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Carefully twist Oreo cookies apart. Set aside the ones with the cream filling on them; save plain halves for another use. (You could make crumbs for pie crust).
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In microwave, melt chocolate chip, paraffin and butter; stir until smooth.
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Holding cherry by stem, dip in melted chocolate, then press onto the bottom of a chocolate kiss.
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Place cherry and kiss onto the cream filling of the cookie. Let stem extend over the edge.
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Make ears for your mouse by placing sliced almonds between the cherry and the kiss (before the chocolate sets).
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Place in refrigerator until chocolate sets.
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With green decorative gel, pipe holly leaves on white cream of cookie by the mouse.
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Pipe holly berries between the leaves with the red gel.
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Pipe eyes on each chocolate kiss.
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Store in airtight container at room temperature.
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TIPS:
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I used Almond Bark instead of the chocolate chips and eliminated the need for shortening.
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Maraschino cherries need to have stems and be well-drained.
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Keep chocolate hot by putting in a bowl over a steaming pan of water.
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I used a teapot, took the lid off and placed my bowl over it after melting chocolate in microwave.
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You can use a clean eyebrow tweezer or something else to grasp the cherries by the stems to dunk in chocolate.
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Make extras because everyone at your party will want one to take home to show around and to use as a pattern to make their own!
