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Christmas Eve Mice Recipe

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Assembling these merry mice is so much fun that the kids will definitely want to help. My daughter gave me the recipe, along with a warning...your guests just might think these treats are too cute to eat!

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Christmas Eve Mice Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

24 double-stuffed Oreo cookies
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
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.

Originally published as Christmas Eve Mice in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2000, p37

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Reviewed on Apr. 13, 2013 by chbybaby

We had fun making them and the best part was eating them the kids had fun.

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2012 by NermalJ

I made these today and they are so cute. If you create an assembly line they go together easily. I look forward to the reactions when I take them to the cookie swap.

Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2012 by hutton513

Was such a hit!!

Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2011 by Marymarycaroline

Great recipe. Make sure you dry the cherries with papertowel before dipping in the melted Chocolate. Adorable and a huge hit at my office party!!!

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by BearCook

My daughter brought a Christmas mouse home from a Christmas party 13 years ago and we have made them every Christmas since. We melt chocolate bark to dip the cherries in. One fourth of a pkg will make 3 dozen mice. We set the mice on top of a white-chocolate dipped oreo cookie.

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2011 by picabo

This is an awsome recipe to make for a cookie exchange or just too WOW! your friends, and soooooooo.... easy to make. would definantly be a good sell at a bake sale for Christmas.

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by cherylrein

I have made these many times. They are cute on a cookie plate even if you don't use the oreos. I use melted edible paraffin wax with the chocolate chips instead of shortening for all my chocolate dipped cookies and candies - it makes the chocolate smooth and really easy to dip.

Reviewed on Dec. 04, 2011 by Esther1951

I use these wrapped individually in cellophane tied with red ribbon as small gifts to co-workers in my office.

Reviewed on Nov. 26, 2011 by jbquilter

I made these years ago and didn't know where my recipe was. Thank goodness for the internet! Found it in a few minutes compared to looking thru books for hours. I love these little mice and I'm going to make them for our monthly quilting group!

Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2011 by MrsMcCord

These were fun to make and better to eat. I shared some with my quilt ministry and they all wanted to make them.

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