Have you ever made homemade Peppermint Patties? I did for the first time last year, and man are they easy. And SO delicious. Because of my great love for these delectable palate cleansers, I decided to give them a fun twist!
Chocolate Pumpkin Patties
Have you ever made homemade Peppermint Patties? I did for the first time last year, and man are they easy. And SO delicious. Because of my great love for these delectable palate cleansers, I decided to give them a fun twist!
Ingredients
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 6 c powder sugar
- 1/4 tsp. pumpkin extract*
- McCormicks Red Food Coloring
- McCormicks Yellow Food Coloring
- 3 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp. shortening
Instructions
- Place sweetened condensed milk, powder sugar, 6 drops of McCormicks red food coloring, 9 drops of
- McCormicks yellow food coloring, and pumpkin extract into mixer.
- Start on slow and let all ingredients blend together. If mixer seems to struggle, you can go up one speed.
- Once powder sugar is mostly incorporated you can increase speed until mixture is fully combined.
- Take a heaping tablespoon and roll it into a ball. Place on baking sheet. My baking sheet fit about 24.
- Take a glass and press each ball down into a flat disc.
- Do this to all the pumpkin mixture and then place in the freezer for 15-30 minutes.
- Place semi-sweet chocolate into a microwave safe container and melt chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring well after each 30-second interval. When chocolate is mostly melted (some chunks can remain) add in shortening. Place back in microwave for 15-30 seconds.
- Remove one tray of pumpkin discs from freezer. Place one disc on fork and dip into thin chocolate mixture. Let excess chocolate fall back into bowl and then place chocolate covered pumpkin disc on parchment lined baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes (or an hour at room temperature) and enjoy!
- *Purchased Pumpkin Extract from King Arthur Flour
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I found the extract at King Arthur Flour. This is not your mama’s extract, and really pacts a punch! They recommend using 1/8 to 1/4 tsp in baking and I totally agree.
For as easy as these are to make, you would not believe how decadent they taste.
not specifically for halloween, but i love to bake for fall!
I usually bake some fun cupcakes for Halloween dessert!
pumpkin snickerdoodles. Yum.
I haven’t really gotten in the habit, but I’m slowly starting to do more.
Not just for Halloween but I love baking with pumpkin. I made peppermint patties for the first time last Christmas. They were easy and awesome. I would love the pumpkin ones too…
I do not normally bake for Halloween, but I do usually bust out a few fall treats every year- – many of which include copious amounts of pumpkin. And ginger. Oh, and molasses. I love fall flavors as much as I love fall colors!
I love to bake Halloween sugar cookies!
I don’t always bake from scratch for Halloween, but we often make a food craft…almost homemade style. We’ve made acorns from donut holes, chocolate dipped rice krispy treats w/sprinkles, but the favorite is to make a jack o’lantern pizza!
These look delish!!! Could you use real pumpkin if you can’t find any extract?
I never have before — just miniature candy from the supermarket. This year from all the creative ideas on Pinterest and other blogs I decided to make my standard chocolate “dirt” cupcakes with bloody hands (bought on Amazon) and gummy bears — just for the kids on the block. Now, I need a way to package them up. Any suggestions???