Peanut butter-Candy Mice

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 38 mice

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1⁄2 cup corn syrup
• 1  cup dry milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄3 cups powdered sugar
•  multicolored sugar nonpareils
•  red  licorice, laces
•  sugar
•  red  gumdrop (large)
•  white  candy sprinkles, sequins

Directions

1. With an electric mixer beat peanut butter corn syurp dry milk and vanilla blend well.
2. On low speed slowly add powdered sugar,you might have to do this by hand knead the sugar in.
3. For each mouse: Break off enough mixture to roll into a 1-inch ball for the body,then enough to roll into a 1/2-inch ball for the head.
4. Press the small ball on large ball, then slightly pinch head to form a rounded nose.
5. Break off enough to form 2 small ears press to flatten.
6. With a wet toothpick stick a nonpareil press into end of nose, 2 more for eyes,cut licorice insert for tail, For stocking caps:Sprinkle some sugar on wax paper and roll out gumdrops cut into circles with a 2-inch cutter cut rounds in quaters.
7. Bring straight edges together overlapping to form a cone press edges to stick.
8. Press a candy sequin for pompon on tip of cap.
9. Press hat ontop mouse head.