Cream Cheese Wedding Mints

I spent the last couple days at my aunt Sheryle's house making mints for my cousin's upcoming wedding. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com. It's technically a Christmas recipe, but we're using it as one of the mint options for the reception. The one thing that I learned is that these won't come out of the molds unless you dust the molds with edible glitter before pressing the candy into the mold.

1 (3 oz) package cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
2 drops peppermint oil*
any food coloring paste or powder (I used powder - available at cake decorating shops)

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, and confectioner's sugar. Mix in peppermint oil. Color as desired with food coloring paste or powder, or leave white.
2. Roll mixture into small balls, then roll in granulated sugar.
3. Dust desired mold with edible glitter (available at cake decorating shops) and press ball into mold. Scrape excess and drop out of mold onto wax paper.
4. Allow to dry for about 2 hours, then freeze or refrigerate.

* You can substitute other flavors if you want. For instance, we did mint flavor for some, butter flavor for some, and cherry flavor for some.

Next week we'll be starting on the wedding cakes. Hopefully I'll post some pictures and some cool wedding cake tips.