Description
These Grinch Christmas Cream Cheese Mints are festive, colorful, and bursting with peppermint flavor. Soft cream cheese mixed with a hint of butter, peppermint extract, and neon green food coloring creates a dough that’s rolled into bite-sized balls, pressed flat, topped with red heart sprinkles, and chilled until firm. Perfect for holiday parties or gifting during Christmas time.
Ingredients
Scale
Base Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 5 drops neon green food coloring
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Toppings
- Red heart sprinkles
Instructions
- Mix the Wet Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, unsalted butter, peppermint extract, and neon green food coloring. Mix together until smooth and well incorporated.
- Add the Powdered Sugar: Gradually add the powdered sugar, about ½ cup at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition until the mixture forms a dough-like consistency that is no longer sticky.
- Shape the Mints: Roll the dough into ½-inch balls using your hands and place each ball onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Flatten and Decorate: Press each ball gently down with a fork to flatten slightly. Then, top each mint with a red heart sprinkle to give it a festive look.
- Chill to Set: Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator and chill the mints for 1 hour to allow them to firm up before serving.
Notes
- For a stronger peppermint flavor, increase the peppermint extract to ½ teaspoon.
- This recipe makes approximately 40 mints.
- If neon green food coloring appears too yellow, add 1 drop of traditional green food coloring to achieve a richer green hue.
- Store the mints in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or freeze them for up to 1 year. Remove from freezer 1 hour before serving to thaw properly.
- Use parchment paper to prevent sticking and ease cleanup.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mint
- Calories: 35 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 1.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
