How To Use Leftover Candy Canes

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Make brand-new treats out of your leftover candy canes.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Candy canes
A baking sheet
Vanilla vodka
Peppermint schnapps
Club soda
Milk
Chocolate (semisweet and white)
Whipped cream or mini marshmallows
A lemon
Wax paper
A kitchen mallet or regular hammer

Step 1: Melt some hearts

Melt some hearts on Valentine's Day: On a baking sheet, arrange candy canes in pairs, side by side, so that they form hearts. Bake at 350 degrees for a few minutes, until they melt just enough to stick together. Let them cool before removing them with a spatula.

Step 2: Pour some candy-cane martinis

Rim a martini glass with crushed candy canes; then shake together, with ice, one and a half ounces of vanilla vodka, one half of an ounce of peppermint schnapps, and one ounce of club soda; strain into the martini glass, and hang a little candy cane on the rim.

Step 3: Prepare candy cane cocoa

Heat a cup of milk in a saucepan. When it's hot, but not yet boiling, whisk in a square or two (about half an ounce) of semisweet chocolate and a tablespoon of crushed candy cane until both are melted. Pour into a cup, add a dollop of whipped cream or some mini marshmallows, and add a candy cane for a stirrer.

Step 4: Suck a lemon

Break the hook off a candy cane so you just have a peppermint stick. Next, cut a hole in the oval side of a lemon and push the candy cane into it. Now suck on the stick; the acid in the lemon will hollow out the peppermint stick, creating a straw that delivers a sweet and sour treat.

Tip: You can also slice a lemon in half and stick the candy cane in the middle.

Step 5: Prepare peppermint bark

Smash candy canes into quarter-inch chunks, stir them into two pounds of melted white chocolate, pour onto a wax-paper-covered baking sheet, and refrigerate until firm, about an hour. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

Step 6: Make candy cane sugar

Put candy canes in a sturdy plastic bag and smash them with a kitchen mallet or a regular hammer until they are the consistency of sugar. Use them to give beverages a minty flavor or sprinkle on ice cream and cupcakes.

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• christmas
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• desserts
• food
• FoodDrink
• leftovers
• old
• recycling
• reusing
• sweets

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