Cream Cheese Candy
This recipe for Cream Cheese Candy results in adorable little hearts that are perfect for Valentine’s Day, or any time!
Servings: 100 pieces
Calories: 47kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 8 cups powered sugar plus more for rolling
- 1 1/2 teaspoons strawberry extract
- red gel food coloring
- pink gel food coloring
- 1 tablespoon Valentine's sprinkles
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle cream together the cream cheese and butter until smooth
- Add in the strawberry extract and 2 cups of powdered sugar
- Beat on low until all incorporated.
- Continue adding powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until all the powdered sugar has been incorporated. It should not be sticky and an almost playdoh consistency.
- Separate the dough into 3 bowl and color one bowl red, one pink and then just add the sprinkles to the third
- Using a rolling pin roll out each ball of candy to about ¼-½ inch thick.
- Use a fork to drag lines down the rolled out dough.
- Then use a tiny heart cookie cutter to cut out your shapes and set on a parchment lined tray.
- Leave them to air dry for 2-4 hours or even overnight.
Nutrition
Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 37IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.01mg