Description
Festive holiday “Christmas Mint Chocolate Bliss Wreath” brings delightful winter magic to your dessert table. Rich chocolate and cool mint create a perfect seasonal celebration you’ll savor with pure joy and delicious cheer.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies and Chocolates:
- 10–12 shortbread cookies
- 12–15 chocolate truffles
Fresh Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
Garnish:
- Powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Carefully position shortbread cookies in a circular formation on a spacious serving platter, ensuring gentle overlapping to create a unified circular foundation.
- Strategically distribute chocolate truffles around the cookie arrangement, maintaining consistent spacing for visual appeal and decorative balance.
- Intersperse vibrant raspberries between the truffles, introducing festive crimson accents that contrast with the neutral cookie base.
- Weave fresh mint leaves throughout the design, nestling them delicately among raspberries and truffles to evoke a verdant, natural wreath-like aesthetic.
- Optionally, apply a delicate veil of powdered sugar across the surface, mimicking a gentle winter snowfall and adding a subtle decorative dimension.
- Refrigerate the completed wreath for approximately 10-15 minutes, allowing ingredients to harmonize and maintain structural integrity before presenting to guests.
- When ready to serve, remove from refrigeration and allow brief tempering at ambient room temperature to optimize flavor and texture experience.
Notes
- Customize the wreath’s appearance by using different cookie shapes or colors for a personalized festive touch.
- Swap raspberries with cranberries or pomegranate seeds for alternative seasonal red accents.
- Consider using gluten-free shortbread cookies to make the dessert suitable for those with dietary restrictions.
- For a nut-free version, replace chocolate truffles with chocolate-covered candies or marshmallows.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 123
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 30 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg