After-dinner mint

After-dinner mints are hard sweets characterized by the presence of mint flavoring. They are popular breath freshners and they soothe the stomach, and are thus ideally eaten after meals.

On 31 July, 1992, as Petunia Dursley was passing a box of after-dinner mints to Mr. and Mrs. Mason, a large Ministry of Magic owl bearing a letter to Harry Potter from the Improper Use of Magic Office swept into the dining room, disturbing Mrs. Mason, who "screamed like a banshee".

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets