Make your own melt-in-your-mouth Cream Cheese Mints in 10 minutes with just 4 ingredients. Customize your homemade candy in various colors and shapes for baby showers, weddings, or holidays.
Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Mint Recipe
Our Old-fashioned Cream Cheese Mints recipe is easy to make simply by beating together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and mint flavor to form a white dough.
Color with food coloring so they’re pretty in pastels, like my cream cheese Butter Mints, look classic like my Christmas Mints, or keep them white; press them into molds, prepare them like pillows, or flatten them with a fork.
Often called wedding mints or baby shower mints, these homemade cream cheese mints taste buttery and subtly sweet with a rich, smooth, and creamy texture that will dissolve on your tongue.
These mint candies are firm on the outside and soft on the inside – they’ll melt in your mouth like mint-flavored cream cheese frosting and may freshen your breath after a meal as a bonus!
Why We Love Cream Cheese Mint Candy Recipes
- Quick and easy to prepare (the mint-flavored middle makes it well worth the wait for them to dry).
- It only uses 4 ingredients plus gel food coloring.
- The undyed dough is a blank canvas to customize with different colors according to the holiday.
- It is softer and creamier than the name-brand butter mint candy.
- Package portions in parchment-lined tins to give as gifts.
- Perfect for bridal and baby showers, weddings, parties, or eating after dinner.
Cream Cheese Mints Ingredients
- Cream cheese: Full-fat cream cheese works best for this recipe. Use the kind that comes in a block and not the spreadable tub.
- Butter
- Powdered sugar or confectioner’s sugar
- Mint extract: Use pure mint or pure peppermint extract.
- Neon green, neon pink, and classic blue gel food coloring
Substitutions and Additions
- Use Other Extracts: You can use other extract flavors if mint isn’t your favorite. Try cherry, cinnamon, or strawberry flavoring for red mints; vanilla or coconut for white mints; lemon for yellow mints; and lime for green mints.
- Customize Your Candy: These cream mints can be colored to match a party theme or other holiday celebration. Use pastel colors for Easter, Mother’s Day, and baby or bridal showers; use red and green for Christmas; make them multi-colored for birthdays; use gold, silver and white for weddings and anniversary parties; or use orange for Halloween.
- Decorate Or Dip: Feel free to add sprinkles to the dough for an extra festive flair. You can also roll the dough in granulated sugar or crushed candy canes or even dip your candies in melting chocolate to create a homemade Peppermint Patty.
How to Make Cream Cheese Mints
- Make The Dough Mixture: Beat together the cream cheese, butter, mint, and powdered sugar for 3-4 minutes. Continue mixing by hand, kneading the mixture and forming a ball.
- Divide The Dough: Cut the dough ball into 4 equal parts and place each into a separate mixing bowl.
- Color: Fold in a different food coloring to each bowl, except for one which will remain white, and mix until fully blended.
- Flatten With A Fork: Form the dough into 1 teaspoon sized balls, place them on a baking sheet, and flatten about half way down with a fork.
Pro Tip: Place the fork in the remaining powdered sugar before pressing into the ball. - Sit And Serve: Allow mints to sit at room temperature for 4-6 hours before serving. Enjoy!
Tips For Making Cream Cheese Mints
- You will need to purchase both a neon food coloring packet and a traditional food coloring packet to create the coloring for these mints.
- The mixture will be crumbly at first when mixing. Blend using an electric hand mixer for 3-4 minutes until the mixture stops changing. Then mix it with your hands.
- This works best when butter and cream cheese are truly softened.
- The mixture should have a playdough feel after you’ve mixed it with your hands.
- You may want to mix by hand to work the color into the mints.
- Wash your hands between kneading the different color mixtures.
How to Store Cream Cheese Mints
- To Store: These cream cheese mints can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- To Freeze: Freeze cream cheese mints in airtight containers or freezer bags for a few months. You may want some parchment paper between layers. Thaw in the fridge before serving.
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Cream Cheese Mints
Serves — 40
Cream Cheese Mints are made in minutes and are perfect for baby and bridal showers, weddings, and holiday parties!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Rest Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature + 1 tablespoon if needed (see note below)
- 1 tablespoon butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon mint extract
- Neon green, neon pink, and classic blue gel food coloring
Instructions
- Add cream cheese, butter, mint, and powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl.4 ounces cream cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, 4 cups powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon mint extract
- Use an electric hand or stand mixer to blend for 3-4 minutes. It will be very crumbly.
- Put away the mixture and continue mixing by hand, kneading the mixture and forming it into a round ball.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the ball into 4 equal parts. Place each portion into a small mixing bowl (like the size of a cereal bowl).
- Add one color of food coloring to each bowl, except for one which will remain white. Add 3-4 dots of food coloring gel to each. Fold in the food coloring, mixing by hand or with a fork. Mix until the color is solid and fully blended.Neon green, neon pink, and classic blue gel food coloring
- Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll 1 teaspoon sized balls from each bowl. Place balls on a baking sheet.
- Place the fork in the remaining powdered sugar before pressing into the ball, flattening it about half way down.
- Allow mints to rest at room temperature for 4-6 hours before enjoying.
Jenn’s Notes
Storage:
- To Store: These cream cheese mints can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- To Freeze: Freeze cream cheese mints in airtight containers or in freezer bags for a few months. You may want some parchment paper between layers. Thaw in the fridge before serving.
- You will need to purchase both a neon food coloring packet and a traditional food coloring packet to create the coloring for these mints
- The mixture will be crumbly at first when mixing. Blend using an electric hand mixer for 3-4 minutes until the mixture stops changing. Then mix it with your hands.
- This works best when butter and cream cheese are truly softened.
- The mixture should have a playdough feel after you’ve mixed it with your hands. You can add 1 more tablespoon of cream cheese if needed. The mixture should not be sticky.
- You may want to mix by hand to work the color into the mints.
- Wash your hands between kneading the different color mixtures.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 52kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 22mg | Potassium: 8mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.01mg
what kind or brand of gel food coloring? I see ones where water is the first ingredient and others were corn syrup is. does it matter?
yes!!
I have the mixture separated in 5 separate bowls each with a different food color, one is mixed red & green (festive) however there they just sit because they are not firm enough to roll into a ball I’m Lost and don’t want to toss in trash! please help
Did you use the right type of cream cheese? If the batter is too sticky or soft, try gradually adding more powdered sugar. This will help absorb excess moisture and firm up the batter. Do this a little at a time to avoid making the batter too dry. It should be t he consistency of play doh.
Can you use peppermint to make Christmas mints with red and green food coloring?
yes!!
What does +small handful mean?
Not to sure what’s happened with mine but I’ve now added close to 6 cups of powdered sugar and it’s still quite sticky.
I’ve followed the recipe to a T.
Sadly it all went in the trash.
Hi Lorilei, I am so sorry these didn’t work out for you. Can you tell me what type of cream cheese you used? Full fat in the block? Or spreadable?
getting supplies for weekend fun with grand babies, Thank you <3
Hi Fran – I hope they enjoy!
can you tell me how many mints are in a serving?
I can’t wait to try it! Thank you so much.
Looks delish!! 👍🏻