Cream Cheese Mints

          

These seem to be everyone’s favorite holiday candy recipe. Could be the melt in your mouth texture, or perhaps the sweet peppermint taste. Could also be the fact that this is the easiest candy recipe around! If stored in airtight container, these can be frozen for a couple months. These can also be made into pretty shapes by rolling in granulated sugar, pressing into candy molds, and dropping them out.

Original recipe makes 8 dozen

Ingredients

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter, softened
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 drops peppermint oil
any color food coloring paste

  • PREP

    30 mins

  • READY IN

    2 hrs 30 mins

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, and confectioner’s sugar. Mix in peppermint oil. Color as desired with food coloring paste, or leave white.
  2. Roll mixture into small balls, and place on waxed paper. Flatten with a fork dipped in confectioners’ sugar. Let dry for about 2 hours on waxed paper, then freeze or refrigerate.

Nutrition

Calories: 112 kcal
Carbohydrates: 22.6 g
Cholesterol: 8 mg
Fat: 2.6 g
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 0.4 g
Sodium: 21 mg

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