Cream Cheese Heart Mints
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1 tablespoon butter room temperature
- 3 cups lightly packed powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract or other flavor like vanilla, almond, raspberry, etc
- hot pink food coloring
- 1 inch heart shaped cookie cutter
- extra powdered sugar
Instructions
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Use a food processor to pulse the cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar until it reaches a crumble.
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Add extract and pulse until it becomes a ball of dough.
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On a non-stick surface coated in powdered sugar, break the dough into 2 even chunks, set one aside.
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Place a few drops of hot pink food coloring on the dough and knead, adding powdered sugar as needed to prevent sticking, until the color is uniform.
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Coat a rolling pin in powdered sugar and roll the dough 1/8th inch thick. Use the cookie cutter to cut hearts and use a thin metal spatual to transfer them to a sheet of wax paper. Continue rolling and cutting the dough until there is about 2 tablespoons left.
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Mix the extra dough into the dough you set aside and kneead, adding powdered sugar as needed to until it is a uniform light pink color.
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Repeat step 5.
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Allow the heart shaped mints to dry on wax paper for at least 2 hours before serving.
These might not have those silly words on them, but I bet they taste way better than those chalky “heart shaped antiacids”.
We made these as Girl Scouts when I was a kid, I’m pretty sure, and I forgot all about them until this post! Thanks for sharing. I know what we’re making for Valentine’s Day this year! ; )
Thank you for reminding me about these! We use to make them all the time as kids. I want to make some with my kids for Valentines now. Pinned!
These look so yummy! I love soft melting peppermints. Can’t wait to try them with cream cheese.
These candies look so good. Yum. I use Young Living essential oils, and I”m thinking I could put a few drops of peppermint in with vanilla extract. I think I may try this for my next gathering. Thank you. #smallvictories.
What a perfect little gift for Valentine Day, I pinned these to my Valentine Board. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Love these little hearts! They sound like they taste great too, with the cream cheese added! Thanks for sharing at Celebrate It!
Oh my goodness this is brilliant! Definitely trying for valentine’s day!
These are so sweet, and they’d make perfect little Valentine’s Day favours wrapped in pretty bags. Thank you so much for this recipe – can’t wait to try!
nice! I must try these, they look so pretty 🙂
I have to confess that I am that person at the church social who eats bunches and bunches of the cream cheese candies! I love the idea of making them for valentines day! Thanks for sharing but no thanks for my waistline 🙂
I love these yummy and cute. Thank for sharing on Inspire Me Wed.
What a fun little food craft for Valentines! They’re so cute. 🙂
Oh! What a fun idea! And so cute! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week.
Yum, I love these, they look so good as hearts!
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing! #SmallVictories
Cream cheese anything is my favorite, so I know I’ll love these! Pinning. 🙂 Have a great weekend!