Homemade Cream Cheese Peppermint Mints

Here's a fun Valentine's Day treat you can make which is super easy. These melt-in-your-mouth sweet mints will impress your loved ones because they were made especially for them. It's one of the easiest candy recipes around.

You'll need:

4 oz organic cream cheese, softened at room temperature

3-4 cups organic powered sugar

¼ tsp organic peppermint extract (you can add a little more if you want a bolder peppermint taste)

Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. In a medium size bowl, combine softened cream cheese, 3 cups powered sugar and peppermint extract. Form into a ball, adding more powdered sugar if needed so it isn't sticky. Taste to see if you would like a little more peppermint flavor added.

Roll the mixture into small balls and place on waxed paper. Flatten with a fork dipped in powdered sugar. You can also make cut-outs using tiny cookie cutter, or decorate with chocolate chips, a drizzle of melted chocolate or even sugar sprinkles. Let dry on waxed paper for at at least 2 hours, then put in air tight container, separating layers with waxed paper, and refrigerate.

You will be so pleased to find how delicious these little mints are!