Valentines Cream Cheese Butter Mints are a fun no-bake Valentines Day treat that are easy to make and they are just so cute too! Only three ingredients, plus any coloring or flavoring you want!
Valentines Cream Cheese Butter Mints are one of the simplest little treats and are perfect for making little goodie bags or for taking to a Valentines Day party. Usually these little butter mints are shaped into balls and then flattened into circles, but to make them more festive, I rolled out the dough and used a small heart cutter to make little hearts.
I chose to divide the dough into thirds to make pink, red and white butter mints, but you can make as many colors as you want. Traditionally, peppermint or mint extract is used to give these mints their flavor, but you can also use other extracts instead. These little candies are absolutely delicious when flavored with cherry, strawberry or raspberry extracts, and I think those flavors pair so well with the red and pink that I used for Valentines Day. You can make as many flavor/color combinations as you want!
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Ingredients in Valentines Cream Cheese Butter Mints
1/4 cup butter
1 (8 oz pkg) cream cheese
4-5 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp extract (peppermint, cherry, raspberry, lemon, strawberry, etc)
granulated sugar for dipping
How to make Butter Mints
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the cream cheese and stir until melted and combined with the butter. The cream cheese won’t really “melt” like the butter does, but will completely soften.
Remove the pan from heat and add the powdered sugar. Add 4 cups of the powdered sugar and stir with a spoon until fully combined. If the dough is still really sticky to the touch, add more powdered sugar. The dough should be like really soft playdough, but shouldn’t stick to your fingers.
Divide the dough into however many sections you want. For this batch, I divided the dough into 3 parts and added 1/3 tsp of extract to each part, stirring the flavoring in well. Add food coloring and continue to mix the dough well until the color is fully incorporated into the dough.
If you want to make your candies in a circle shape, use a 1/2 tsp to portion out the dough and roll each piece into a ball. Use a fork to flatten and score the candies so that they are about 1/4″ thick.
To make shapes other than circles, roll the dough out so it’s about 1/4″ thick and then cut out the desired shapes. If you find that the cookie cutter is sticking to the dough, you can spray it with a little bit of non-stick cooking spray or dip it in melted butter and then dip in granulated sugar in between cutting each shape out.
If desired, place a small amount of granulated sugar in a bowl and then coat the candies on all sides with a thin layer of sugar. Place the formed butter mints in a single layer on waxed paper. The candies will “set” within a few hours – they will remain soft, but the outside sets up enough that the mints are no longer sticky at all and can all be placed together in a container. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I made about 150 hearts from one batch so this makes a ton!
Valentines Cream Cheese Butter Mints
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp extract peppermint, cherry, raspberry, lemon, strawberry, etc
- food coloring
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the cream cheese and stir until melted and combined with the butter. The cream cheese won't really "melt" like the butter does, but will completely soften.
- Remove the pan from heat and add the powdered sugar. Add 4 cups of the powdered sugar and stir with a spoon until fully combined. If the dough is still really sticky to the touch, add more powdered sugar. The dough should be like really soft playdough, but shouldn't stick to your fingers.
- Divide the dough into however many sections you want. For this batch, I divided the dough into 3 parts and added 1/3 tsp of extract to each part, stirring the flavoring in well. Add food coloring and continue to mix the dough well until the color is fully incorporated into the dough.
- If you want to make your candies in a circle shape, use a 1/2 tsp to portion out the dough and roll each piece into a ball. Use a fork to flatten and score the candies so that they are about 1/4" thick.
- To make shapes other than circles, roll the dough out so it's about 1/4" thick and then cut out the desired shapes. If you find that the cookie cutter is sticking to the dough, you can spray it with a little bit of non-stick cooking spray or dip it in melted butter and then dip in granulated sugar in between cutting each shape out.
- If desired, place a small amount of granulated sugar in a bowl and then coat the candies on all sides with a thin layer of sugar. Place the formed butter mints in a single layer on waxed paper. The candies will "set" within a few hours - they will remain soft, but the outside sets up enough that the mints are no longer sticky at all and can all be placed together in a container. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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What kind of cream cheese do I use when making butter mints?
I usually use regular cream cheese, but you can use low-fat or non-fat cream cheese and the recipe will still work well.
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Valentines Cream Cheese Butter Mints are a fun no-bake Valentines Day treat that are easy to make and they are just so cute too! Only three ingredients, plus any coloring or flavoring you want!
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