Wedding Cream Cheese Buttermints

Earlier this month we wrote a blog post about cream cheese buttermints. As February was just around the corner, we had Valentine’s Day fever and a surplus of sanding sugar at our house. Needing to utilize the crazy amounts of sugars and sprinkles I had purchased in red and pink we decided to turn the buttermints into Valentine’s Day confections. I have a small addiction for sprinkles if it sparkles and shines I buy and think about the practical use later.  In our original blog post, I mentioned making these mints for my wedding over twenty years ago.  I have since had many people message us asking for ideas on how to make these mints for their own weddings. This weekend I had extra cream cheese in the fridge and a sweet tooth to satisfy so the girls and I decided to make a batch of mints in wedding colors to show how elegant these mints can look displayed at a wedding. The girls were so happy with the results that Maddie made me promise to make them again when she gets married. As much as I love making these mints lets hope I have many years before that happens 😉

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese softened

4 Tbsp salted butter softened

2 tsp mint extract

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 lb bag confectioners sugar

food coloring (optional)

sanding sugar

nonpareils (optional)

Instructions:

1. Beat cream cheese and butter until there are no remaining lumps.
2. Add extracts and beat until completely incorporated.
3. Thoroughly mix in a bag 2lb bag of confectioners sugar.
4. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
5. Roll dough into a small ball.
6. Coat dough ball in sanding sugar or nonpareils and press in a silicone or plastic mold.  If you do not have a mold you can flatten the dough ball with the lines of a fork.
7. Place mints on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and allow to air dry 1-2 hours.
8. Cover and store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Tips:

• you can flavor with any extracts or flavor combinations you like.
• If you do not like the texture sanding sugar on the mints you can lightly dust with confectioners sugar. Sanding sugar does make the release from a silicone mold a little easier.