Peppermint Fail

I've seen this all over the Pinterest. Everyone makes these cutesy peppermint trays to display their cutesy holiday baked goods. Yeh yeh. How hard can it be? Fail. So I read a ton of tutorials and the basic idea is, use a pan with borders so you will have nice edges, use parchment paper, and space evenly. I think I went wrong in two ways: 1. I had too many peppermints and it was too thick. 2. I baked too long and it bubbled up.

oops!

 

I did a retake and it didn't turn out too bad. It was mostly just underwhelming, as were the snickerdoodle cookies sitting on it. ;)