Christmas After Dinner Mints

Hi! This is my first instructable so please be gentle and apologies if this is a duplicate but I couldnt find anything similar. (Credit for this goes to a forum post on moneysavingexpert.com that i can no longer find, if this sounds familiar then let me know, i will give credit where its due)

This really couldnt be easier and its perfect for last minute Christmas presents. It took about an hour in total and I made enough to fill 2 pint jars. Get the kids to help with this one.

Merry Christmas all! Lx

Step 1 Ingredients

This was a bit of an experiment so it was just a cheap 300g bar of plain chocolate and a packet of extra strong mints (although i made another batch and used 2 packets which i think is better). Thats it. Use your imagination though, i should think this will work equally well with some chopped nuts or honeycomb or whatever you like instead of  mints. If i was doing this again and depending on who was to get it, id use a better quality chocolate.

Comments

[Archergal52]

I made this tonight w/70% cocoa and 2 tins of Altoids.  It was easy to make and came out well!  Many thanks!

[Nova_Logic]

What kind of mints specifically did you use? Can i use the herb mint?
I want to make this for my girlfriend as a lil Christmas surprise.
-Thanks

[canida]

Looks tasty!
And for the record, it's ok to repeat a project already on the site - you'll do it and describe it differently.

[antiLorna]

Thanks for that, might do a couple more instructables then for some more of my christmas gifts!

Theyre a bit like mint crisp. They would have been yummier with some nice chocolate though.

[canida]

Wonderful!  I'll look forward to seeing them.

Have you tried adding some nuts or crisped rice to these?  Could be nice.

[kathynv]

What a wonderful instructable!. Thanks for posting it - I think I'll give it a try this afternoon.  Love the photo of your adorable little helper, too.!

[aeray]

Excellent. Keep it up.

[Z..]

A two ingredient recipe, excellent...and decadent!!

Well done. I shall make a batch of these for a sweet tooth friend. (Oh OK then; it's me!!).

[lemonie]

I like the look of this, can't go wrong surely?

L

[antiLorna]

You would think so but I did melt my bowl slightly, grate my finger and then the website crashed halfway through creating my instructable! Even with all that they still turned out really well!

[lemonie]

Yes I saw the finger(!), but you got the nice chocolates out at the end.

L