(Or Chocolates, Soap, Wax, Lip balm or Solid Perfume)
When planning a party, many people enjoy both making and eating these melt in your mouth cream cheese sugary party mints. You know the ones that are made in all kinds of shapes and colors depending on the events theme. Everyone seems to love them, but finding the right mold for the occasion is often difficult, but we can help. Especially great for Showers, Weddings, Anniversaries, Graduations & Birthdays!
Our very own Mad About Molds Experiment: We have been asked repeatedly about using our molds for Party Mints, and could never answer with complete certainty without trying it ourselves.
Since no one here has any knowledge in making Party Mints, we asked a very experienced mint maker try out our molds to see how it works using our molds, and we were very pleased with the results. Here's her tips after experimenting with our molds to mints.
Instructions for making Party Mints! You can use both the hard or flexible molds, however I found that the flexible molds took less time and were easier to work with. The hard molds will work, but you need to tap to get the mold out. Both types of molds made great impressions and the results were nice.
I made the mints with cream cheese and powdered sugar like I've done for years. Before I press the mint ball into the mold, I roll them in regular cane sugar then press. This technique worked great with the molds.
I refrigerated the mints for a couple of hours before making them, then I put them on cookie sheets and freeze to put in containers.
If particles of mint got in the groves I just took a dried paper towel and wiped out.
Additional Tips:
1. Molds can also be cleaned with mild soap and water and a soft brush.
2. See our safety tips about working with molds & food
here. IMPORTANT Ordering Instructions: (for Mint Molds) - Molds with smooth edges keep the mold from falling apart, so if your shape has a jagged edge you will want to be sure to add the "Cavity Border" to your order to get a smooth edge and a deeper imprint. (see the diagram.)
- If you do not want to add this round or oval cavity border go ahead and order any flexible or hard mold that you wish from the flexible molds page.
- Please check the size of the mold imprint in the description of the mold, if you are adding a cavity border to your mold. Doing so will increase the size of your mold dramatically, especially with designs that have a deep imprint.
Cream Cheese Mints
Total Time: 48 hrs 20 mins
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 48 hrs
Ingredients: • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (2 lb) package powdered sugar
• 10 -11 drops peppermint extract (scant 1/4 tsp)
• food coloring (optional)
• granulated sugar (for rolling)
Directions: 1. Mixture will be dry.
2. Mix ingredients in a bowl (best if use dough hooks on your mixer).
3. Remove from bowl and knead.
4. You may add food coloring if you desire.
5. Roll in small balls and then roll the balls in granulated sugar.
6. Press into molds or slightly flatten balls.
7. Remove from mold.
8. Lay on wax paper to dry at least overnight.
9. Turn over and dry on other side.
10. Usually dry 24 hrs on each side.
11. If keeping longer than a couple of weeks, they need to be frozen.
