I love homemade food gifts because they are fun to make, unique and usually quite tasty!
Lately, I’ve been having lots of fun in the kitchen making peanut butter and trying new things.
The only thing (other than strong coffee) I love almost as much as chocolate and peanut butter? Peppermint!
All you need is 4 ingredients to make a delicious, beautiful homemade food gift (if you can stand to give it away!):
- Peanuts
- Dark chocolate chips
- Peppermints
- Peppermint extract
1. Make your chocolate peanut butter. (see directions here)
2. Put peppermints in ziplock freezer bag and crush. (I used a knife) Crush them smaller than this picture shows. Next time I will definitely crush them into smaller pieces.
3. Put chocolate peanut butter in a mixing bowl and stir in 1/8 tsp peppermint extract.
4. Fill mason jar about 1/2 way with chocolate peanut butter and then add a layer of crushed peppermints. Add some more peanut butter, then add a layer of peppermints to the top.
If giving as a gift, include the directions to stir well before eating. Enjoy this homemade food gift as a spread on crackers or English muffin. Or straight out of the jar!
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