Cream Cheese Mints

Cream Cheese Mints are soft, buttery, and melt in your mouth. They’re quick to make with just 5 ingredients and a fun way to add color and sweetness to baby showers, weddings, or holidays.

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Love these mints. I make for many holidays. Thank you for all the great cookies and desserts💗

– Chris

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Why You’ll Love These Cream Cheese Mints

• A 5-ingredient homemade mints recipe that’s ready in just 10 minutes
• No-bake and beginner-friendly: mix, chill, and shape for melt-in-your-mouth candies
• Perfect as baby shower mints, wedding mints, party favors, or served as a staple treat for any celebration.
• Customizable colors for Christmas, Easter, graduation parties, and themed events
• Soft and creamy texture with the taste of rich mint frosting

Ingredients Notes

• Cream Cheese: Use full-fat, block-style cream cheese for best texture. Avoid whipped or low-fat versions, as these treats won’t set properly.
• Butter: Unsalted butter is ideal to keep the flavor balanced.
• Powdered Sugar: Stick with powdered (confectioners’) sugar; granulated sugar won’t dissolve and will ruin the texture.
• Mint Extract: Use pure peppermint extract or mint extract for that classic flavor. You can also swap in lemon, coconut, strawberry, almond, or vanilla extract for fun variations.
• Gel Food Coloring: Gel works best for vibrant colors without changing the texture. Use neon or classic gel colors to match your event theme.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How to Make Cream Cheese Mints

Follow these simple steps to make soft, colorful, cream cheese mint candy that melts in your mouth:

1. Mix the ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, mint extract, and powdered sugar. Use a hand or stand mixer to blend for 3–4 minutes. The mixture will look crumbly at first.
2. Knead by hand: Finish mixing by hand, kneading until it forms a soft, playdough-like ball.
3. Divide and color: Cut the dough into 4 equal parts. Place each in a small bowl. Add gel food coloring to 3 of the bowls (leave one white), and fold in the color until blended.
4. Shape the mints: Roll the dough into 1-teaspoon sized balls and place them on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
5. Flatten: Dip a fork in powdered sugar, then press each ball to flatten halfway.
6. Let them set: Leave the mints at room temperature for 4–6 hours to firm up before serving. Enjoy!

Recipe Tips

• Soften first: Make sure cream cheese and butter are fully softened for a smooth, even dough.
• Mix, then knead: Start with an electric mixer, then knead by hand to bring the dough together.
• Check texture: The dough should feel like soft playdough. If it’s too sticky, knead in a pinch of powdered sugar.
• Prevent sticking: Dip your fork in powdered sugar before pressing for a clean pattern.
• Use gel food coloring: It gives vibrant color without making the dough too wet.
• Keep colors clean: Wash your hands between handling different dough colors to prevent blending.
• Using molds? Dust with powdered sugar and chill the mints before removing for cleaner shapes.

Storage

• Store: Place mints in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
• Serve: No reheating needed; enjoy chilled or at room temperature.
• Freeze: Freeze in layers with a sheet of wax paper in a freezer-safe container for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge before serving.

More Easy Candy Recipes

• Butter Mints
• Christmas Mints
• Mint Oreo Truffles
• Jello Divinity Candy
• Cool Whip Candy
• Crockpot Candy
• Rocky Road Candy

If you’ve tried this Cream Cheese Mints Recipe or any other recipe on my website, please leave a star rating and let me know how it turned out in the comments below.

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Cream Cheese Mints

Author — Jennifer Fishkind

Serves — 40

This easy cream cheese mints recipe uses just 5 simple ingredients. A no-bake, soft and creamy treat that's perfect for baby showers, weddings, holidays, and homemade gifts.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Rest Time 6 hours hrs

Total Time 6 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

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.

Tips:

• 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

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