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I thought these mice were just the cutest little critters and had to share! I particularly liked the sweet cherry tail. Pretty simple to make and a great, inexpensive holiday activity to do with kids and family. For more great holiday cookie and dessert recipes as well as other holiday cooking and dinner ideas check out Taste of Home...nice site with lots of helpful iinformation!
This recipe makes 24 cookies. Prep time is about 25 minutes, plus chilling time. Submit your favorite holiday recipe or try this recipe and let us know what you think by submitting your This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Ingredients
- 24 double-stuffed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chip
- 2 teaspoons shortening
- 24 red maraschino cherries with stems, well drained
- 24 milk chocolate kisses
- 48 sliced almonds
- 1 small tube green decorative icing gel
- 1 small tube red decorative icing gel
Directions
- Carefully twist cookies apart; set aside the halves with cream filling. Save plain halves for another use.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Holding each cherry by the stem, dip in melted chocolate, then press onto the bottom of a chocolate kiss. Place on the cream filling of cookie, with cherry stem extending beyond cookie edge.
- For ears, place slivered almonds between the cherry and kiss. Refrigerate until set. With green gel, pipe holly leaves on the cream. With red gel, pipe holly berries between leaves and pipe eyes on each chocolate kiss. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Christmas Eve Mice published in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2000, p37
