Creamy Mints

By kayjayjohnson

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons reduced fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
• food coloring (optional) - i used a few drops of yellow to get a very soft butter color
• 4 to 4 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 1/4 about 1/4 cup superfine or granulated sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Beat the cream cheese until soft and fluffy, about two minutes. Add the mint and food coloring, if using, and mix until blended.
Add the confectioners sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until it forms a stiff mixture.
Form balls with about 1/2 teaspoon of the mixture. roll in the superfine sugar and flatten with your thumb or tines of a fork. Store in the refrigerator.