Best Christmas Mice Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS MICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Carefully twist Oreo cookies apart. Set aside the ones with the cream filling on them; save plain halves for another use. (You could make crumbs for pie crust).
• In microwave, melt chocolate chip, paraffin and butter; stir until smooth.
• Holding cherry by stem, dip in melted chocolate, then press onto the bottom of a chocolate kiss.
• Place cherry and kiss onto the cream filling of the cookie. Let stem extend over the edge.
• Make ears for your mouse by placing sliced almonds between the cherry and the kiss (before the chocolate sets).
• Place in refrigerator until chocolate sets.
• With green decorative gel, pipe holly leaves on white cream of cookie by the mouse.
• Pipe holly berries between the leaves with the red gel.
• Pipe eyes on each chocolate kiss.
• Store in airtight container at room temperature.
• TIPS:.
• I used Almond Bark instead of the chocolate chips and eliminated the need for shortening.
• Maraschino cherries need to have stems and be well-drained.
• Keep chocolate hot by putting in a bowl over a steaming pan of water.
• I used a teapot, took the lid off and placed my bowl over it after melting chocolate in microwave.
• You can use a clean eyebrow tweezer or something else to grasp the cherries by the stems to dunk in chocolate.
• Make extras because everyone at your party will want one to take home to show around and to use as a pattern to make their own!

CHRISTMAS MICE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Stir in 1 cup wafer crumbs and sour cream. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to shape., Place remaining wafer crumbs in a shallow bowl. For each mouse, roll about 1 tablespoon crumb mixture into a ball; taper one end to resemble a mouse. Roll in wafer crumbs to coat. Attach nonpareils for eyes, sliced almonds for ears and licorice pieces for tails. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHRISTMAS EVE MICE COOKIES

Steps:

• 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.

CHRISTMAS MICE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. separate oreo cookies using the bottom with icing as the base
• 2. melt chocolate and dip the cherries in chocolate holding stem
• 3. place on oreo cookie
• 4. take a Hersey kiss and place on the front of the dipped choc. cherry. This is the nose
• 5. take (2) of the slivered almonds and place between the Hersey Kiss and the cherry. These are the ears of the mice
• 6. Take the decorative icing (red) for make (2) dots for the eyes and then take Green Decorative icing and make a wreath around the base of the cherry.

CHRISTMAS MICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Half 12 cookies and lay out on a cookie sheet frosting side up. Drain the cherries and pour them into a bowl. Cut the almond slices in half. (ears) Unwrap 2 dozen kisses and put in a bowl.
• Melt the chocolate according to the package directions. Dip one cherry into the chocolate and place on its side on to the cookie with the stem hanging off the cookie (mouse tail).
• Place the kiss on the cookie on its side with the bottom pressed up against the bottom of the cherry. (Mouse head) Hold for a couple seconds to dry.
• Place two halved almond slices on top of each side between the kiss and the cherry (ears). Use the red gel to make a nose on the tip of the kiss and two eyes. Use the red and green gel to make a holly leaf with berries on the creme next to the mouse.