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Amy Ross

Maraschino Cherry Mice

These charming maraschino cherry mice add a touch of whimsy to any Christmas dessert display! The mice are assembled atop a store bought White Fudge Covered Oreo making them relatively quick to assemble and they don't require any baking!
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Servings: 12 cookies
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8.5 oz package White Fudge Covered Oreos
  • 11 oz jar maraschino cherries with stems
  • 12 Hershey kisses
  • 24 sliced almonds (for ears)
  • 1 cup nestle semi sweet morsels
  • ⅛ tsp crisco shortening
  • 1 tube white decorating icing
  • 1 tube black writing icing
  • holly sprinkles mix (for nose and holly decor)
  • white round sprinkles (for eyes)

Method
 

  1. Lay out twelve white fudge covered oreos. Unwrap Hershey kisses. Drain and rinse cherries, dry well.
  2. Melt semi sweet chocolate chips plus shortening in the microwave on 50% power at thirty second intervals in microwave safe container stirring at each interval until melted.
  3. Dip a cherry into the melted chocolate just slightly up onto the stem (whole cherry plus a bit of the stem get dipped). Place the cherry onto the cookie, slightly off center to allow room for the holly decoration.
  4. Sandwich two almond ears between the cherry and the Hershey kiss. Add white round sprinkle eyes and holly berry for the nose. Use white icing and a toothpick to affix the eyes. Use melted chocolate and toothpick to affix the nose. Use black writing icing and a toothpick to add detail to the eyes. Use holly berry and holly leaf sprinkles to add the holly garnish, affix with white icing and a toothpick. Enjoy!

Notes

A lot of the cherries in the jar I had were damaged/oddly shaped or missing their stems. The 11 oz jar of cherries had the 12 good cherries that I needed to decorate the 12 Oreos in the box plus only a few to spare. So don't buy a smaller jar assuming all of the cherries will be usable for this project even though the 11 oz jar may seem big! 
ALLERGY NOTE: Maraschino cherries are often flavored with almond extract although the label often states only "natural flavorings" so be aware for those with nut allergies!