No matter how stuffed you are after your big holiday meal, you probably have room for a mint. Whether you prefer a chocolatey Andes mint, a York Peppermint Patty, or a creamy buttermint, you will find that will soothe your stomach, freshen your breath, and make your mouth feel cool. A single mint or two can do the job without adding to your fullness.
Benefits Of Mints
When you pop a mint in your mouth, you may not expect more than a pleasant taste to mask strong flavors or cleanse your palette, but mints do a lot more than freshen your breath. The reason that mints are both refreshing and soothing is due to the presence of peppermint, wintergreen, or spearmint in the candies. The mint oil in the confection can stimulate your stomach lining and ease stomach pain, reduce gas, and facilitate digestion. Alternative medical professionals even advance the additional benefits of peppermint for relieving respiratory distress, general pain, and tension.
Popular Types Of Mints
After dinner mints are so popular that restaurants from high-end to small mom-and-pop operations even offer a mint with the bill or at the register. There are several different types of mints that appear on holiday dinner tables or in restaurants.
Chocolate covered types. A step up from many mints, chocolate mints are encased within a hard or soft chocolate exterior. Aside from the popular Andy’s and York Peppermint Patty variations, other chocolate mints include Tootsie Deluxe Junior Mints.
Hard mints. Hard candy or boiled sweets such as starlight mints in classic red a,d white or holiday colored, candy canes, and brand name mints such as Lifesavers, Altoids or Ice Breakers contain peppermint oil that can settle the stomach and aid digestion. The type of minutes most often found in people’s pockets for a breath pick me up.
Buttermints. Soft enough to melt in your mouth, buttermints are a year-round staple that are often packaged for the holidays so that they look festive. Those with individual wrapping keep each the dish free from germs and prevents them from drying out.
Scotch or pan drop mints, Small spheres of mints with a hard shell and a chewy interior they are popular by this name in Europe, Britain, and Canada. Variations offered in the US include Jelly Belly Dutch Chocolate Mints, Chocolate Gourmet Mints, orThank You Pastel Chocolates.
Stock Up On Refreshing Mints
As the holiday approach, buying mint bulk candy will give you plenty for holiday dinners and school or community events, Mints even make a welcome addition to holiday food baskets.
Let Sweet Service add a refreshing touch to the holidays with tasty mints.
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