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Chocolate Mice 
Here is a recipe, or
instruction actually, from Marsha Shields, a reader of olde time cooking. Marsha shares this fun treat for the kids to make (and adults, too).
Enjoy!
Your
Host, Brad
"The Chocolate Mice are not exactly a recipe but an
Instruction for Construction. I shared it with a friend in Michigan, who taught it to her
foreign exchange students who took it back to Japan where they went wild over it.
It's also been shared with friends in Ann Arbor and others in Missouri. I've made
literally thousands of the little rodents, especially for four different wedding
receptions, several family reunions, and of course for the local community's theatre
production of "Of Mice and Men." I am NOT the original source of the mice;
however, I did scrutinize them carefully the time I first saw them and went home
immediately and tried to replicate them. When displaying them for large parties,
they look attractive if you put them on wide ribbons throughout the serving table, or on
chocolate cakes, or about anywhere. For parties and such, I sometimes place a small sign
in front of them that says "It's Mice to have you here" or "Have a Mice
Day." With all of that said, here are the "Instructions for
Construction"."
Marsha Shields
Hershey Kisses, unwrapped
Chocolate Almond Bark
Candied cherries with long stems still attached
Slivered almonds
Star decorations (like for cakes, etc. - they come in a small bottle usually in the cake
decorations aisle of a grocery store)
Waxed Paper
Place about 2-3 squares at a time of chocolate almond bark in a bowl and melt in the
microwave. Lay out a sheet of waxed paper on which to put together the following:
Dip the candied cherries into the melted almond bark
and quickly place the flat end of the Hershey's kiss to the coated cherry with the
"tail" or stem of the cherry going horizontally to the back. The point of the
Hershey's kiss is the nose of the mouse. Place two slivered almonds between the kiss and
the cherry to form the ears. Using a toothpick, place 3 dots of melted almond bark on the
Hershey's kiss for the eyes and nose. Quickly place the
decorative (and edible) stars on those three points. (I have seen the silver bead cake
decorations used for this purpose but I do not recommend this as the silver beads are to
be removed before eating!) After a few minutes, the almond bark will be set and the mouse
is ready!
Thanks, Marsha, for
sharing!
Know someone who would appreciate this recipe?
I would appreciate your passing it on! 
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