If you like cream cheese mints, try these Conversation Heart Cream Cheese Mints for Valentine’s Day!  You only need a few easy ingredients and food coloring to make these adorable no-bake treats for your Valentine!

Cream cheese mints, also known as baby shower mints or wedding mints, are a tradition at get together throughout the midwest.  These no-bake treats taste similar to cream cheese butter mints and are fun to make for any occasion.  You can make these for birthday parties, easter, communions, graduation,  wedding showers, anniversaries,  baby showers, or any time of the year.   These will be perfect for Valentine’s day because they look exactly like conversation hearts that the kids love passing out at school!

Ingredients

4 ounces of cream cheese

One tablespoon butter

Four cups of powdered sugar, also known as confectioners’ sugar.

Peppermint extract or another flavor of extract.  Lemon, almond, vanilla, or cinnamon extract would taste good.

Valentine Sprinkles

food coloring

Equipment needed

mixing bowl

spatula

baking sheets

parchment paper or wax paper

You can use a food processor, hand mixer, or stand mixer to mix these

silicone heart molds and a mini heart cookie cutter.  You can also use a traditional candy mold.  If you don’t have a heart mold, you can also roll the dough into a ball and stamp them with a heart stamp.

Instructions

1. Add softened cream cheese, softened butter, peppermint, and vanilla extract in a bowl.  Mix well.

2. Add powdered sugar,  1 cup at a time, and stir the sugar until you get a dough-like batter mixture that is not sticky.

3. Food coloring in and mix in well. You will estimate the amount of food coloring for each color.

4. You can also use a heart candy mold to mold them.

5. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before eating.

Storage

store your cream cheese mints in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks and in the freezer for up to one year.   If you are storing them in the freezer, store them in a freezer bag, separating single layers with wax or parchment paper.

What kind of food coloring should I use?

I have used all kinds of food coloring for cream cheese mints.   The colors you see in my photos are gel food coloring.  I used Neon purple for the purple hearts you see.  I used red food coloring to get the pink color, but if you can find hot pink food coloring, that also looks great!

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Conversation Heart Cream Cheese Mints

If you like cream cheese mints, try these Conversation Heart Cream Cheese Mints for Valentine's Day!  You only need a few easy ingredients and food coloring.

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 tablespoon butter softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 5 drops peppermint extract
• Valentine Sprinkles

Instructions

1. Add softened cream cheese, softened butter, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract in a bowl.  Mix well.

2. Add powdered sugar,  1 cup at a time, and stir the sugar until you get a dough-like batter mixture that is not sticky.

3. Food coloring in and mix in well. You will to estimate the amount of food coloring for each color.

4. Use a heart candy mold to mold them.

5. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before eating.

We won’t count calories or carbohydrates in these cream cheese mints.  🙂

If you like this recipe, then you should also try my:

Christmas Funfetti Cream Cheese Mints 

Oreo Cream Cheese Mints 

Red Hot Cinnamon Cream cheese mints 

Did you try these valentine’s day cream cheese mints?  How did they turn out for you?  Please let me know by commenting below this blog post or tagging me on social media and letting me know how they turn out!  You can find me on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.