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The Candy Cook Book

push a stick into the small opening. Pour in the melted fondant, and drop on wax paper by raising the stick and lowering it quickly when mint is the right size. In this way a large number of mints may be quickly and evenly molded.

Suggestions for Flavoring and Coloring Cream Mints
  • Checkermints, color fondant pale pink, and flavor with oil of wintergreen.
  • Chocolate Mints, add melted chocolate to melted fondant until the right color is obtained, and flavor with vanilla.
  • Clove Mints, color deep red, and flavor with oil of clove.
  • Coffee Mints, use coffee fondant.
  • Lemon Mints, color pale yellow, and flavor with lemon extract.
  • Lime Mints, color pale green, and flavor with oil of lime.
  • Maple Mints, use maple fondant. Chocolate, coffee, and maple mints sometimes have a half walnut put in center, held in place with a drop of fondant.
  • Orange Mints, color orange, and flavor with orange extract.
  • Peppermints, leave white, and flavor with oil of peppermint.
  • Raspberry Mints, color deep pink, and flavor with raspberry.

Any of these mints may be dipped in melted fondant of the same color and flavor, or in melted coating chocolate.

Quick Checkermints
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¾ cup water
  • Pink color paste
  • 6 drops oil of wintergreen
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