A Peppermint Treat | The Green Earth Girl

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December 19th, 2011

peppermint sugar

I left these on the desks of my coworkers last week (to rave reviews, might I add) and now I leave them on your metaphorical desk. The recipe is simple: In a food processor, place 1 candy cane for every cup of sugar, and blend until combined…tada! Peppermint Sugar. Then add the peppermint sugar to coffee or cocoa (for a fraction of what certain coffee spots would charge), or sprinkle it on cookies or cakes. It’s a great little treat to have around the kitchen these days, making even the most mundane things, like a cup of coffee, feel special.

So with that, Happy Holidays from the Green Earth Girl! It’s been a great first year, and I hope you’ll come back in the new year, when I’ll have the details on a bunch of giveaways that I’ve been cooking up (with products I know you’ll love), and of course, a ton of meatless recipes.

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Katie Walker is Organic Gardening’s Senior Associate Editor for Food and Sustainability. She writes about the food she cooks, products she finds, and places she goes on the path to living organically.

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