Chocolate Truffle Mice

Making mice was sooo much fun that I think we'll start doing this every year. However, we could not use marichino cherries as planned (corn syrup.) At the last minute, we had to come up with an alternative. So we made chocolate truffle mice.

12 oz. chocolate of choice (or milk or white or dark)

14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

Melt these together. Add vanilla, peppermint, orange, or whatever flavoring you like. Refrigerate until firm.

Melt 5 or 6 oz. chololate of your choice in a small sauce pan. Unwrap several hersey's kisses. Put sliced almonds in a bowl.

Roll 1/2 t. truffle mixture into a ball and insert a toothpick. Dip and swirl truffle in melted chocolate. Immediately, stick the kiss on the other end from the toothpick and place two almond slices to resemble ears.

We made the sugar cookies, with the best sugar cookie recipe we've ever eaten. Roll out the dough. Use a saucer as a template. Cut it in 6 wedges. Using the end of a brand new bic pen, we made swiss cheese holes and baked as usual.

I think the results are hilarious and will definitely be repeated. But I'd like to find a way to make our own kisses so we can use Lindt chocolate. Hersey's is in my opinion not really worth eating.

We spent the afternoon baking, simmering, dipping, chopping, laughing, and enjoying each other's company. Then we spent the evening eating, praying, celebrating, reading Luke 2, sharing out talents, and enjoying our traditions and each other.