The Christmas Mouse

For several years now at our annual Christmas party one of the favorite treats have been the chocolate mice. These chocolate mice are actually Californians. Several years ago when we were visiting Claudette's sister she showed us one she had frozen. There it was like some prehistoric beast frozen in time. We took photographs and

tried to remember Bev's description of the process. It was a learning experience that came to a good end. 

From the photograph you can see what's needed. 

• Oreo cookies
• dipping chocolate
• Maraschino cherries with stems intact
• slivered almonds
• Hershey's Kisses
• red cake decorating frosting in a tube

 Some notes about assembly:

1. Remove half of an Oreo cookie. Use the half with the center still attached.

2. We used the microwaveable chocolate for dipping the cherries. If you are making many you may have to reheat.

3. Take the cherries out of the containers, and let them drain on some paper towels before dipping. The cherry juice affects consistency of the chocolate.

4. The head (Hershey's Kiss) must be attached while the chocolate on the "body" is soft.

5. Insert "ears" while the chocolate is soft, but after it has cooled a little, so the ears don't droop.

6. Add "eyes & nose" after chocolate hardens. Also add any other decoration you might like.

My friend Tom tells me that the proper way to eat a mouse is to hold it by the tail, and down the hatch it goes. 

H-m-m...isn't that the way the aliens ate them on that old TV show "V"?