I searched google.com images to find a photo of the Christmas Mice. They did such a great job,(
http://bcreativeclasses.com/cookies.htm) I hope they do not mind my sharing this photo with all of you.
As the season approches my family enjoys the tradition of making the night before Chrismas Mice. It is simple and the children love it. It promotes togetherness and great conversations. We even have some that get really competitive with the decorating gel (racing stripes, tic tac toe, etc.) but we have lots of laughs. While I have other great recipes for cookies, these are the ones that have the best memories attached to them.
Simple Christmas Mice
24 Oreo Double Stuff Cookies (remove tops and use bottoms (frosting part) for mice to sit on.
8 oz. chocolate chips (for dipping)
24 Hershey Kisses (unwrapped)
10 oz. jar of Maraschino Cherries (with stems)
1 small pkg. of sliced Almonds
2 small tubes of Decorating Gel (one color for eyes and one color for nose)
Drain and pat dry maraschino cherries on a paper towel. Melt chocolate chips (milk choc or semi-sweet) and dip the cherry (not stem as the tail is what you pick it up with). Place mouse body (cherry dipped in chocolate) on the white filling half of the Oreo cookie. While chocolate is still warm, attach an unwrapped Hershey Kiss for the head. Then slip two almond slices between the kiss and cherry for the ears (let chocolate harden a little so almonds stay in place). Give them eyes with dots of gel icing and a nose with gel icing.