When you think of Christmas, mice might not be the first thing that pops into your head. Yet mice figure prominently in several Christmas stories. Who could forget the line in the 1823 poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”: “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse”?
Mice are featured even more prominently in E.T.A. Hoffman’s classic Christmas tale “The Nutcracker.” Tchaikovksy adapted the story in 1892 into the ballet that has become a holiday tradition for families around the world. In that story, the brave Nutcracker must defeat a mouse king and his army of mice.
We have started a new holiday tradition at my house by making candy chocolate mice with a cherry center. The mice make a wonderful display at holiday parties, but could be a fun addition to a party table at any time of year.
Each mouse is made of a Hershey’s kiss, with ears made of almond slivers, a chocolate-covered cherry body and tail made from a cherry stem.
You will need:
–Hershey’s chocolate kisses
–Dark chocolate candy bar,
–Milk chocolate candy bar
–Sliced almonds
–Maraschino cherries, stems on
–Decorating gel white frosting tube
–Marble Mix’ins
–Décor Nonpareils (decorative sprinkles)
To get ready:
–Drain 20 maraschino cherries and dry them.
–Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
–Space out 20 Hershey’s kisses on the cookie sheet
–Put some of the Marble Mix’ins and décor tiny beads on saucers.
–Carefully choose sets of matching sliced almonds for the ears.
–Melt the chocolate bars together at 30 second intervals and stir after each.
To assemble mice:
–Dip a cherry into the melted chocolate and use a spoon to cover the area around the stem.
–Quickly stick the wide base of the kiss to the bottom of the chocolate-covered cherry. The point of the kiss will be the nose and the stem of the cherry will become the mouse tail. Set the kiss mouse head/cherry body and tail in position on the tray.
–Quickly position two almond slice ears in between the head and body. The melted chocolate will hold them in place.
–Repeat for each mouse.
–When all the mice are assembled, squeeze out a bit of the frosting gel.
–With a toothpick, pick up a bit of gel as glue and use the point to pick up a tiny dot. Position on the kiss for a mouse eye, and repeat for the second eye.
–Squeeze a dot of gel on the tip of the Hershey’s kiss and place a small Mix’in on top of it for the mouse nose.
–Repeat the assembly process for the rest of the mice.
Presentation:
–When all the mice are set, place a large wedge of cheddar cheese on a platter.
–Arrange the mice all around the cheese.
this is awsome thanks so much
You’re welcome, Michelle! Let me know if you get a chance to try them out. Thanks for stopping by!
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They are so cute! I bet they are yummy too. 🙂 Thanks so much for showing how to do this. Happy New Year!
I’m so glad you like them–they are a lot of fun to make. Happy New Year to you too, Kimberly!
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Wow Great Idea Lauren! You can decorate them all over the dining table and people can just munch on them right away. I bet they taste good as well. Thank you for sharing.
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These are so stinkin’ cute!!!!
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How cute! I cannot wait to make these with my kids. They will LOVE them.
I have to admit the first thing I thought was EEEK mice! lol But they are so stinkin’ cute! Love them!
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Sounds very good but not sure I can get past the mice!
Too cute and they really do look like mice. So creative this would be fun to make with my kids 8)
wow! very creative and thanks for sharing. will bookmark this
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The very idea of Chocolate mice is so adorable. Quite a creative recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
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They look adorable, taste yummy and are a treat for everybody. Thanks for sharing this on a merry event.
This is really cute and a fun idea for any holiday
How cute!!!!!! I had seen some mouse candies that looked interesting for the holiday, but were a huge piece of work so didn’t do it. These are easy and I’m sure they’d get eaten. I was thinking of adding a few whimsies like this to a cookie tray. Also they look like fun to make with your niece! so I can get multiple purposes going on here. Thx for posting!!!
Mice creep me out. These are so cute though and I love chocolate. Thanks for the recipe.
OMGosh, those are so cute! I have to remember this!
That is so cute. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
These are so cute …. they will make good valentines mice too!
Super cute, thanks for sharing!!
These are so adorable! I’m going to have to try making these.
Those chocolate mice are so creative.
These are so simple to make but still soo cute! I have never seen these before I may have to try them for a family get together sometime.
This is to cute for words. I just love it!
Soooo cute! I sooo wanna learn how to make these.
these are too precious … need to write this recipe down. thanks for sharing. ( :
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These are so cute. They would be nice for a Halloween party too. Thanks for showing us how to make these cute little mice. And I love you fathers quote . Good idea .
they look good my whole family will love these
My mum got a kick outta these.
Thanks for this,they look good.
SO cute!! Never would have thought of this!
I showed these to my husband today and he said “when ya gonna make em?” LOL.
i know christmas has passed but these would be adorable and easy to make
Ah! So cute! and they look delicious too! Can’t wait to make em 🙂
they look nice great all family will and like it