A peppermint ball contains 40 calories per peppermint ball and 0 grams of fat.
A soft peppermint has 5 grams of total carbs and 5 grams of net carbs and 20 calories and 0 grams of fat.
Soft peppermints are gluten free so people with a gluten allergy can eat soft peppermints.
Soft peppermints are made up sugar, red dye 40, red 40 Lake and peppermint oil.
To make soft peppermint candy, you'll first need to cream together salt and butter for about a minute.
Then beat in the sweetened condensed milk, powdered sugar, and peppermint extract.
Continue mixing until a dough forms, then remove the dough from the mixer and divide into one to four equal-sized balls.
Peppermints and peppermint candies including candy canes have red dye also known as red dye number 40 to give the peppermint candy it's red color.
The reason peppermints are red is because of the addition of red dye 40 which also means it has a freshness and coolness to it's flavor.
Green to blue peppermints mean that it is herbal and mild at one end and spicy and tingly at the other.
Peppermint including peppermint candy does eventually go bad if not stored properly.
Although the peppermint candy will remain safe to consume after expiration date but it may not taste as good and have signs of discoloration and stop giving off the peppermint smell.
Peppermint candy is best eaten within 6 months to a year.
When you have old candy you can freeze the old candy, donate it, bake with the old candy or even eat it.
Candy is still safe to consume even after it is become old and expired and there's no need to throw it out.
Hard candies do not go bad or spoil like other foods will and are safe to eat many years past the expiration date.
While the quality of the candy will change and not be as good it won't make you sick to eat old and expired hard candies.
I've eaten hard candy and other candy that was 10 years old that my Grandma had left in her house when she died.
There was no need to throw it out as it was completely safe to consume.