Peppermint Patty Truffles

Greetings wellness lovers!

I hope you have all been having a great month! My apologies for being MIA... it's been quite a busy month, well year... actually! My husband and I, omg... "husband" is so cool so finally say that, after almost 7 years!... just came home from our week-long honeymoon, and officially tied the knot just before that!

Photos to come...

Anyways... today I have a fun holiday recipe to share with you, by my lovely sister Alyssa, to surly put you in the mood for holiday decorating and preparations!

Peppermint Patty Truffles
by Alyssa Craft, Pure Living for Life

Hello there!

I have a special recipe to share today: peppermint patty truffles!

I decided to get a head start on my holiday recipes this year... and I have a confession. I LOVE York Peppermint Patties. I always have. However, as I am sure you can relate... I am not exactly a fan of the fact that they contain high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavoring and who knows what else...

These peppermint patty truffles are made with only four ingredients: coconut oil, honey, peppermint extract and dark chocolate. (For the maximum health benefits, make sure all these ingredients are organic.) I topped mine with crushed traditional candy canes, but if you are feeling extra healthy feel free to omit this or substitute with your own topping... get creative!

 

Prep time: 30 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 15

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup honey
• ½ tsp peppermint extract
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• 2 candy canes, crushed

Instructions

1. Combine coconut oil, honey and peppermint extract in a bowl. Mash until well-mixed.
2. If mixture is not easy to form into balls, then put in the freezer briefly.
3. Scoop out 1.5 to 2 tsp of mixture and form into balls.
4. Place in the freezer while melting chocolate in a separate bowl over the stove.
5. Let chocolate cool a little bit.
6. Dip the frozen balls into the chocolate, sprinkle with candy cane topping. Let cool.

I hope you enjoy this recipe, and feel free to stop by and say hello anytime!

 

Happy holidays!

Alyssa

Pure Living for Life

How to make Watermelon "Candy!"

Greetings wellness lovers!

Today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite summer treats! I "accidently" made this last year, just by randomly dehydrating some extra water melon I had on hand.

To my surprise, dehydrated water melon is a heavenly sweet treat, and is even reminiscent of Starburst and Jolly Rancher candy!  

Did anyone else roll Starburst candy into a giant "Starburst ball" when they were a kid? Or was that just my sister and I...

Here are the steps:

1. Slice water melon 1 inch thick and cut into 2 inch (or so) pieces. As long as the thickness of the pieces is the same, the length/width doesn't have to be exact. (This makes them dry evenly.)
2. Arrange the water melon pieces on the dehydrator trays.
3. Dehydrate at 135 degrees, or the "fruit setting" for 6-8 hours.
4. Let cool, then store in an airtight container.

Simple!

*Bonus: Your house will have the lovely summery scent of watermelon!

In case you are wondering what type of dehydrator I use, it's the Excalibur 3900B Tray Deluxe Dehydrator from Amazon.

Oh, and check out the lovely nutrients that you will be treating your body to when you indulge in this pretty pink fruit!

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I hope you have a wonderful day! P.S. I'm excited to hear if you plan on trying this!

xoxo,

Ashley