Peppermint Icing Trinket Guide

Appearance

Peppermint Icing appears as a piping bag containing red icing with small, dark red dots. The bag is tied with a pink and white striped bow. The piping tip is tightly jagged, implying a detailed output. The design reflects Ginger's baking theme and matches the Christmas Event aesthetic shared by the other holiday trinkets.

Description

Peppermint Icing is a Stamina-category Christmas Event trinket associated with Twisted Ginger. It was added on January 10, 2025, alongside Coal, Festive Lights, and Toy Kit as part of the first batch of Event trinkets. Each time the player activates their Active Ability, the trinket immediately grants 30 Stamina. Unlike regeneration trinkets such as Star Pillow or Thermos, which increase the rate of stamina recovery over time, Peppermint Icing delivers a flat burst of 30 Stamina directly upon ability use. Importantly, the trinket checks for Ability cooldowns rather than the act of pressing the Ability button. This means it does not work with Bassie, whose Springful Sharing ability has no cooldown. Because Christmas Event Twisteds are only available during the Christmas Event, the trinket cannot be earned outside of that window.

Strategies

Peppermint Icing is best used on Toons with short Active Ability cooldowns such as Rudie, Scraps, Coal, and Toodles. These Toons can activate their abilities frequently enough that the 30 Stamina gain becomes a reliable source of continuous regeneration, turning their abilities into both utility tools and stamina engines. However, 30 Stamina per use is not a large amount, so it should not be fully relied upon as the sole source of stamina recovery.

Toons with low base Stamina and an Active Ability — such as Gigi, Shelly, and Tisha — can also benefit from Peppermint Icing, though their longer and more situational Ability cooldowns make the pairing more fun than optimal in most lobbies. For recovery between chases, using the Ability as soon as it comes off cooldown can top off stamina before the next Twisted encounter.

A notable interaction exists with Gigi specifically: pairing Peppermint Icing with Feather Duster allows Gigi to regain 50 Stamina per Ability usage, since her Active Ability counts as picking up an Item. This combination is extremely niche and somewhat redundant, but it demonstrates how the trinket can stack with item-based stamina tools.

Peppermint Icing also has value in solo runs. Toons without self-afflicting Active Abilities, like Gourdy, gain a reason to use their Ability even when playing alone, and the stamina return makes solo play easier due to the heavier reliance on personal stamina management when no teammates are available to share resources.

Best Users and Practical Value

The strongest users of Peppermint Icing are Toons that naturally cycle their Active Ability often. Rudie and Scraps stand out because their short cooldowns mean the 30 Stamina triggers frequently enough to matter across a full floor. Toodles and Coal also benefit well, turning routine ability usage into passive sustain.

For low-Stamina Toons, the trinket functions as a safety net rather than a primary resource engine. It partially offsets the stamina cost of sprinting during or after ability use, which can be the difference between reaching the next Machine and getting caught. The trinket has no effect on Toons without an Active Ability, so passive-ability Toons cannot use it at all. Bassie is also excluded because the trinket checks for cooldown triggers, and Springful Sharing has none.

Best Pairings and When to Skip It

Sweet Charm, obtained from Twisted Cosmo, decreases Active Ability Cooldown by 8% and pairs naturally with Peppermint Icing for builds focused on frequent ability use. Reducing the cooldown means more activations per floor, which directly increases the total stamina gained from Peppermint Icing over a run.

Feather Duster is a stacking option for Gigi specifically, as described above, but is too niche for general recommendation. For most Toons, pairing Peppermint Icing with a movement or extraction trinket gives a more balanced build than doubling down on stamina.

Skip Peppermint Icing on Toons with passive abilities, Toons without any ability, or Bassie. Also consider skipping it on Toons whose cooldowns are so long that the 30 Stamina triggers too infrequently to justify the trinket slot over alternatives like Star Pillow or Thermos, which provide steady regeneration regardless of ability usage.

Trivia

Peppermint Icing has several notable details about its mechanics, history, and interactions.

• Peppermint Icing is the second Trinket to regenerate Stamina instantly, with the first being Feather Duster.
• It is one of the first Event Trinkets added to the game, alongside Coal, Festive Lights, and Toy Kit.
• Peppermint Icing is the first Trinket to fail when used with a specific Ability — Bassie's Springful Sharing — because the trinket checks for cooldown triggers rather than button presses.
• Brusha's toggle Ability originally worked with Peppermint Icing, but this interaction was patched soon after discovery. The toggle nature of Brusha's Ability likely made proper implementation difficult.
• The reason Bassie is excluded is likely intentional rather than a bug: allowing Bassie to spam the Ability button would grant practically infinite Stamina without needing to pick up Items.
• Feather Duster, which also grants instant Stamina, does work with Bassie. Developer Qwel has stated that Feather Duster's interaction with Bassie was unintentional but allowed to remain, possibly because it requires some skill to use effectively.
• Peppermint Icing is the first Event Trinket that is not from the Stealth or Other category, being from the Stamina category instead. The second is Whispering Flower, which is coincidentally also a Stamina trinket.
• Peppermint Icing is the only Event Trinket to have always been in the Stamina category, as Whispering Flower was reworked from a different category.

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