Peppermint Cream Cheese Candy recipe idea. A homemade no bake cream cheese, melt in your mouth candy for a snack or dessert for occasions.
Peppermint Cream Cheese Candy
Peppermint Cream Cheese Candy recipe idea. A homemade No Bake cream cheese, Christmas or Wedding and holidays mint candy for a snack or dessert and treat. Easy melt in your mouth candy for after dinner mints, or snacks for the kids. Creamy soft mint candy for the holidays, or serve as gifts.
What are the mints called that melt in your mouth?
Butter cream cheese mints are known as melt in your mouth mints for weddings or seasonal holiday snacks and treats. They are creamy and soft and delicious. A no bake recipe idea for a candy for kids parties or special occasions such as Christmas and after dinner desserts. Little sweet but minty for a refreshing taste.
Why are my cream cheese mints sticking to the mold?
If you are making these soft cream cheese cany mints in a mold then dust them with some fine castor sugar first so that they do not stick in the mold while you chill them. Alternatively you can place them on a parchment paper that is sprinkled with the fine sugar so that they do not stick, pressing them into a small round cookie shape.
What are wedding mints made of?
They are made in the same way as this recipe. Except you can add any coloring to suit your wedding theme for these melt in your mouth soft candy mints. Even mold them into molds for a more pleasing candy treat.
Can I use essential oil?
Most essential oils are not food grade oils. But using a brand that is a food grade essential oil is good. I use young living peppermint essential oils. Very carefully use just a little as it is a concentrate.
Ingredients
- cream cheese, softened
- unsalted butter, softened
- mint or peppermint flavoring
- powdered sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- Green and red food coloring
For all the amounts needed for the ingredients and the instructions see the recipe attached.
butter
cream cheese
fine white sugar and food coloring.
How To
Combine the cream cheese, butter and mint extract. Cream together. Add in one cup of powdered sugar and mix on low speed to combine.
Line a cutting board or sheet pan with parchment paper – be sure it fits in the fridge. Sprinkle with a light dusting of powdered sugar. Set aside. Add in one cup of powdered sugar and mix on low speed to combine.
Divide the mixture equally between three bowls. Tint one bowl green and one bowl red.
Cover the bowls with plastic wrap and chill for about an hour or until firm.
Once firm, scoop out a heaping teaspoon’s worth and roll into a ball. Place on the parchment lined pan.
If the mixture is too sticky, use a sprinkling of powdered sugar to dust your hands to roll easier. Once all the mints have been shaped, use a fork to press the balls into a disc.
Use a dusting of powdered sugar to prevent the fork from sticking.
Place the sheet pan back in the fridge and allow to harden for an additional 2-4 hours.
These soft mint candy sweet are easy and quick to make and to place for snacks or gifts on festive seasonal holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas and New years. They can be served for after dinner mints and for parties for kids or snacks on a platter. Great for Wedding treats.
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Peppermint Cream Cheese Candy
Peppermint Cream Cheese Candy recipe idea. A homemade no bake cream cheese, melt in your mouth candy for a snack or dessert for occasions.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 4 hrs chill time
- Total Time: 4 hrs 30 min.
- Yield: 36 – 48 mints 1x
- Category: Desserts, appetizer, snack
- Method: Stove top No Bake
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ c unsalted butter, softened
- 2 t mint
- 5 c powdered sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- Green and red food coloring
Instructions
- Line a cutting board or sheet pan with parchment paper – be sure it fits in the fridge. Sprinkle with a light dusting of powdered sugar. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the cream cheese, butter and mint extract. Cream together.
- Add in one cup of powdered sugar and mix on low speed to combine.
- Continue to add one cup at a time and mix well between each addition. Scrape down the sides and mix until smooth and all the powdered sugar is incorporated.
- Divide the mixture equally between three bowls. Tint one bowl green and one bowl red.
- Cover the bowls with plastic wrap and chill for about an hour or until firm.
- Once firm, scoop out a heaping teaspoon’s worth and roll into a ball. Place on the parchment lined pan.
- If the mixture is too sticky, use a sprinkling of powdered sugar to dust your hands to roll easier.
- Once all the mints have been shaped, use a fork to press the balls into a disc. Use a dusting of powdered sugar to prevent the fork from sticking.
- Place the sheet pan back in the fridge and allow to harden for an additional 2-4 hours.
Notes
- Mints should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week.
- Use gel food coloring as it is thicker and will not thin out the mixture.
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