Cream Cheese Candies

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (at room temperature)
• 12-1 teaspoon flavoring, as desired
• food coloring, as desired
• colored crystal sugar, as desired
• 6 34 cups icing sugar

1. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until soft.
2. Add desired food coloring and flavoring.
3. Gradually add icing sugar, mixing and kneading until mixture has a putty-like consistency.
4. If you want a firmer texture, just add more icing sugar.
5. Roll mixture into balls the size of a marble.
6. Dunk one side of ball in a small amount of sugar, granulated or the coloured crystal sugar used on xmas cookies; try to match the colour with the colour and flavour of the balls.
7. Place ball, sugar side down, into cavity of a plastic candy mold, pressing from edge of mold to centre.
8. Immediately unmold onto a waxed-paper lined tray.
9. To make chocolate candies, add 3 tsp cocoa and 1/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
10. Let candies stand out in the open to harden for at least 24 hours to become firm, then place in freezer or refrigerator.

cream cheese, food coloring, colored crystal sugar, icing sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-cheese-candies-30459 (may not work)