recipe: creamy (no bake) mints

this is one evil jar of goodness.

(how's that for a contradiction)

what are they you ask?

well they are creamiest, easiest, most delicious mints you can possibly imagine!

when i saw this recipe on in the kitchen's blog  last month i KNEW i had to try it.

4 ingredients & mint flavored?

right up my alley.

but it's taken me a month to get all the ingredients together in the house...

(i should know by now to take lists with me to the store!)

the recipe calls for 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 cups of powdered sugar..

i only got 4 cups in & it started to become a little crumbly..

i'm going to decrease it next time..

(there will most definetly be a next time!)

i left out the green food coloring her recipe calls for..

which may account for some of that.

i poured it out on a cutting board & mashed it all together

then made inch sized balls out of the dough..

& smashed them with a fork like you would a peanut butter cookie

don't they look delicious?

i used peppermint extract, eventhough the recipe called for mint.

they taste pretty close to the inside of a peppermint patty..

(my favorite candy...)

the hubs tried them & said they'd be good dipped in chocolate..

little does he know i have a few little balls set aside just to try that..

(i just need the chocolate first!)

because if they already have 4 cups of sugar, you may as well finish them up right, right?

the original recipe is linked here.

i slightly modified it to my taste..

here is my version.

creamy no bake mints:

-3 oz cream cheese (works better at room temp)

-4 cups powdered sugar (add slowly, you may need less)

-1/2 tsp peppermint extract

-beat cream cheese & peppermint extract together. slowly add in powdered sugar, stopping when dough gets stiff. it takes a bit to get 4 cups of sugar into 3 oz of cream cheese, so be patient & scrape the bowl often!

the good thing is they are so sweet ya can't really eat more than one at a time.

i have mine in this little container in the fridge...

& they are kinda calling my name right now...

xo-k

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