A softer, rounder mint for chocolate and dessert work. Our Mint Flavour Oil is mint essential oil with a gentle, garden-mint character - calmer than peppermint, and better suited to recipes that want mint sitting in the background rather than out in front.

It is an oil, so it dissolves straight into tempered chocolate, which carries no water of its own; ganache, fondant fillings and gelato bases contain both fat and water, so either this oil or a water-soluble mint will work equally well there.

How to Use Mint Flavour Oil 

Start at around 7-10g per 10kg (roughly 0.07-0.1%) and taste before adding more - the push-control dropper doses a single drop at a time, and the ceiling on this one is set by the oil's own pulegone content rather than by taste alone. Work it through tempered couverture for mint thins and tablets, stir it into ganache or a fondant filling, or finish a gelato base or a hot chocolate with a drop. It is the calmer, rounder of our two mint oils - for the sharper, cooler note, choose our Peppermint Flavour Oil instead. Keep the bottle tightly closed, in a dry, clean place at room temperature, away from direct sunlight and strong odours; the Best Before is batch-specific and printed on the label.

Pairings and Ideas 

White chocolate and delicate fruit carry the rounder note well; dark chocolate, lime and cocoa nibs also work alongside it.

• White chocolate mint fillings and pralines
• Mint fondant creams and bonbons
• Garden mint gelato and ice cream
• Mint and dark chocolate thins
• Minted fruit compotes and desserts
• Mint sponge fillings and bakes