Smooth and Creamy Butter Mints Recipe (2024)

Homemade butter mints are the perfect after-dinner treat. These easy-to-make sweets have a wonderfully smooth and creamy texture, with just a hint of vanilla. They make great gifts for the holidaysand are perfect for parties, weddings, and showers.

All you need are butter, powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla and mint extracts. The mixture is blended together, tinted with food coloring, if you like, and shaped into pillows, little balls, or cut out with small cookie cutters to make fun shapes. Keep them simple or customize them to go along with a holiday or party theme.

Ingredients

1/2 cup (4-ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups confectioners' sugar, more for dusting
1 tablespoon heavy cream or milk
1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
Pinch salt
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Food coloring, optional

Steps to Make It

Gather the ingredients.
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Put the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. (Alternatively, you can use a hand mixer.) Beat the butter on medium speed until it is smooth and free of lumps.
Add the powdered sugar, cream, vanilla extract, salt, and 1/4 teaspoon mint extract. Mix everything together on low speed, and once the sugar is incorporated, raise the speed to medium and beat until the candy is nice and smooth.
Taste the candy and add more mint extract if desired; different brands have different strengths, and it's better to start with less flavoring and add more if necessary.
Dust your work surface with confectioners' sugar. If you want to make different colors of mints, divide the candy into smaller portions. While working with one portion, wrap the candy you're not using in plastic wrap so it doesn't dry out.
Add 1 to 2 drops of food coloring to 1 portion of the candy and knead it like bread dough on the surface covered with confectioners' sugar. (It's a good idea to wear disposable gloves to keep the food coloring from dyeing your hands.) Gel colors will darken as they sit, so use a light touch with the food coloring. Knead until the color is evenly blended into the candy and the mixture is smooth and supple.
Wrap the dyed candy in plastic wrap and repeat until all of your candy is dyed in your preferred colors.
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Shape the candy into pillows or little balls, or roll out the dough and use small cookie cutters to create shapes.
Leave the mints on a baking sheet at room temperature overnight so that they dry out on the surface and can be easily transferred and stored. (They will still be smooth and creamy on the inside.)
Enjoy.

Rectangular-Shaped Pillows

On the powdered sugar-dusted work surface, roll a palm-sized portion of dough into a long, thin cylinder, about a 1/2-inch thick.
Use a sharp knife to cut small pieces, 1/2- to 3/4-inch long.
Transfer the pieces to a baking sheet and repeat the rolling and cutting process.

Small Balls

Roll the mints into small balls between your palms.
Leave them round like marbles or press them slightly to make discs.
Transfer the pieces to a baking sheet and repeat the rolling and cutting process.

Shape With Cookie Cutters

Roll the mints out like cookie dough to your desired thickness.
Use cookie cutters or fondant cutters to cut small shapes out of the candy.
Transfer the pieces to a baking sheet and repeat the rolling and cutting process.

Tips

Make sure to measure the mint extract carefully and add the lower amount first; too much, and the mints will taste like toothpaste. Not enough, and you can always add more.
If your kitchen is warm or humid, the dough can become sticky. Add a little bit of confectioners' sugar—only a tablespoon or so—until the candy is the right consistency.

How to Store

Store the butter mints in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
14	Calories
1g	Fat
2g	Carbs
0g	Protein

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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 180
Amount per serving
Calories	14
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g	1%
Saturated Fat 0g	2%
Cholesterol 1mg	0%
Sodium 1mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 2g	1%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 2g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 0mg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 0mg	0%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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Smooth and Creamy Butter Mints Recipe (2024)

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How long do buttermints stay fresh? ›

How to Store Butter Mints: Once prepared, butter mints can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks. For best results store in a cool, dry place. They will keep in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a month, or in the freezer for several months.

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What are butter mints made of? ›

This nostalgic treat used to be very popular dating clear back to 1893! They're made with simple ingredients like butter, powdered sugar, cream or half and half, a pinch of salt, vanilla and some flavoring. Extracts work fine but I feel they keep their best flavor when you use candy oils.

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What are the mints called that melt in your mouth? ›

Also called wedding mints or buttermints, cream cheese mints are a creamy, melt-in-your-mouth candy. You'll often see them shaped like little pillows in pastel colors. They're easy to make with just 5 ingredients and great for sharing and gifting.

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What are the ingredients in butter mintoes? ›

INGREDIENTS: Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Butter (Milk) (8%), Invert Sugar Syrup, Salt, Emulsifier (Lecithins), Flavourings, Hydrolysed Milk Protein, Colour (Plain Caramel).

Are buttermints good for you? ›

They make the perfect after-dinner morsel but I reach for them as a quick snack. Buttermints stop sugar cravings instantly because they taste like candy but deliver satiating and healthful fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins.

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Can you freeze Buttermints? ›

If you want to store butter mints for a longer time, just place the container in your freezer. (Again, make sure to use an airtight container. A freezer bag works too!) They should stay good for several months.

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How to store buttermints? ›

FAQs. Should I keep by Buttermints in a Refrigerator? You can, but it isn't 100% necessary. As long as you store them in an air tight container at room temperature, they should store wonderfully!

Scotch mints
Alternative names	Peppermints, spearmints
Type	Confectionery
Main ingredients	Mint flavoring or mint oil or other oil (such as wintergreen)
Variations	Hard mint, soft mints, Scotch mints, Mint Imperials

What is the laxative in mints? ›

Sorbitol, in particular, is present in many chewing gums, mints, and other confections, in some processed foods, naturally in several foods, and in some liquid medications. This patient experienced sorbitol-related diarrhea that resolved upon cessation of the chewing gum.

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What is the shelf life of butter mints? ›

What is the shelf life for the butter mints (all package varieties)? BEST ANSWER: The buttermints have a shelf life of 240 days.