Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Trees
Chocolate Chips (amount depends upon number of trees you plan to make)
Crushed Peppermint Candy
Pretzel Sticks
Other: plastic storage/freezer bag that can be sealed & wax paper
- Simple, minimum mess way to melt and pipe chocolate -- Place chocolate chips in a plastic storage/freezer bag. Place bag with chips in microwave and heat for just a minute or two -- until chocolate chips melt. Squeeze chocolate to one of the pointed ends of the bag. Make a small snip at the tip -- just large enough to be able to pipe.
- Arrange wax paper on a tray and pipe tree shapes on the paper.
- Push a pretzel stick into the "tree," allowing part of pretzel to extend (it becomes the tree trunk and what is inserted into the cake/cupcakes; pipe with a little more chocolate as needed. Sprinkle with crushed peppermints (sprinkles, etc.)
- Let set (or refrigerate) until firm.
- Then, insert trunk of tree into cake or cupcakes.
Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Trees decorate our Christmas Meringue Cake. |
Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Trees
Chocolate Chips (amount depends upon number of trees you plan to make)
Crushed Peppermint Candy
Pretzel Sticks
Other: plastic storage/freezer bag that can be sealed & wax paper
- Simple, minimum mess way to melt and pipe chocolate -- Place chocolate chips in a plastic storage/freezer bag. Place bag with chips in microwave and heat for just a minute or two -- until chocolate chips melt. Squeeze chocolate to one of the pointed ends of the bag. Make a small snip at the tip -- just large enough to be able to pipe.
- Arrange wax paper on a tray and pipe tree shapes on the paper.
- Push a pretzel stick into the "tree," allowing part of pretzel to extend (it becomes the tree trunk and what is inserted into the cake/cupcakes; pipe with a little more chocolate as needed. Sprinkle with crushed peppermints (sprinkles, etc.)
- Let set (or refrigerate) until firm.
- Then, insert trunk of tree into cake or cupcakes.
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