Homemade After Eights

Tue, 26 May 2026

Homemade After Eights

Makes: 20

Ingredients

· 380g (190g + 190g) dark chocolate

· 300g icing sugar, sifted

· 15g coconut oil or sunflower oil

· 2 Tbsp whole milk

· ¾ tsp peppermint extract or peppermint essence

Method

1. There are 2 ways I recommend melting chocolate:

· Option 1 - microwave. Melt the chocolate by microwaving for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until you have smooth, melted chocolate.

· Option 2 - double boiler. Put water in a small pot. About 2” of water will do. Place a bowl on top of the pot. Choose a size that fits snugly. You don’t want the bowl to touch the water. As the water boils, steam will be trapped underneath the bowl and will gently melt the chocolate. Stir every so often until you have smooth, melted chocolate.

2. Line a 20cm square pan or a small sheet pan with parchment paper.

3. Melt half of the chocolate and spread onto the lined pan.

4. Place the pan in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

5. In the meantime, mix the icing sugar, milk, oil and peppermint extract until smooth. It will be very thick. Taste the mixture to make sure it’s very pepperminty (because different brands of peppermint extract / essence have different strengths). Add a drop more peppermint if you need to.

6. Spread the peppermint mixture over the chilled slab of chocolate and smooth out. Place in the fridge.

7. Melt the other half of the chocolate and pour over the pepperminty slab. Smooth out.

8. Rest in the fridge for about 15 minutes.

9. Slice into squares.

10. Store in the fridge for a week or freezer for 3 months.