Cold Case Snitch Snaps

Cold Case Snap is the holiday cracker that keeps its secrets in the dark. A deep dutched-cocoa hexagon with a cold peppermint edge, crushed red-and-white peppermint fleck pressed into the field, black sesame in the shadow of it, smoked cacao nib for grit. It bakes near-black with red-and-white specks and snaps bitter-then-cold. Set it under a Cold Case dome and the two make one long dark-mint note that goes cold on the finish. On its own it’s the darkest holiday cracker in the box, and the mint is the only thing that ever talks.

The Look: Cocoa-black, peppermint-flecked. A near-black cocoa hexagon studded with red-and-white peppermint fleck and smoked cacao nib, the candy the only color in the dark. Reads like evidence nobody logged.

Runs with: Cold Case, the dome this one was cut for. Works one direction only — which is the whole reason to grab the set.

Storage

Store sealed at room temperature, 60–72°F, somewhere dry and out of direct light. Best within 45 days sealed; once you’ve opened the sleeve, 10 to 14 days before the snap goes soft. Fold the sleeve closed and keep it away from steam — a Snap that caught humidity bends instead of breaking, and the break is half the point. Do not refrigerate (the fridge is a humidity trap and the cracker turns leathery). Do not freeze. If one ever softens, five minutes in a 300°F oven brings the snap back. Peppermint candy draws moisture — sleeve tight or the flecks turn tacky.

Sustainability

Slim cocoa sleeves printed on FSC-certified board with soy-based inks and water-based coatings; the box SKUs use the same matte cocoa window stock as the rest of the line. Turquoise foil stamping is food-grade and aluminum-free where the supplier offers it. Cultured butter from regional dairy partners within a 250-mile radius wherever the season allows. Flour milled domestically; toasted soybean flour milled in-house. No artificial colors — every tint you see is cocoa, cinnamon, fruit powder, or toasted nut doing the work. No high-fructose corn syrup. No palm oil. No pretzels anywhere in the line. Cocoa base with peppermint oil in trace drops; candy color from beet and annatto, no artificial dye. Theatrical flavor, dollar-store cost basis.

Dietary Information

Vegetarian. Non-GMO. No artificial colors (peppermint candy tinted with beet and annatto). No high-fructose corn syrup. Contains wheat, dairy, soy, egg, and sesame. Not vegan. Not gluten-free. Not kosher-certified. Alcohol-free.