Mom'S Cream Cheese Mints - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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.