So I ended up adding about 1/8th of a tsp of Mint Extract. I wanted peppermint, but Walmart didn’t have it. I had my mother taste test it. She said she thought it was enough, but then told me she wasn’t that fond of mint. I decided to keep it with the 1/8th tsp of mint. When I taste tested it myself before it was frozen, I could taste the mint. But it was subtle.
After the Thanksgiving meal there were two apple pies, one pumpkin, a pecan, and mini pecan pie cookies along with my Hershey Bar Pie.
I ate a slice of my pie. Then the rest of the pie was eaten save a final slice which I finished off. I told one of my nieces that there was a secret ingredient. She took a piece and came back and said ‘mint’. She told she liked it, and that chocolate mint was her favorite flavor. One or two others told me they liked it too. My sister-in-law, who was the person who made the pie the 1st time I remember eating it, said something about how I had made the pie my own.
The way it worked out, there was just a faint mint aftertaste. My niece, myself, and one there all agrees it was ‘refreshing’. My niece said she thought it was the right amount. I still would have liked the flavor to be a bit stronger. But maybe she was right. I still might try making two pies next year. One with the 1/8th tsp that I know worked well. And one with maybe a 1/4th or a tsp.
I had thought about it using this type of candy before. I was afraid the candy pieces would make the pie too grainy.
ALWAYS!!! (I’ve been on a proton pump inhibitor since around 1994).
Gman