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Cream Cheese Mints

“These seem to be everyone's favorite holiday candy recipe. Could be the melt in your mouth texture, or perhaps the sweet peppermint taste. Could also be the fact that this is the easiest candy recipe around! If stored in airtight container, these can be frozen for a couple months. These can also be made into pretty shapes by rolling in granulated sugar, pressing into candy molds, and dropping them out.”

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Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2012

I used the white chocolate cream cheese and they were so good, everyone loves em

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Charlene

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2012

Easy to make and store. A nice touch at showers. Nice taste.

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Kimlyn

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

I've made these for the past 2 Christmas Holidays and they are always the first to go! I dip them in really good, dark chocolate. Easy to make!

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Michelle

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2011

Just like my favorite restaurant mints, but better! Easy as pie and totally customizable. I used tiny cutters, dipped in powdered sugar to cut them into shapes... time consuming, but they looked great. I followed other reviewers' advice and added 1+ tsp of peppermint extract.

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whatsheesaid

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Boulder, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2011

I made these twice and neither time did they firm up. Followed recipe exactly but both times stayed very soft. Taste was good though.

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roodle2

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2011

I tried this recipe and there is no way they can be considered a candy. I followed the recipe and i had to pipe them as there was no way i could roll this. they have been drying for over 3 hours and i still can't pick them up. i am going to try to salvage them by dipping them in chocolate but will probably have to freeze them first to handle them. This recipe needs a lot of adjusting to get right so that doesn't make it a good recipe for me.

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Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

I was looking for something to add to the Christmas cookie tray and noticed these could be frozen. They were quick and easy to make. I tried a half a recipe and got 36 mints. I would definitely do the full recipe next time. I scooped the filling onto parchment with a cookie scoop. I got 9 scoops, with half the recipe, which I cut into 4 pieces each. Rolling into a rope and cutting, which I originally planned, would have been to sticky. So, I rolled each piece into a mini marshmallow shape, dusting them or my hands with powdered sugar as needed. Then, I stood the pieces up and pressed with a fork, as suggested. It did make a nice even pattern. Next time I may experiment with food color paste or a mini candy or fondant mold for an imprint. Thanks

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Baker Bee

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

Absolutely EASY and fabulous! I made these for Christmas "goodie boxes" that I am sending out. I doubled the recipe (mistake!) and had far toooo many! I rolled the "dough" into small "snakes" and cut it with a knife and made them just like you buy in the stores. I did separate it into different batches and colored them with different Christmas colors. I'm keeping this SUPER EASY recipe! I did not have peppermint oil, so instead I used peppermint extract (1/4 teaspoon) and it was just fine!

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PUMPKINPATCH73

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Christiansburg, Virginia, USA

Living In: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

Haven't made these yet but hint they r as good as what my mom used to make - she used an icing bag with a star tip and made small stars and dried them well - we froze some and the rest went into a candy dish - gone within days usually - we always made flavored ones in matching colors- cherry - orange - lemon and more - always a huge hit!!!!

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Paula

Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2011

These are delicious little bites of heaven; however, they were VERY sticky to work with. Next time I plan to increase the powdered sugar by at least a cup! And I might dip some in chocolate for some excellent chocolate mints! Thanks for the recipe!!!

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