Christmas Mice

The kids and I made some cute Christmas cookies (or are they candies?) today.

To make these adorable Christmas Mice, gather the following ingredients:
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Hershey’s Kisses
Oreo cookies
Maraschino cherries, with stems
Sliced almonds

Melt the chocolate chips, using whatever method you prefer – a bowl over a pan of hot water, a microwave-save dish, or the really cool chocolate melting thingy the kids got me for Christmas last year.

Meanwhile, separate the Oreos and un-wrap the kisses. (This is a good kid-friendly step).

Drain and rinse the cherries, and spread on paper towels to dry.

Once the chocolate is melted, dip a cherry in, holding it by the stem, and turn to coat. Let the excess drip off, then press an unwrapped Hershey’s kiss bottom-to-bottom with the cherry and set it on the creme-side of an Oreo half. (Use picture as a guide.)

Next, take two almond slices and place them between the cherry and the kiss, to look like the mouse’s ears.

Once chocolate is set, you can make eyes using red decorator gel or, as I did, put the left over melted chocolate in a ziplock bag, snip the corner, and pipe on chocolate eyes.

This was a fun treat for the kids to make. I can’t wait to give them to our relatives on Christmas.

Little E looked at the large group of mice on the table and said, “It looks like a whole army of mousies!” (He does know the word mice, since we have three as pets, but mousies is just so much cuter, so I don’t correct him!)

Army of Mousies