How to Make Homemade Butter Mints

Southern Living

In this video, Ivy shows you how to make delightful homemade butter mints, a timeless Southern treat. This step-by-step guide covers everything from mixing the ingredients to coloring the dough and cutting perfect pieces, ensuring you can easily recreate these classic, melt-in-your-mouth confections. Learn how to make these easy, kid-friendly candies that are perfect for any occasion or just a sweet craving!

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00:00Is it even a proper southern shower without the homemade pastel butter mints?

00:05I don't think so.

00:06Here is one thing about growing up in the south.

00:08When it comes time for you to be getting married or having a baby,

00:11you're going to want to make sure that either you, your mama, or your grandmama

00:14have been friendly with a few specific ladies in town.

00:18One of which we have already discussed, cheese straws.

00:21There's also the pedophore lady, and then we have come to this.

00:25None other than the butter mint lady.

00:27And just like the cheese straw lady, you best be nice to her.

00:30You're going to want somebody on your hostess list for your shower

00:33to know how to make the butter mint.

00:35Because the other hostesses on your hosting list are going to be scrambling around town

00:39trying to find a lady they can pay to make perfectly pastel butter mints

00:43in either your wedding color scheme or it's a girl pink and white

00:46or it's a boy blue and white color palette.

00:48Butter mints, the actual making of them is really not that hard.

00:52I will see y'all in 8 to 10 hours. They have to dry.

00:54It's tomorrow.

00:56I may become the new butter mint lady in my town.

00:59These are iconic.

01:02They melt in your mouth.

01:03They're soft, delicious, nostalgic, and honestly, so fun to make.

01:06So fun to make.

01:07So fun to make.

01:08So fun to make.

01:09So fun to make.

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