Mint (candy)

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Generic (US) after dinner mints. This variety is relatively soft but does not include butter.

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, often called "breath mints", are popular as breath fresheners since the taste and smell of mint oil and its active components are quite strong and feels clean and cool to the mouth as well as soothing to the stomach. Examples of hard mints include Puremints, Altoids and Tic Tacs.

Soft mints, such as "dinner mints" and "butter mints", are soft candies with a higher butter content, that dissolve more readily in ones mouth. An example of a soft mint includes Mentos.

A "mint imperial" is a small, round, white confection popular in Britain and other Commonwealth nations. Older examples were spheroid; more recently fashion has moved towards a larger, discoid shape, somewhat akin to a flattened flying saucer.

Candy canes are traditionally mint flavoured.