Mint chocolate
Mint chocolate (or chocolate mint) is a popular variety of flavored chocolate, made by adding a mint flavoring, such as peppermint, spearmint, or crème de menthe, to chocolate. Mint chocolate can be found in a wide variety of edible products, such as candy, mints, cookies, mint chocolate chip ice cream, hot chocolate, and others. In addition, it is marketed in a non-edible form as cosmetics.
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| Alternative names | Chocolate mint |
|---|---|
| Type | Chocolate |
| Main ingredients | Chocolate, mint flavoring |
Depending widely on the ingredients and the process used, mint chocolate can give off a very distinctive mint fragrance. The chocolate component can be milk chocolate, regular dark chocolate, or white chocolate; due to this, mint chocolate has no one specific flavor, and so each chocolate-plus-flavor combination can be unique.
The U.S. National Confectioners Association lists February 19 as "Chocolate Mint Day".[1]
Products
Mint chocolate
- Aero Peppermint
- Andes Chocolate Mints
- Frango Mints
- Hershey's Mint Chocolate Chips[2]
- Laura Secord French Mint
- Lindt Mint Intense
Mint patties with chocolate
- After Eight mints
- Fry's Peppermint Cream
- Haviland Thin Mints
- Hershey's York Peppermint Patties
- Junior Mints
- Pearson's Chocolate Mint Patties
- Andes Chocolate Mints
See also
References
- "Candy Holidays". National Confectioners Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- "HERSHEY'S Mint Chocolate Chips". The Hershey Company. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
