Cream Cheese Mints – Great Party Nibbles

My mom used to make these at Christmastime. I loved them. She always made them green and minty. Today I wanted to make something that was fast, easy, tasty, and bite-sized. These cream cheese mints fit that description.

Thankfully I had the 5 ingredients. These lemony discs are a tasty 1 1/4th inches

Ingredients

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon extract (I used lemon extract.)
• Few drops of food coloring (I used 2 drops of yellow.)
• 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
•  Granulated sugar

Directions

• Stir in extract and food colouring into cream cheese until it is smooth, soft, and colour is uniform.
•  Incorporate sifted powdered sugar, stirring in one cup at a time.
• If mixture is sticky, put it into the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Scoop out 3/4 tsp of mixture.
• Shape into a ball.
• Roll ball in sugar and place on wax paper.
  

  Until you chill the discs on each side, they are sticky. I will freeze these for the Women’s Tea on February 8th. I will let you know how they taste.

• Flatten each ball with the bottom of a juice glass.
• Let it sit 90 minutes in refrigerator and then turn over.
• Let it chill for another 90 minutes.
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freeze up to 1 month.
• I made 60 pieces.

Your Turn . . .  

• Have you made cream cheese mints before?
• What is your go to, quick nibble to make?

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