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Christmas: Eve Mice

Source of Recipe

jazzdoll


Recipe Introduction

These are cute treats for kids of all ages..

List of Ingredients

24 Double-stuffed cream-filled chocolate sandwich
cookies (Oreos)
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoon of shortening
24 red marachino cherries with stems, well drained
24 milk chocolate kisses
48 sliced almonds
1 small tube of green decorative icing gel
1 small tube of red decorative icing gel



Recipe

Carefully twist cookes apart; set aside the halves with cream filling. Save plain halves for another use.

In a microwave or heavy saucepan, melt choclate 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 steam extending beyond cookie edge. For ears, place slivered almonds between the cherry and the kiss.
Refrigerate until set. With green gel, pipe holly leaves on the cream. With red gel, pipe holly berries between the leaves and pipe eyes on each chocolate kiss.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

YIELD: 2 Dozen