Don’t try this one at home. The name sounded cute, but I ran this idea into the ground. In my mind adding mint to Dr Pepper might push it a bit further into the root beer family (lots of root beers have wintergreen), but I didn’t realize that it would push it off the edge of a cliff. I had so many problems as well.

First, I didn’t have any candy canes in the house despite being overwhelmed with them a few months ago. I must have cleaned out the candy drawer because there were zero. So, I had to buy candy canes, and then I spent way too much money on candy cane straws because that sounded much more interesting. I also had the bright idea of adding a crushed candy cane rim to the glass, but I used a can of Dr Pepper to smash it and everything went wrong. The candy cane exploded all over the kitchen. So, I put it in a bag and smashed it some more, but the candy cane punctured the can and misted everything withing a two foot radius with Dr Pepper.

Worst of all, this mocktail tasted awful. I’m not sure if it was the peppermint tea ice cube (with fresh peppermint leaves), or the candy cane stirring straw, but it was a tongue coating cough syrup reminiscent mess. Don’t try this one at home, but feel free to watch my video tutorial. This was truly worse than Dr Pepperoni.