With the holidays right around the corner, why not celebrate with these festive Polar Bear Peppermint Creams? They’re simple to make (only a few ingredients) and delicious to snack on.

Check out the recipe courtesy of BBC Good Food.

What You Need

• 1 cup of icing sugar
• 1 egg white, beaten
• 15 blue, or green jelly beans or M&M’s
• Peppermint extract
• 1 sieve
• Parchment paper
• Mixing bowl

Directions

Step #1 – Put the icing sugar through a sieve to remove all the lumps.

Step #2 – Beat the egg white and add a little at a time to the icing sugar.

Note: Stop adding the egg white when the mixture becomes like Play Doh.

Step #3 – Add 3 drops of the peppermint extract. Mix well and taste – you may have to add a couple more drops depending on your preference.

Step #4 – Divide the dough in half. Roll into 15 balls about the size of cherry tomatoes.

Step #5 – Flatten balls with your hand to resemble the bear’s head.

Step #6 – Place the “heads” on the parchment paper

Step #7 – Use half the remaining dough to make blueberry-size balls for snouts. Flatten these slightly and place on head.

Step #8 – Add a jelly bean to each snout for the nose.

Step #9 – Use the rest of the dough to make the ears by shaping them into tiny balls. Press gently onto the top of the heads with your fingertips.

Step #10 – Use a toothpick to shape the eyes.

Step #11 – Leave your peppermint polar bears to dry on the parchment paper for 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

Store in airtight container for up to one month.

Fun With Food Facts – Peppermint

Did you know?

• Peppermint can be found growing wild in moist areas throughout Europe and North America.
• February 19th is National Chocolate Mint Day.
• December 3^rd is National Peppermint Latte Day.
• Peppermint oil is produced by specialized cells on the underside of the leaves.
• The best time to harvest and collect the oil is on a sunny day as flowering is just beginning. This is when menthol is at its peak.
• Peppermint plants grow to be 18 – 36 inches tall and about 24 inches wide.
• Peppermint is the number one selling flavor among non-chocolate, hard candies.
• Ancient Greeks believed mint could cure hiccups
• The US produces 70% of the Worlds peppermint supply.

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