Cream Cheese Mints – The Cookie Rookie®

These old-fashioned cream cheese mints are so easy to make and so fun to eat. These little candies are chewy, creamy, sweet, and perfectly pepperminty. Make any color to match the occasion, from weddings to Christmas, or any festive parties.

Cream Cheese Wedding Mints

This cream cheese mints recipe is one you’ll want to have on hand when preparing for parties and holidays. They’re so simple, so fun, and so tasty! They have an addictively chewy texture, with a slightly sweet and pepperminty flavor.

You only need a handful of ingredients, and there’s no baking or cooking required. Make a bunch of these in any color you like, and hand them out for your next big celebration.

Use any colors you like to match the holiday or party colors. Red and green would be great for Christmas, use pink or blues for baby showers, or just make whatever colors you like.

How to Make Cream Cheese Mints

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1. Combine cream cheese, butter, salt, and extracts until smooth, then mix in powdered sugar until you get a doughy consistency.
2. Separate the dough into bowls, and mix in food coloring. Then chill the dough.
3. Use a small amount of dough (about a teaspoon) to roll into balls (the individual mints), and place them in a parchment lined baking tray.
4. Dip a fork in powdered sugar and press into each mint to gently flatten and create the lined design.
5. Let the mints dry out, then store and refrigerate.

6 Ingredients

• Cream Cheese: This should be softened before using. I don’t recommend using a low-fat cream cheese because it won’t have the same texture.
• Butter: Be sure to use unsalted butter, also softened.
• Salt: Just a little bit of kosher salt for flavor.
• Flavor Extracts: This recipe is using vanilla and peppermint extracts for flavor. You can swap them out for lemon, almond, or other extracts of you prefer.
• Powdered Sugar: This helps create the right consistency for the cream cheese mints.
• Food Coloring: You can use any colors you like, or skip food coloring if you want white mints.

If peppermint isn’t your favorite flavor, you can use different extracts. Lemon is a great option, or you can stick with just pure vanilla.

For parties, wrap a handful of cream cheese mints in small sachet bags to handout with gift bags, or place around the tables.

These easy, colorful cream cheese mints are such a fun thing to make. Whether you use them for a wedding, Christmas, or any other celebration you have in mind, they’re sure to be a hit.

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Recipe

Cream Cheese Mints Recipe

Author: Becky Hardin – The Cookie Rookie

Prep: 45 minutes

Cook: 0 minutes

Total: 1 hour 15 minutes

These old-fashioned cream cheese mints are so easy to make, and they’re addictively sweet. These little candies are creamy, sweet, and perfectly pepperminty. Make any color to match the occasion, from weddings to Christmas, or any festive parties.

Instructions

• In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the cream cheese, butter, salt, and peppermint and vanilla extracts together until smooth.

  8 ounces cream cheese, 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon pure peppermint extract, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• Add in the powdered sugar, about ½ cup at a time, mixing after each addition until the mixture reaches a play-doh-like consistency. You may not need all of the powdered sugar.

  2 pounds powdered sugar

• Divide the dough equally among 3 bowls (about 389 grams per bowl).

• Add in 1-2 drops of food coloring to each of the bowls and mix until evenly incorporated.

  Food coloring

• Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes, so it’s easier to handle.

• Use a teaspoon to take a portion of dough. Roll in your hands to form small balls. Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

• Dip a fork into powdered sugar, then gently push down on the mints with the fork.

• Let the mints dry out on the sheet pan for a few hours, then transfer to an airtight container in the refrigerator to store.

Becky’s tips

• Feel free to use any colored food coloring you like to make these festive for holidays, weddings, or graduations!
• You can also shape these mints with a silicone mold, cookie press, or pipe them into kiss shapes!
• You can change up the flavor by swapping the peppermint extract for almond, lemon, orange, or butter extract!
• Use room temperature ingredients for the best results.
• Add enough powdered sugar that the mix begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl; it may be tacky, but it should not be sticky.
• If the mix is too sticky, add more powdered sugar.
• Be sure to dip your fork in powdered sugar to prevent the mints from sticking and breaking apart.

Storage: Store cream cheese mints in an airtight container with parchment between the layers in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 1 year.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1mint Calories: 43kcal (2%) Carbohydrates: 9g (3%) Protein: 0.1g Fat: 1g (2%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g Trans Fat: 0.01g Cholesterol: 3mg (1%) Sodium: 18mg (1%) Potassium: 3mg Sugar: 9g (10%) Vitamin A: 36IU (1%) Calcium: 2mg Iron: 0.01mg

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