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Home » Holidays

Homemade Andes mints

Published: November 11, 2010 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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It’s the beginning of a wonderful season- a season of great Food! Great dinners, treats, soups, etc… I love baking and the cooler weather lends itself nicely to great food! The beginning? Homemade andes mints (or any other flavor you like!).

these homemade andes mints are so easy to make and delicious

Aren’t they pretty? And the best part you can do it in any color and flavor. Start with high quality chocolate and use whatever extra flavoring you’d like and this creates a terrific treat! Whatever you do DON’T skimp on the quality of the candy melts. I prefer working with Merkens, Guittards and Callebaut, they taste great and they melt well. You can use dark, semi sweet or milk chocolate and then make sure your colored chocolate are the basic vanilla.

So this was actually one of the VERY first video’s I filmed, BUT I never shared it cause it just didn’t really fit SPRING or SUMMER the way it fit’s into Holiday goodies! So this is pre kitchen makeover completed, but I thought it was still worth sharing! Enjoy!

homemade andes mints are easy and everyone loves them

Delicious and easy to make Andes mints that everyone loves

Homemade Andes mints- this week’s treat

it's easy to make your own andes mints - layers of chocolate with peppermint are crazy easy to recreate and a fun holiday treat
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
set time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 60 mints
Calories: 66kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie
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Ingredients

  • Jelly Roll pan
  • wax paper
  • 10-11 oz chocolate wafers I like Guittard and Callebaut
  • 10-11 oz green white chocolate I like Merckens and Guittard for this
  • 10-11 oz chocolate wafers I like Guittard and Callebaut
  • candy oil- peppermint is my go to
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Instructions

  • Melting the Chocolate:
  • Get 3 oven safe bowls.
  • Put the chocolate for each layer in three different bowls.
  • Put them all in the oven on Warm for 20 mins.
  • Then turn off the oven and pull out the first layer (leave the other two bowls in the oven to keep warm).
  • Cut the wax paper to fit the length of the pan as well as come up the sides a bit. take some of the melted chocolate in each corner to hold the wax paper in place. Make sure your wax paper is pulled tight across, we don't want any bubbles, bumps or wrinkles in the paper, it will show in the chocolate.
  • Stir the bowl of chocolate until it's smooth and add 7 drops of oil based candy flavoring to the bowl.
  • Now QUICKLY pour the chocolate around the pan. then starting on the outer edges smooth it with your spatula.
  • Then grab the side of the pan and shake/knock it on the table. After a bit of shaking/knocking the chocolate will smooth itself out.
  • The key to the next layer is to know when to pour it on! If you pour to soon you'll risk mixing the layers together, they'll still taste great, but not be as pretty. AND if you wait too long the layers won't stick together!
  • When the whole layer goes from glossy to matte you're read!
  • Grab your colored candy melts out of the oven, add your oils (7 drops) and stir it smooth
  • Then spread it over the chocolate layer, and shake it smooth and let it cool until it's matte
  • Pull out the last bowl, add the 7 drops of oil and stir it smooth.
  • pour it on, spread it out and shake it smooth
  • like spreading if you cut to soon you'll mix your layers, if you wait too long you'll shatter the chocolate! Once it's matte take a Sharp knife and cut it!
  • I like to cute the rounded edges off (and my husband likes to eat those small edges) and then cut the rest into 2 1/4 inch squares

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Nutrition

Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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  1. amanda G

    November 26, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    These look so yummy! I’ve recently discovered the Andes holiday peppermint crunch mints. Do you think crushing candy canes into almost dust, then mixing that with the top and bottom layers would cause any problems?

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      November 26, 2012 at 8:17 pm

      I think it would TOTALLY work, in fact I was planning on trying it myself this year, those are my daughters favorite!

  2. Stacey

    December 12, 2012 at 11:47 am

    Where do you get a T Square cutter and also doesn’t the wax paper stick to the bottom of the chocolates?

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      December 20, 2012 at 10:58 am

      I made the T-square from a yard stick… and you just peel the wax right off if it sticks, it’s easy.

  3. Jennifer Sikora

    March 2, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    That is my favoritest candy ever! I am so gonna have to make those 🙂

    Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      March 27, 2013 at 12:58 am

      RIGHT!!! I used red vanilla melts with crushed candy canes this year, the kids LOVED it!

