Early Christmas
So the easy way is to melt a pound of white chocolate over a double boiler (or just rest a metal bowl with 2 packages of white chocolate chips in it over boiling water).
break up a package of peppermints like the kind they give away at restaurants into tiny chips. Melt the chocolate completely, then sprinkle in 1 tsp. of peppermint extract and all the peppermint chips. Mix, keep boiling for another minute, then spread into a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. If you're using a metal spatula, give it a spray of Pam or dust it with butter first.
Stick it in the fridge for an hour, then take it out, break it up and stick it in jars. If you're me, you'll also spray paint the lids in a kicky shade of green and wrap them with a matching ribbon. But it's optional.
