Description
Crispy, buttery Peppermint Puff Pastry Sticks offer a delightful holiday treat with minimal effort. Peppermint’s cool essence and flaky pastry create a quick dessert that delights guests and satisfies sweet cravings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sheet puff pastry (frozen, thawed)
- 10 oz (283 g) chocolate candy coating (coarsely chopped)
- 1.5 cups (355 mL) peppermint candies (crushed)
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C) for optimal pastry baking conditions.
- Pastry Preparation: Unfold the puff pastry sheet and slice in half lengthwise, creating two rectangular sections. Cut each section into 18 delicate strips, maintaining consistent width for uniform baking.
- Initial Baking: Arrange the pastry strips on ungreased baking sheets, ensuring slight separation for even heat distribution. Bake for 12-15 minutes until achieving a rich golden-brown color with crisp, delicate edges.
- Cooling Process: Immediately transfer the baked pastry sticks to wire cooling racks, allowing complete cooling to preserve their signature crispness.
- Coating Preparation: Crush peppermint candies into fine fragments and set aside. Melt the candy coating in a microwave-safe dish, stirring until achieving a smooth, glossy consistency.
- Decoration Technique: Dip each cooled pastry stick halfway into the melted coating, allowing excess to drip off smoothly. Immediately sprinkle the coated portion with crushed peppermint candies, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
- Final Setting: Position the decorated pastry sticks on waxed paper, allowing them to set at room temperature until the coating hardens completely. Store in an airtight container to maintain optimal texture and flavor.
Notes
- Precision Matters: Uniform strip cutting ensures even baking and professional-looking pastry sticks with consistent texture and appearance.
- Temperature Control: Watch pastry closely during baking to prevent burning, aiming for a perfect golden-brown color that indicates crispy, flaky texture.
- Coating Technique: Dip pastry sticks smoothly and quickly into melted candy coating to achieve an elegant, professional finish without messy drips.
- Storage Secret: Keep pastry sticks in an airtight container at room temperature to maintain crispness and prevent moisture from softening the delicate texture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 134
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 30 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg