6 Reviews of Cream Cheese Mints

From: winkki

On Jul 31, 2005

I was looking all over for a recipe that I'd gotten from a friend in college in central Kansas...yours looked like and when I saw where you were from, I knew it had to be the same, lol! These were so easy to whip up that my 3 yr old got to help. I followed the other two reviews and used a hand mixer to blend everything. I was going to use a pastry tip but it was so warm in my kitchen that nothing would keep its shape. I broke it into two batches (two colors) and kept one bowl of mix chilled while I worked with the other, then switched back and forth as the color I was using would get too warm. I tried using chilled glasses to flatten the mints but finally just ended up doing it by hand. They worked out fine that way, though, and garnered a lot of recipe requests at the reception. Thanks so much!

From: Barb Gertz

On Dec 16, 2002

These are very good, I used Mint flavoring. Used a hand mixer for blending the butter and cream cheese together.worked great, also mixed in more powdered sugar when shaping the balls and flattened with a fork. Next time I think I will use a pastry tube instead of shaping into balls then flattening. Thanks for the recipe.

From: kiwidutch

On Oct 2, 2005

What on earth did I do wrong? this recipe obviously worked for everyone else, but sadly not for me... the amount of icing sugar (powdered sugar) required seemed enormous, but I followed the instructions to the letter and was worried when even before adding any food colouring becuase my mixture was totally liquid... recipe said to roll into balls, um, for me it was rather a case of pour it onto baking trays (cookie sheets) that had shallow sides and hope that it set...in despiration I did add more icing sugar to half of the batch, but soon realised that to get it to a somewhat firm consistancy that an even more massive amount of icing sugar would be required so gave up. I did add some liquid colouring since these were promised to my DD and a wee friend who'd come to play, and they had great fun 'finger painting'' in a cookie sheet each. It did set in the fridge to a certain degree but nowhere near firm enough to rescue into balls and they licked at the results for a while and sadly the rest got tossed as it was overly sweet (probably due to my additional icing sugar) Is our cream cheese more soft than yours maybe? this recipe sounded really yummy, and I think I may make it again (scale down the recipe by 1/4 or 1/2) so that I can see if it turns out better, and if it does I will be sure to update my review. Otherwise this is a recipe that for an unknown reason simply didn't work for me and I'll chalk it up to experience. Best regards...

From: Jellyqueen

On Apr 4, 2006

These mints were really good. I used the mixer also and these made up pretty good. They never did harden quite as much as I like, but they went over well, just the same. Thanks for a great recipe.

From: Jennifer2 Johnson

On Feb 5, 2003

These mints are excellent. Thanks so much for the recipe-they were a big hit a recent bridal shower. I did use a mixer for blending the butter and cream cheese and used a pastry tube to produce a rose shape.

From: ZeeCooks

On Apr 28, 2007

I've been using this recipe for years and my kids love them. I typically make green, pink (trying for red!) and white at Christmas.