Creamy No-Cook Mints
EKBA COO
3ounces light cream cheese
1⁄4 teaspoon mint flavoring
2drops green food color or color of choice
Superfine sugar
Place cream cheese, flavoring, and food color in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds, or until smooth. Continuing on Speed 2, gradually add powdered sugar and mix about 11⁄2 minutes, or until mixture becomes very stiff.
To make mints, dip individual flexible candy molds in superfine sugar. Press in mint mixture. Turn out onto waxed paper covered with superfine sugar. Repeat until all mixture is used. OR: Shape mixture into
Store mints, tightly covered, in refrigerator. Mints also freeze well.
Yield: 42 servings (2 candies per serving).
Per serving: About 54 cal, 0 g pro, 13 g carb, 0 g fat, 1 mg chol, 12 mg sod.
Chocolate Fudge
Butter
2 cups sugar
1⁄8 teaspoon salt
3⁄4 cup evaporated milk
1teaspoon light corn syrup
2squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate
2tablespoons butter or margarine
1teaspoon vanilla
2cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Butter sides of heavy
Pour mixture into mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 8 minutes, or until fudge stiffens and loses its gloss. Quickly turn to Stir Speed and add walnuts, mixing just until blended. Spread in buttered
Yield: 64 servings (1 square per serving).
Per serving: About 59 cal, 1 g pro, 7 g carb, 3 g fat, 1 mg chol, 12 mg sod.
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