Creamy No-Cook Mints

COOKIES,

3ounces light cream cheese

1⁄4 teaspoon mint flavoring

2drops green food color or color of choice

41⁄4-41⁄2cups powdered sugar

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 3⁄4-inch balls, using about 1 teaspoon for each ball. Roll in superfine sugar. Place on waxed paper covered with superfine sugar. Flatten slightly with thumb to form 1⁄4-inch thick patties. If desired, press back of fork lightly on patties to form ridges.

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

BARS, AND CANDIES

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 2-quart saucepan. Combine sugar, salt, evaporated milk, corn syrup, and chocolate in pan. Cook and stir over medium heat until chocolate melts and sugar dissolves. Cook to soft ball stage (236°F) without stirring. Remove immediately from heat. Add butter without stirring. Cool to lukewarm (110°F). Stir in vanilla.

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 9x9x2-inch baking pan. Cool at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch squares when firm.

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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