CREAM CHEESE MINTS

By pbaumgartner

Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. flavored oil or extract
• 6 c. confectioner's sugar
• Food coloring as desired
• NOTE: Do not use lowfat cream cheese.

Preparation

Step 1

Beat cream cheese until soft. Add coloring and flavoring. Gradually add sugar. Knead until consistency is like pie dough. Roll into marble-sized balls. Dip one side into granulated or colored sugar crystals. Place, sugar side down, into cavity of rubber mold, pressing from edge to center. Unmold at once onto waxed paper.
(For chocolate mints, add 3 Tbs. cocoa and 1/2 tsp. vanilla)