Christmas Eve Mice Cookies
photo by Chris McD
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
24 cookies
ingredients
- 24 double stuffed cream filled sandwich cookies
- 236.59 ml simisweet chocolate chips
- 9.85 ml shortening or 9.85 ml butter
- 24 red maraschino cherries, with stems well drained (drain on a paper towel)
- 24 milk chocolate Hershey chocolate kisses
- 24 perfect sliced almonds
- 56.69 g package red decorating gel
- 56.69 g package green decorating gel
directions
- Carefully twist cookies apart; set aside the halves with the cream filling. Save the plain halves for another use.
- Melt chocolate chips and shortining in Microwave (about 50-60 sec.) Stir until smooth.
- Holding each cherry by the stem, dip into the melted chocolate. Place on the cookie and add the kiss, pressing the kiss into the cream of the cookie base. Set the covered cherrie slightly off center, with the tail extending over the edge.
- For ears, place the slivered almonds between the cherry and the kiss.
- Refrigerate until set.
- Pipe green holly leaves on the cream and add red berries. Pipe red eyes on each chocolate kiss.
- Store in air tight container at room temperatue.
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