When it comes to the holiday season I love things that are easy to make – and delicious too of course. These Candy Cane Dessert Minis are perfect, because they are made with three simple ingredients!
I got the recipe for the Candy Cane Dessert Minis from the Kraft website, where you can find quite a few easy recipes that are perfect for the holiday season. I was intrigued by these desserts because I think mini desserts are cute and practical!
They are especially good for parties, when there are lots of delicious treats to sample and you want a little taste of everything.
Looking for more mini desserts? Try mini rum cakes, cheesecake parfaits and mini brownie bites!
And I especially love how easy these are to make. There are only 3 ingredients – Jell-o, Cool Whip, and Candy Canes. It doesn’t get much simpler that that.
To make the desserts I crushed up some candy canes putting them inside a bag and by smashing them with a rolling pin. This is a great chore for kids, who love an excuse to bang things and make noise.
Then I combined the candy cane pieces with Raspberry Jello, and added boiling water. I stirred the water until the candy cane pieces melted, to add a nice peppermint taste to the dessert.
Then I added in most of a container of Cool Whip, and poured the desserts into shot glasses. It is much easier if you use a bowl with a pour spout, since spooning things into the small shot glasses is messy!
If you don’t have as large a collection of shot glasses as I do, you could use wine glasses or other pretty decorative glassware for a nice presentation. After refrigerating the dessert for a few hours to firm up the gelatin it is topped off with the remainder of the Cool Whip and some candy cane sprinkles.
The result is simple, yet elegant desserts.
Candy Cane Dessert Minis
Ingredients
- 12 mini candy canes
- 1-1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 package raspberry jello
- 1 tub whipped topping
Instructions
- Crush the candy canes and reserve about 2 T for using as a garnish.12 mini candy canes
- Combine the remaining candy canes, about 1/3 of a cup, in a bowl with the jello.1 package raspberry jello
- Add the boiling water and stir for about 2 minutes, until the Jell-o dissolves and the candy cane pieces melt.1-1/2 cups boiling water
- Reserve 1/2 c. of the Cool Whip. Stir the rest of the Cool Whip into the Jell-o mixture until it is well mixed.1 tub whipped topping
- Pour into 2 oz. shot glasses and refrigerate for a few hours until set.
- Top with reserved Cool Whip and candy cane pieces.
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What are you favorite mini desserts?
Ok, those are just plain awesome. I want to eat about 17 of those right NOW.
This could be the perfect dessert. It’s small so the calorie count won’t be as high and it’s peppermint which I’m pretty sure is the perfect food.
These look delish. I love the festive colors.
I adore peppermint so this recipe looks like a must have addition to my collection. Yum! The presentation is really cute too. 🙂
Oh my gosh, these are the best! I’d love to serve these cute little desserts. They’re so easy too!
Yummy that looks so good. I love the color of the drink.
Those are the cutest little mini desserts ever!! I may have to pick up some candy canes to try these out the look so good and cute too!
These are very cute. I should give them a try. They look easy to make too.
Wow, these are almost too pretty to eat. Seriously, they look amazing. I want one or two..hehe.
These are beautiful to share – and a great Holiday (plus year around) recipe to have handy – I have had something like this in the past and this is soooo very tasty – thank you 🙂
Those are adorable! What cute little drinks to serve at your next party…and you could definitely change up the flavor combinations for a little variation, too. Very nice!
How fun! I made something very similar for our Chirstmas dinner. It was vodka, candy cane and gingerale. Super yummy. I’ll need to try this. Love anything candycane.