Peppermint Sugar Recipe for a Mason Jar Gift 🍬🎁

Easy and Festive Food Gift 🍬🎁

When you want to create a simple, charming homemade food gift, this easy Peppermint Sugar Recipe is the perfect choice!

It’s wonderfully festive, combining the sweetness of sugar with a burst of cool mint flavor and a beautiful rosy hue.

This flavored sugar looks beautiful packaged in a mason jar and makes a thoughtful gift for holidays like Christmas or Valentine’s Day.

Plus, it’s incredibly versatile – stir it into coffee, sprinkle it on hot cocoa whipped cream, or use it as a festive topping for your favorite holiday cookies.

The recipe makes enough to fill a pint-sized mason jar, making it ready to gift, along with the free printable labels!

Uses for Your Homemade Peppermint Sugar ☕🍪

This peppermint sugar is so much more than just a pretty stir-in for coffee

It’s a great way to add flavor and holiday sparkle to many different recipes and treats.

Creative Serving Ideas

• Beverages: Stir it directly into hot cocoa or tea for a sweet, minty twist. You can also use it to rim a cocktail or mocktail glass!
• Toppings: Sprinkle it over the whipped cream topping on any beverage or dessert. It looks especially stunning on chocolate desserts.
• Baking: Use it to sprinkle on cut-out sugar cookies before baking, or dust it over baked goods like brownies, shortbread, or muffins right after they come out of the oven.

Color and Flavor Customization Tips 🌈

The amount of extract and coloring can be easily adjusted to match your preference for flavor intensity and color depth.

Adjusting Color and Mint

• For Color: The recipe calls for 20 drops of red gel food coloring, which typically yields a beautiful light pink. Use less coloring for a very faint pink, or add more drops for a deeper, more vibrant holiday red. Gel food coloring provides the best, most even color saturation.
• For Flavor: The measurement of peppermint extract is balanced but not overpowering. If you prefer an extra-strong mint flavor, feel free to add a little more extract, mixing and tasting until it reaches your desired intensity.

The Drying Step

The most important part of this recipe is the drying time:

• After mixing the extract and coloring into the sugar, you must spread it evenly onto a rimmed baking pan and let it dry for about an hour. This removes the moisture added by the extract, ensuring the sugar remains loose and doesn’t clump when bottled. ⏳

Peppermint Sugar Recipe 🍬🎁

🥣 Ingredients

• 2 cups White Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Peppermint Extract 🌿
• 20 drops Red Gel Food Coloring (adjust for desired color)

🥄 Supplies

• Glass Mixing Bowl
• Metal Mixing Spoon
• Measuring Cup and 1/4 t Measuring Spoon
• Rimmed Baking Pan
• Pint Mason Jar (or smaller jars for gifting) 🎁
• Funnel (for filling the jars)
• Label (Download a free single label HERE or a sheet of 12 HERE)

📝 Instructions

1. Mix Ingredients: Measure the sugar into the glass mixing bowl. Add the peppermint extract and the food coloring into a puddle in the middle of the sugar.
2. Stir Thoroughly: Stir until the ingredients are completely mixed and the color is uniform throughout the sugar. Ensure all lumps and clumps are gone.
3. Dry the Sugar: Pour the colored sugar evenly onto the rimmed baking pan. Allow it to dry on the pan for about one hour until it is completely dry to the touch.
4. Jar and Label: When fully dry, use the funnel to pour the peppermint sugar into the pint mason jar or other airtight container. Top with a pretty label (download the free printables – a single label or a sheet of 12 labels!).

Ready to Create This Sweet Homemade Gift? ⬇️

This Peppermint Sugar is a delightful and easy food gift that everyone loves.

Just remember to give it time to dry out completely before jarring!