Caramel Chocolate Cups with Peppermint Chips (Easy No‑Bake Holiday Candy)

These easy Caramel Chocolate Cups with Peppermint Chips are a simple no‑bake Christmas candy that’s perfect for gifting and entertaining.

Some recipes are flashy. Others quietly show up every December, do their job beautifully, and disappear before New Year’s resolutions kick in. These Caramel Chocolate Cups with Peppermint Chips are firmly in the second camp – no bake, small, unapologetically rich, and exactly the kind of treat that disappears off a cookie tray before anyone asks who brought them.

This is an oldie but a goodie, and the post deserved a little glow‑up. So here we are: same easy holiday candy, now with better tips, smarter structure, and less scrolling before you get to the good stuff.

They’re perfect for:

• Christmas cookie swaps
• Neighbor gifts
• Office parties (back when those were a thing)
• Or eating straight out of the fridge while pretending you’re still wrapping gifts

Why You’ll Love These

• No baking required – If your oven is already full, this recipe respects that.
• Minimal ingredients – Chocolate, caramel, peppermint. That’s the holy trinity.
• Make‑ahead friendly – These actually want to live in the fridge.
• Easy to scale – Double it for parties, halve it for self‑control (optional).

Ingredient Notes & Smart Swaps

Chocolate
Use good melting chocolate or chocolate chips you actually enjoy eating straight from the bag. Milk chocolate keeps things classic, dark chocolate adds balance, and semi‑sweet splits the difference.

Caramel
Soft caramel squares melted with a splash of cream work beautifully. Jarred caramel sauce can be used in a pinch, but thicker is better – you want structure, not seepage.

Peppermint Chips
These are less aggressive than crushed candy canes and melt slightly into the caramel layer. If you can’t find them:

• Use finely crushed candy canes
• Or Andes Peppermint Crunch baking bits

Optional Add‑Ins
A tiny pinch of flaky sea salt on top turns these into a very grown‑up holiday candy.

Y’all are going to like these. They’re so easy and so festive.

Christmas Cookie Week

This recipe is part of a Christmas cookie‑loving, sugar‑fueled group effort where a bunch of food bloggers share their favorite holiday treats all in one place. If you’re building a cookie tray, planning a bake‑ahead weekend, or just here to procrastinate wrapping gifts, you’ll want to check out the rest of these festive recipes below (after the recipe).

This annual event was started in 2012, and is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic. This year we have over 35 bloggers sharing festive sweet recipes for the event. Plus we all chipped in for a huge Amazon Gift Card Giveaway so be sure to enter.

Here’s my Caramel Chocolate Cups printable-

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Caramel Chocolate Cups with Peppermint Chips

Yield: 28-32 cups

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

These no‑bake caramel chocolate cups with peppermint chips are an easy holiday candy perfect for cookie swaps, gifting, and Christmas dessert trays.

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Ingredients

• 8 oz. Chocolate Chips, melted (milk or dark)
• 12 oz. jar caramel sauce
• 4 oz. Andes Peppermint Baking Chips
• Nonstick baking spray (only for non-silicone cups)

Instructions

1. Spray silicone baking cups with nonstick baking spray.
2. Pour melted chocolate to cover the bottom of baking cups; freeze for 10 minutes.
3. Add caramel to the chocolate cups and pour enough chocolate on top to completely cover.
4. Freeze for an additional 10 minutes; remove and add peppermint chips on top.

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Notes

*You’ll need silicone baking cups or a silicone muffin pan (these work really good with chocolate recipes), no greasing required.

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Updated December 17th, 2025