Cream cheese mints:
4 oz. cream regular or low fat cream cheese, room temperature
1 pound powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract (more or less)
Food coloring (optional)
Mix it all together. Done!
It will probably seem like there is to much sugar, but keep mixing/kneading it in. If the cream cheese is room temperature and softened it will be easier. Add food coloring if desired. I suggest using paste food coloring. If you are using liquid food color use only a small amount.
Roll into a log and slice or do the following for striped candies.
Color about 1/3 of the mints and roll into 4-5 snakes. Make alternating white snakes as well as a center snake.
Put them all together like this...The green sugar was an unplanned addition that happened as I was getting Baby girl up from her nap.
Roll until you get the the desired thickness.
And slice...
You can also make little shaped mints with mold like these. Much more labor intensive.
The mints are also delicious dipped in chocolate. But this is more than I wanted to tackle today.
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