Ingredients

  • 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • confectioners sugar
  • peppermint extract (about 1/4 tsp. or to taste)
  • wintergreen extract (about 1/4 tsp. or to taste)
  • red food coloring
  • green food coloring
  • granulated sugar

Method

  • Mix cream cheese and confectioners sugar by hand until smooth and doughy.
  • Divide mixture in half; add a few drops of peppermint extract to one half and a few drops of wintergreen extract to other half.
  • Taste and adjust flavor.
  • Blend green food coloring (several drops at a time) into peppermint mixture until soft green; blend red food coloring (several drops at a time) into wintergreen mixture until pastel pink.
  • Pinch off small pieces of dough; roll into balls and dip into sugar.