Easy Peppermint Buttercreams Candy Recipe – delicious easy candies loaded with peppermint and buttercream frosting flavor for a classic nostalgic recipe the whole family loves!

Do you love the flavor of buttercream frosting?

We do so much, we love making buttercream candies – dipped in chocolate – that melt in your mouth and are loaded with classic nostalgic dessert flavor.

These easy Christmas buttercream candies are just like our Easy Buttercreams recipe – but loaded with peppermint flavor and are great for neighbor gifts and cookie exchanges!

If you love this delicious easy recipe, be sure to visit our dessert archives and check out some of our Christmas Cookie Party suggestions below!

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Buttercreams are one of our favorite easy holiday treats – I hope you love them as much as we do!

If you’re looking for even more sweet treats and cookie party ideas, please check out some of our following recipes:

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• Chewy Molasses Cookies
• The Best Easy Peanut Butter Bread Recipe
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• Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

Buttercreams are made from both chocolate and icing, which can melt when hot.

These easy candy treats will hold up for parties, but I like to chill them in the fridge before serving to keep them with a little bit of a chocolate crunch when you bite into them – this also keeps them from melting all over.

Store buttercreams in an airtight container (I line mine in parchment paper to prevent sticking or to keep them from taking on a plastic flavor) in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Buttercreams candies can be frozen for up to four months – pop one out next time you need a sweet treat, they naturally defrost quickly.

Buttercreams are incredibly easy to make – but they do require a bit of chilling and proper prep work for a perfect texture.

Follow the steps below to get perfect easy candies!

Gather buttercreams ingredients before creaming together frosting – once you get started, you want to get each step done quickly to prevent anything melting.

Since we will be letting the candies set before dipping in chocolate candy, don’t worry about getting chocolate together until candies have set and are ready to be dipped.

For easier creaming, use room temperature ingredients – but do not let cream cheese and butter become melted, or your candies will be oily and could separate giving you a weird texture.

Let mixture refrigerate before rolling out with cookie scooper (or your hands).

If candy mixture is too soft, you will have blobs instead of perfect candy balls.

Let candies chill again after forming into candy truffle shape so they can dip and retain a perfect shape.

Melt chocolate and dip candies into chocolate.

You can use a toothpick, fork, or a dipping tool.

Be sure to let set for a moment to let chocolate set – if you immediately place in refrigerator, the chocolate will whiten.

Use time chocolate is setting to add sprinkles!

Let buttercreams set in the refrigerator after dipping in chocolate to firm them and keep their perfect shape!

These buttercreams are easy, but there are a few tricks to make them perfect, pretty, and out of this world delicious every time.

Please check out my tips below for perfect results every time!

You can roll the buttercreams into balls, but I prefer to press the scoop up against the edge of the bowl to create a flat surface and let them be a half circle.

The chocolate needs to sit at room temperature for a few minutes after dipping because if you put them in the refrigerator too soon then the chocolate will start to get a white color to it.

I like to use a wide mouth drinking glass to melt the chocolate because it makes the chocolate deeper which makes it easier to dip the buttercreams.

This recipe uses common kitchen tools , so you won’t need too worry about finding a bunch of random items to make these buttercreams.

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• Large Bowl
• Stand mixer, hand mixer, or mixing spoon
• Cookie Scooper
• Baking Sheet
• Parchment Paper
• Dipping Tool (for a whole dipping tool set click here.)
• Sprinkles