bella4874

food is crafty too! =)

11:35 pm - 12/12/2003
Hullo everyone! I'm new, but a longtime lurker =) I am still in awe of ALL of your craftiness - amazing!

In the spirit of the holidays (and NOT studying for finals, when we should be), my roommate & I made chocolate mice. They're too cute to eat!



I love white chocolate - mmmm!



Need:
- maraschino cherries - with stems
- white chocolate - melted for dipping
- hershey's kisses
- sliced almonds - for ears (cut the almonds in half so they're flat on one end)

1. melt bottom of a Kiss - ( I had it over a tealight candle for about 3-4 seconds)
2. stick the bottom of the kiss on the side of a cherry (stem up)
3. it helps to stick them in the freezer for a zap of cold
4. dip kiss-cherry in white chocolate - wait till set.
5. dip once more - before it sets this time, attach the sliced almonds for ears
6. wait til set - pipe on milk chocolate for eyes
7. ooh & ahh over your creation
8. share the love!

** melting the chocolate to the right consistency can be a pain if you're using a white chocolate with low cocoa butter ratio (ie Nestle tollhouse, etc). I used Ghirardelli chocolate -- and even then, had to add a little vegetable oil to thin it a bit.

If you have a double-boiler to do the melting, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble, cuz it'll be perfect =)
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sairyuu 12th-Dec-2003 11:38 pm (UTC)
oh my god! i am SO making those! how did you do the ears??
rivulet 12th-Dec-2003 11:41 pm (UTC)
They look like slivered almonds to me.
bandagesandall 12th-Dec-2003 11:39 pm (UTC)
i love them!!! those are the cutest things EVER.
triscuitbox 13th-Dec-2003 02:04 am (UTC)
i like your icon.
its cute dirtyness
lol
rivulet 12th-Dec-2003 11:41 pm (UTC)
Eee! Those are darling! How did you come up with them?
wigshop 12th-Dec-2003 11:46 pm (UTC)
oh my god....... those are so cute.

that is a really good idea.
littlecatgirl 12th-Dec-2003 11:50 pm (UTC)
oh my gosh! i have an albino mouse and her and i were looking for some yummy treat to hand out to my family for christmas. perfect! do you have a recipe?
bella4874 12th-Dec-2003 11:58 pm (UTC)
yup! just updated with the how-to. happy dipping!
imagine77 I love it! — 13th-Dec-2003 12:17 am (UTC)
I am so all over this one. Thank you so much for such a relatively simple idea, I wish I had thought of it :-)
murdercitygrrrl 13th-Dec-2003 12:32 am (UTC)
I just saw some of those at an Xmas party last week. They were done with brown chocolate, and they were so damn cute that I couldn't eat one.
quietdiscomfort 13th-Dec-2003 12:36 am (UTC)
oh my gosh, those are SOOO cute!
thank you
I'm off to make some!
kurvykittenkris 13th-Dec-2003 12:36 am (UTC)
oh my god! UBER CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

Makes me wish i could eat chocolate so that i could make them
(if i dont put the temptation of chocolate in my way i dont have to worry about eating it)
But Oh My gosh they are so cute!!!
erikdravn 18th-Dec-2003 10:31 pm (UTC)
Do you like carob? If so, you can substitue it for chocolate... its almost the same taste.
wasted_sympathy 13th-Dec-2003 12:40 am (UTC)
Those are SO cute!!!
pinkninky 13th-Dec-2003 01:19 am (UTC)
i know a family who would adore those!

could you please explain the part about piping milk chocolate? i'm confused...i don't quite know what piping is.
bella4874 13th-Dec-2003 01:30 am (UTC)
in this case, we melted 2 or 3 kisses (only need a little chocolate for the eyes) in a ziploc bag and cut a tiny bit off the corner... and use it to dot the eyes on. =p

prophetspyder 13th-Dec-2003 04:46 am (UTC)
If you did them so the cherry was on it's side, then couldnt the stem be a little tail?
saccharinicity ? — 13th-Dec-2003 04:59 am (UTC)
the stem IS the tail
silverstah 13th-Dec-2003 06:54 am (UTC)
Oh. My. God.

Those are ADORABLE!
trenthamfamily 13th-Dec-2003 09:01 am (UTC)
Ooh so is that icon!!!
fluffypuffer 13th-Dec-2003 07:15 am (UTC)
Those are the coolest things ever. They look delicious! I have to try those sometime.
mellowdee 13th-Dec-2003 07:27 am (UTC)
Those are so fantastic! Great job! I love them!
ex_jenniepan481 13th-Dec-2003 08:04 am (UTC)
They are almost too cute to eat...almost.
radmegan 13th-Dec-2003 08:46 am (UTC)
i LOVE them!!!

brilliant!
trenthamfamily 13th-Dec-2003 09:03 am (UTC)
Wow those mice are SO cute! Can I PLEASE borrow the recipe for another site I'm putting holiday food stuff on?
bella4874 13th-Dec-2003 06:44 pm (UTC)
sure!
ms_hecubus 13th-Dec-2003 09:13 am (UTC)
Damn you! I was going to make truffles today and now I'm going to have to go back to the store for cherries!

Seriously though: Those are way too cute!!!!

Hey moderator! Please add this to the FAQ!
anderale 13th-Dec-2003 09:41 am (UTC)
I know you've heard it five thousand times already, but those are CUTE. cute cute cute cute cute. I must make them. Thank you for sharing!
robotparade 13th-Dec-2003 09:44 am (UTC)
those are the cutest!!
opulent_jezebel 13th-Dec-2003 10:10 am (UTC)
those are too cute! thanks for sharing the recipe with us
ethicalcannibal 13th-Dec-2003 10:40 am (UTC)
I put this in the faq under "food related crafts" because it is damn cool!
ethicalcannibal 13th-Dec-2003 10:51 am (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, but I printed this out for my recipe book!
bella4874 13th-Dec-2003 06:45 pm (UTC)
not at all!
drewberry4 13th-Dec-2003 11:06 am (UTC)
Oh my gosh. You are my hero. WOW.
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