Mint (candy)

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This article is about the candy. See Mint (disambiguation) for other meanings.

A mint is a candy characterized by the presence of mint flavoring, whether it be peppermint oil, spearmint oil, wintergreen, or another natural or artificial source.

Hard mints

Mints are usually hard or brittle. Hard mints, often called breath mints, are popular as breath fresheners--after a meal, a cigarette, smoking marijuana, or having an alcoholic drink, etc.--since the smell of mint oil is quite strong and feels clean and cool to the mouth.

Soft mints

Dinner mints, also called butter mints, are soft candies with a higher butter content, that melt in one's mouth. Candy canes are a type of mint particular to Christmas, or more generally the holiday season, with a distinctive shepherd's crook shape. Some mints include Mentos and Altoids.

See also

• List of breath mints

 

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