanes makes a peppermint schnapps-like infusion. Very good in hot chocolate.
One idea: peppermint bark. You can use any kind of chocolate, or chocolate melts - spread the melted chocolate onto waxed paper into a thin layer and sprinkle crushed candy canes on top. When hard, break into pieces. Yum!
This list is exhaustively comprehensive. I will save this in the recipe file that get’s passed on to my daughters.
I made “peppermint balls”—like rum balls or bourbon balls, but with peppermint schnapps—and rolled them in crushed candy canes.
melt some chocolate, then dip a pretty spoon into it and roll around in some crushed candy canes. or just melt some chocolate and mush in the candy cane and then cool it a little bit and make little balls of chocolate. haven’t tried that one yet though.
Another use of leftover candy canes is to break off the hook shaped end (which will leave a sharp end) and use it as a back scratcher…duh…why didn’t anyone else think of it?
I have used the small onea to make ornaments. Use them still in the plastic wrap. Take a red ribbon put between 2 facing canes and glue them together and tie the ribbon to make a hanger and you can take more ribbon and make a small bow for the top to hide the glue blob… They come out way cuter than i have described.
We had tons of candy canes and the big fat peppermint sticks….I added a bit of water and melted them on the stove. Makes a great peppermint syrup that can stay in the freezer for a very long time. The syrup can be used in cocoa, recipes, lattes, etc. Very simple to make.
My grandmother was very poor and the only time she got candy was at christmas time and it was a candy cane, and the only time she got an orange was also at christmas. So she broke off the crook and bit off the bottom and used the candy cane as a :straw” to suck up the pepperminty orange juice. it is best to squeeze the orange between your palms or roll on a table to bring out the juice. Cheap candy canes work best because they have air holes. It is a tradition in my house to remember grandma and to remember how blest we are to have plenty of food and each other. Kids love it
using candy cane syrup to make minty lemonade now! hoping for success
Tape them to Christmas card envelopes and gifts!
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