Description
Homemade creamy peppermint delight mints offer a delectable holiday treat that melts gracefully on palates. Crisp mint flavors and smooth cream combine for a festive confection you’ll savor with pure enjoyment.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, softened (full fat)
- 8 cups (907 g) powdered sugar
- 2 tbsps (28 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ tsp peppermint extract
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- Gel food coloring (optional)
Instructions
- Base Mixture Preparation: Combine softened cream cheese and butter in a stand mixer, blending until achieving a smooth, homogeneous texture.
- Sugar Integration: Introduce salt, then gradually fold in powdered sugar at medium-low speed, ensuring complete incorporation and maintaining a consistent mixture.
- Flavor and Coloration: Infuse the blend with peppermint extract, adding optional gel food coloring to create desired visual appeal while maintaining a uniform consistency.
- Dough Shaping: Portion the mixture into small, precise sections, rolling each into smooth, uniform spheres and arranging them on a parchment-lined surface with gentle spacing.
- Surface Decoration: Dust a fork with powdered sugar and delicately press each mint, creating elegant fork-imprinted designs that enhance both texture and visual presentation.
- Setting and Storage: Allow mints to air dry at room temperature for two hours, developing a firmer consistency, then transfer to an airtight container for refrigeration or freezing, preserving their delicate flavor and texture for up to six months.
Notes
- Cream Cheese Quality: Use full-fat, room temperature cream cheese for the smoothest, most luxurious texture and best binding properties.
- Sugar Incorporation: Add powdered sugar gradually to prevent clumping and achieve a silky, lump-free mixture that holds shape perfectly.
- Temperature Control: Keep ingredients at room temperature for easier blending and smoother mint consistency, avoiding cold, stiff components.
- Chilling Technique: Let mints dry completely at room temperature to develop a delicate outer crust and maintain their delightful, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 102
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 15 mg
- Fat: 4.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg