Candy Cane Parfaits are easy to make and full of delicious peppermint flavor. Turn store-bought angel food cake into a delicious Christmas dessert!

Candy Cane Parfaits

Our 12 Days of Christmas Celebration continues with the perfect dessert to serve for all your holiday celebrations this year! Candy Cane Parfaits are easy to make and full of delicious peppermint flavor. AND they’re made in my favorite mason jars!

They’re so easy to make when you start out with a store-bought angel food cake. Of course, you could make a homemade angel food cake, but it’s not really necessary. Definitely make the homemade whipped cream though because the taste is amazing and doesn’t compare to the kind you can buy in a tub.

In just a few minutes you’ll have these delicious Candy Cane Parfaits ready to go! Use them as dessert for Christmas dinner or make up a bunch to give as gifts to neighbors and friends.

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How to Make Candy Cane Parfaits

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy cream
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 box angel food cake
15-20 candy canes

Add whipping heavy cream, powdered sugar and peppermint extract in a medium sized bowl and whip together with a hand mixer or wire whisk until cream turns into heavy peaks. Set aside while you prepare the rest of the desserts.

Slice angel food cake into 1/4 inch slices and use a small cookie cutter to cut small circles out of the cake slices.

Cute little circles of angel food cake!

How to Layer the Candy Cane Parfaits

Add candy canes to a plastic zipper bag, seal and crush them by hitting them gently with the back of a large spoon or meat mallet.

Add the crushed candy canes to the bottom of the mason jar.

Then add a layer of peppermint whipped cream using a piping bag to get pretty swirls of whipped cream.

Add more crushed cane canes, the angel food cake and top with whipped cream.

How to Serve Candy Cane Parfaits

Break a red candy stick in half and place in the whipped cream.

Sprinkle more crushed candy canes over the parfait before serving if desired. Keep chilled until ready to serve.

How to Use a Plastic Storage Bag as a Piping Bag

If you don’t have a piping bag, simply use a plastic storage bag!

Place the plastic bag in a large glass and fold the top of the bag over the edge of the glass
Spoon the whipped cream into the bag.
Fold up the bag and squeeze out the air to seal.
Press the whipped cream into the bottom of the bag and twist to create a piping bag shape.
Using scissors, clip the corner of the storage bag right before you’re ready to pipe the whipped cream.

More Easy Dessert Recipes:

Vanilla and Chocolate Swirl Cookies
Chocolate Brownie Cake with Homemade Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate Sugar Cookies – made with a cake mix
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Yield: 9 to 12 parfaits

Candy Cane Parfaits

Name: Candy Cane Parfaits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 9 to 12 parfaits
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream; ½ cup powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon peppermint extract; 1 box angel food cake; 15-20 candy canes

Candy Cane Parfaits are easy to make and full of delicious peppermint flavor. Turn store-bought angel food cake into a delicious Christmas dessert!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 box angel food cake
15-20 candy canes

Instructions

How to Make Peppermint Whipped Cream

Add whipping heavy cream, powdered sugar and peppermint extract in a medium sized bowl and whip together with a hand mixer until cream turns into heavy peaks.
Add to a piping bag and chill until ready to assemble parfaits.

How to Make the Cake Circles and Crushed Candy Canes

Add candy canes to a plastic zipper bag, seal and crush them by hitting them gently with the back of a large spoon or meat mallet.
Slice angel food cake into 1/4 inch slices and use a small cookie cutter to cut small circles out of the cake slices.

How to Layer the Dessert

Start by adding crushed candy canes to the bottom of the parfait cup.
Then add a layer of peppermint whipped cream, more crushed candy canes, the angel food cake circle and top with whipped cream.
Break a red candy stick in half and place in the whipped cream.
Sprinkle more crushed candy canes over the parfait before serving if desired.
Keep chilled until ready to serve.

Notes

If you don't have a piping bag, simply use a plastic storage bag.
Place the plastic bag in a large glass and fold the top of the bag over the edge of the glass
Spoon the whipped cream into the bag.
Fold up the bag and squeeze out the air to seal.
Press the whipped cream into the bottom of the bag and twist to create a piping bag shape.
Using scissors, clip the corner of the storage bag right before you're ready to pipe the whipped cream.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 336 Total Fat: 19g Saturated Fat: 12g Trans Fat: 1g Unsaturated Fat: 6g Cholesterol: 60mg Sodium: 50mg Carbohydrates: 40g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 27g Protein: 2g

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