Three Not so Blind Mice

Rita~'s Note:

The cutest, delicate mice you ever saw! Everyone remarks about them. I give trays of assorted cookies each year and place them on top. They just make it! It actually is a help when the kids can put on the almonds. I don't remember where I got the recipe, so I gave the best measurements I can recall. It sounds like it could be a Hershey's recipe!? For adults you can strain the cherries, then add rum or almond liquor and soak overnight drain and dry proceed with recipe. Save the rum for drinks.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 20 candies

• 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries , drained dried on paper towel
• 1 (10 ounce) bag miniature chocolate chips (optional for the eyes)
• 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate
• 2 ounces paraffin wax
• 1 (10 ounce) bag sliced almonds
• 5 ounces white icing
• 1 (16 ounce) bag Hershey's chocolate kisses

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate and paraffin double boiler.
2. Dip whole cherry holding tail, set on waxed paper.
3. Attach one kiss to opposite end of tail, it`ll be the head.
4. Make sure the tail lies along the waxed paper.
5. Don`t forget it`s to be a mouse.
6. Then put almonds for ears between chocolate kiss and cherries.
7. Tube tiny eyes above the nose then apply mini kisses over icing.

Reviews

[pgserver6]

These mice are adorable! It took me an hour to make them. After awhile, I started dipping about 6 cherries, then did the ears all at once, instead of doing one cherry at a time. I used a sandwich bag, cut a corner out, and inserted the decorator cap, then put in icing (I just mixed up some butter, 10X sugar, vanilla, and some milk), and made the eyes. Whoever thought these up was genius! They look so cute on my cookie trays!

[PaulaM-M]

These are absolutely adorable! I made these for a Christmas party and my husband took a few of the leftover mice to a woman he works with. She loved them and requested a batch for an auction being held for her mother, who was recently diagnosed with 2 kinds of cancer. She called me the day after the auction to tell me that the mice, sold in a batch of 40, brought $50! We were both thrilled! Thank you for such a wonderful recipe that became part of such a touching story!

[Connie Lea]

These are so cute. I made these years ago, but couldn't quite remember how to do it. Thanks so much for sharing. Oh - it is much easier if you get maraschino cherries with the stems on. I couldn't find any so had to use string licorice so wasn't easy to dip them. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Had to update this - I made for Thanksgiving and the kids were crazy about them. They requested I make them for the Christmas Family Dinner. There's 24 kids so had to make lots.