Buttermints recipe?

[GingerPye]

Well.  I have found several buttermint recipes to try --- most of them are pretty similar.  So I tried making them yesterday. 

Ummm, does NOT work without milk or butter.  I used my milk free margarine and rice milk.  Only 2 T of rice milk, but apparently the milk protein does have something to do with the consistency.  I had an oooey goooey mess on my counter yesterday.  No way no how was I going to get anything resembling mints out of that mess.

I have not found a "vegan" recipe yet.  I'm thinking it is something like pudding --- another food I have not been able to replicate without cow's milk.

[becca]

Yeah, I do not think it is a common item to do homemade.  They are a candy so readily available, if you do not have allergies, so maybe not too many people trying to make them out there.  I was going to suggest coconut oil, but it would be soft above certain temps and a liquid mess as well.  Did your grandmother make hers on her own? 

[GingerPye]

no, I'm sure she bought her buttermints.  Common thing to buy back in the 60s and 70s, as I recall.  But I did find several recipes, and if we didn't have milk allergy, I would make them.  Looks easy enough.  And they are so yummy.

[becca]

The milk ones also use cream cheese, right?  That gives the texture and thickness.  Well, maybe some do not use cream cheese, but I have seen them with.

[GingerPye]

yes, some of the recipes I found had cream cheese., but I had found some without.

[rebekahc]

I saw a big bag of those mints just the other day at Sam's Club.  No milk on the ingredients.  It listed cream of tartar, so you might search recipes with that.  Here's one http://www.cooks.com/recipe/ay50a66s/after-dinner-mints.html.  It seems like a lot of work, it's probably worth finding out the brand of the Sam's ones and checking for safety - I think it was Richardson's brand, but I'm not positive.

[GingerPye]

Huh.  That recipe looks something like taffy.