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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 Nov. 12, 2011 by sarwho

Changed theme to Halloween and they delighted everyone. Can hardly wait to make them for Christmas.

Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2011 by LuisMarleny

Is a cute and fun for the holidays.

Reviewed on Aug. 15, 2011 by terratoo

I bought the book "Treasury of Christmas Recipes" just to get this recipe and I've never been disappointed. I make these every October for our Chocolate Festival at church. With help, we made over 200 last year and sold every one. With the half of the Oreo not used I grind it up in the blender using the fine crumbs to make the Christmas Mice Cookies recipe which taste like truffles. So you can get 2 kinds of cookies from a package of Oreo cookies. I find also most people don't want to eat them "they are too cute".

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2010 by bobe6rfe

My 10 year old daughter made these with very little assistance from me. She took them to school for her 5th grade class brunch and they were one of the first desserts gone. Alot of compliments for very little effort

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2010 by whitpril

So easy to make! The most time consuming part was taking the foil wrap off of the Hershey's Kisses. I took them to two parties at Christmas and ran out of mice at both parties.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2010 by Barbs5

Love this recipe. My kids love it and have fun helping to make them. Any ideas of what to use as ears in place of almonds? My son is allergic to tree nuts? Thanks.

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2010 by cookiequeen123

This recipe is so easy and the result is so cute! It was a slight labor of love. Took me 2 hours to make 50 from start to finish. Another variation I saw was to use a white chocolate covered oreo for the base - that would save from having the extra cookie halves! Great recipe though! Love it!

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2010 by Qwizwizard

These cute mice are always a big hit. I've been making them for about 5 years. I use them alongside name cards at table settings on Christmas Day. Inevitably, every time I bring these mice to a Christmas gathering or bake sale, I am asked for the recipe. Using the Double-Stuffed Oreo is KEY!! They're so much easier to pull apart than the standard oreo. Also, let the melted chocolate cool just long enough so that it is not too "loose" and you'll get better results.

Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2010 by lhayhurst

This is the first cookie that is chosen for Family Cookie Night during December at our house. We love them. I have made them with my Missionettes at church for their families and girls could wait to be a part of my class and make them. Our granddaughter strted making them when she was 3 years old.

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2010 by bullwink

These were so much fun to make and look at!! Making these for Christmas next year for sure!!! Gotta love those red icing eyes!!

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