Hey - you should look into local frags. For me shipping anywhere continental usa costs about $80 - that being said I have never made a frag pack where the frags cost more than $10 each.
(including shipping)
If my tank was a little more grown out I would whip something up for you.
Candycanes are cool and hardy...its a nice start.
Watch that peppermint, they have been known to turn on corals - not just saying that either I have experience. I have also sucessfuly bred, and reared the ... larvae? ... multiple times.