mints, such as "dinner mints" and "butter mints", are soft candies, often with a higher butter content, that dissolve more readily inside one's mouth. Scotch A "scotch mint", "pan drop", granny sooker or "mint imperial" is a white round candy with a hard shell but fairly soft middle, popular in Great Britain and other Commonwealth nations and in Europe. Scotch mints were traditionally spheroids, more recently moving toward a larger, discoid shape. Various forms of mint may be used but those termed "scotch mints" are named for the specific mint plant Mentha × gracilis. Gallery See also Tableting SweeTarts List of breath mints Spearmint (flavour) References Further reading Blumenthal, et al. The Complete German Commission E Monographs First Edition 1998 American Botanical Council, USA. Candy