Chocolate Christmas Mice - or Anytime Mice!

By Julee

These little guys are soooo cute for parties, luncheons or any event. Recipe features chocolate covered cherries with almonds, yum!

Ingredients

• 1 pound cherries, with stems
• 1 pound Hershey's chocolate kiss
• 11 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons Crisco shortening
• Sliced almonds
• Icing (optional)
• Red-hot candies (optional)

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the chocolate chips and shortening in a double boiler and dip a cherry into the chocolate, holding by the stem (“tail”).

Set cherry on its side on waxed paper. This is the mouse’s body and tail.

While chocolate it still gooey, “glue”on a hershey’s kiss to the mouse’s body, with the bottom of the kiss touching the cherry and the pointy part pointing out, the opposite direction that the tail is pointing.

Add sliced almonds in the seam for ears.

Decorate with icing or red hots for eyes and nose.

Repeat with the rest of the cherries and enjoy!