I make some soft mints at Christmas (although they are good anytime of the year) & they have corn syrup in them. Here's the recipe: (If I am extra adventurous I will melt chocolate & partially dip them in chocolate for chocolate mints. Yum!)
Party Mints:
1/3 c soft butter
1/3 c light corn syrup
1 tsp mint extract
1 lb powdered sugar
green food coloring (if desired)
Mix butter, corn syrup, mint extract & food coloring in a bowl
Slowly stir in powdered sugar. You may need to actually kneed it in as it will become quite thick. The consistency needs to be fairly thick so if you think it feels very soft/oily you may need to add a bit more pd. sugar. Once the sugar is completely stirred in roll the dough into small balls & place on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet. You can make a small indentation with your thumb on each mint for decorative purposes if you want. (this is helpful if you want to fill the indentation in with melted chocolate-that is what I do). Mints go in the freezer (yum!) & can be removed 1/2 hr before you want to eat some. Or you don't need to freeze them, we always ate them frozen growing up.
Enjoy.
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