  4. Laurie Nguyen

    February 2, 2014 at 12:56 am

    Thanks so much for posting this recipe! We love Andes candies in our house, and we can never seem to get enough. We still may not be able to get enough (are there ever truly enough Andes candies? I think not), we will be able to have them whenever we want! YEAH!

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      February 6, 2014 at 2:27 am

      YAY! I usually hide half the batch just for myself to save and enjoy (so I don’t feel like I have to race to get enough before the kids and husband eat it all)

  5. Michelle

    April 23, 2014 at 10:49 am

    So, I’m a little embarrassed to admit I JUST found these! But I have a question…Do they end up with a strong mint taste like the candies, or mild like the baking chips? (Or does it just depend on how much flavoring you use?) We use the baking chips to add flavor to boxed brownies (make the mix like the box says and sprinkle the chips over the brownies before you put them in the oven). However, we’ve found more mint flavor comes from the candies, chopped up, than the chips. I’m just curious if these would work for our purposes. (Plus, I wouldn’t have to worry about them being pretty…) 🙂

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      June 23, 2014 at 4:43 am

      It’s totally up to you. You can control the strength of the flavoring by how many drops of the candy flavor you add! So you could totally make sure they had a nice strong flavor (which I like too) then chop them up for baking! I will say that the chips are made out of different chocolate and made to maintain their shape, where these would totally melt in cookies or brownies in the oven. And NOT maintain their shape

  6. Leslie

    January 14, 2016 at 8:48 am

    What is the yield for this recipe? What size squares (rectangles) do you cut? I am definitely going to try these next Christmas!

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2016 at 10:19 pm

      it makes a 13×18 jelly roll pan, cut then into any size you want, I do like inch and a half squares

  7. Titan Tyler

    December 1, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    What is the difference between Chocolate wafers and Vanilla candy melts other than brown and white? Is chocolate wafers chocolate candy melts????????????????????

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      January 25, 2017 at 10:48 pm

      I use high quality chocolate wafers – like guitards, or Callebaut or Merckens – you get a much better melt – candy melts aren’t chocolate at all, but candy made to melt and seem like chocolate – but not chocolate – so they won’t work as well

  8. Stephanie

    December 2, 2016 at 8:53 am

    These look amazing! Could I use vanilla almond bark instead of the candy melts for the middle layer or are they not interchangeable?

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      January 25, 2017 at 10:45 pm

      chocolate wafers – like guitards, or Callebaut or Merckens – you get a much better melt – candy melts or almond bark aren’t chocolate at all- so yeeeeeesssss you can, you’ll need green oil dye (not water based) to get the color and the end result won’t really be authentic – as it won’t be chocolate.

  9. Lily Sugathan

    December 21, 2016 at 4:38 pm

    Hello,

    Just made a batch and they are wonderful! One question – should I keep them out, or store in the fridge?

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      January 25, 2017 at 5:47 pm

      personally I keep them out – but either works – they’ll stay set at room temp – but if you like cold chocolate you can refrigerate them, but there is no need

  10. Jo

    December 18, 2018 at 11:09 am

    Your video shows you adding a couple of drops of peppermint oil to each layer, but in the recipe you say to add 5-7 drops to each layer. Which one should I do?! I’m making it now!

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      February 3, 2020 at 8:40 am

      5-7, it’s what I add in the video too, it’s just hard to see

  11. Kari

    February 19, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    Hi Ashlee;
    I just came across your wonderful recipe. I just love chocolate & mint. It is neck to neck with
    my other favorite…choclate & orange!!! I wonder if after I make your recipe, if I can ajust
    the layers to taste of orange!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      April 18, 2020 at 7:51 pm

      just use orange chocolate and orange candy oil flavor – easy peasy

  12. jen

    January 24, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    Do you think I could use the doterra peppermint oil? (I believe it is food grade) but is it different from candy oil?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      April 27, 2021 at 8:39 am

      I suggest just using candy oil, I do not know how the do-terra oil would effect the chocolate or if its safe to eat.

  13. jen

    January 24, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    Do you think I could use doterra peppermint? (I think it’s food grade). Is it different than candy oil?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      April 27, 2021 at 8:34 am

      I would not use the doterra oils, they are not make for baking the way candy oils are.

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