| ndered how to make those delicious mints you | | | | color. Knead dough with reserved powdered sugar |
| get at weddings and special occasions? They are | | | | until dough is no longer sticky. To prepare mold, |
| called cream cheese mints and have been around | | | | press a small amount of the dough mixture into |
| for years. For those of you who haven't tried | | | | each mold cavity and remove. This will coat the |
| them, they have an excellent creamy texture. | | | | candy molds with oil from the cream cheese. Now |
| Our flexible candy molds come with a cream | | | | dip the mold into the granulated sugar, coating |
| cheese mint recipe that we just love so we | | | | each one well, shaking off the excess. |
| thought we would share it with you. | | | | Press cream cheese dough into each mold and |
| Cream Cheese Mint Recipe | | | | smooth off the excess. When all molds are filled, |
| 4 ounces of cream cheese | | | | invert the mints onto waxes paper or freezer |
| 16 ounce box of powdered sugar | | | | paper. Repeat until all dough has been made into |
| ¼ teaspoon of mint flavor | | | | mints. |
| 1 cup granulated sugarfood coloring (optional) | | | | Cream cheese mints need to dry for 24 to 48 |
| Set 1 cup of powdered sugar aside to help | | | | hours, covered with a dry cloth only. When dry, |
| facilitate the kneading process. Mix remaining | | | | store in a plastic seales container. Mints can be |
| powdered sugar and cream cheese to form a | | | | frozen and kept up to 6 months. This recipe |
| single dough. Add mint flavor and desired food | | | | yields approximately 144 mints. |