Peppermint Patties

Do you love York Peppermint Patties from the story?  Then you are going to LOVE this recipe!  It takes very few ingredients and it's not really time consuming.  I would have to say it is quite messy though!  I borrowed this recipe from Elana's Pantry.  You should check out her website and buy a cookbook.  She has some amazing recipes and I have tried several!

Peppermint Patties

Ingredients:
½ cup coconut oil
¼ cup agave nectar
½ teaspoon peppermint oil
½ to 1 cup of dark chocolate chips

Directions:
1.  In a small bowl, combine coconut oil, agave nectar and peppermint oil, mixing with a spoon.
2.  Smash clumps of coconut oil against the side of the bowl until the mixture is smooth.
3.  Freeze the mixture for a few minutes until it starts to harden and then remove from the freezer.
4.  Use a small ice cream scoop (or cookie scoop as I use) to measure out little balls onto a parchment paper lined plate.
5.  Squish the balls down into flat patties on the parchment paper.
6.  Melt the chocolate over very low heat and allow to cool.  The trick is that the chocolate really needs to be pretty cool in order for it to stick to the oil balls.
7.  Dip the patties into the melted chocolate.  I used a spoon to drop the patty in the chocolate and to cover the patty.
8.  You may need to freeze them again.  Then take them out and enjoy!

It makes about 12 patties.