This post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase we might receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.Always on Valentine’s Day, we send the grandkids a little something to let them know how special they are to us. And since 3 of them are growing boys, it can’t be too mushy but with 2 granddaughters it needs to be cute and sweet.
So why not??
A Chocolate Covered Cherry Mouse is a favorite around Valentines Day but it’s also fun for Christmas or just any time you wish to surprise someone with a sweet treat that is totally adorable.
And it doesn’t take that long to make several of these Chocolate Covered Cherry Mice. Be sure and buy cherries with stems and if you purchase a “Candy Melting Pot” it does make it so much easier.
We are planning to make several of these cute guys around Christmas and add one or two to the cookie treat boxes that we give our friends and family every year.
Holidays should be fun and a sweet little chocolate cherry mouse is totally fun, not plain old chocolate covered cherries here.
Chocolate Cherry Mice
Ingredients
Instructions
- Remove cherries from the juice and using paper towels let drain and pat until dry
- Using a candy melting pot or a double boiler to melt chocolate bark (candy melts) carefully according to package directions.
- Holding the cherry by the stem dip each cherry into chocolate until completely coated.
- Place on parchment paper and allow to cool until hard.
- Holding each chocolate kiss by the tip, dip the kiss in the melted chocolate (just enough chocolate to cover the bottom of the kiss) and attach to the chocolate covered cherry opposite of the stem (tail). The melted chocolate acts as glue
- Take two slivered almonds and dip the widest part of the almonds in the chocolate and attach between the kiss and the chocolate covered cherry to make the ears
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J
February 14, 2013 at 11:36 amThose are so cute! Kids would delight in them!
Holly McDonald
February 14, 2013 at 12:09 pmToo adorable! The only kind of mouse I would want in my house! =)
Theresa Benoit
February 14, 2013 at 12:12 pmThese are too cute! Thanks for sharing…my kids would absolutely love them! I'm following from the link party and thanks for hosting. You can find me at http://shewaddleslikeaduck.blogspot.com
Theresa
Linda@With A Blast
February 14, 2013 at 12:49 pmToo cute, Evelyn ! What an awesome idea 🙂
Jamie
February 14, 2013 at 1:24 pmOh my gosh. Those are adorable.
Kari Lindsay
February 14, 2013 at 1:34 pmMice are only cute when they're made of chocolate! These are definitely cute, very clever!
shel young
February 14, 2013 at 2:00 pmHi
stopping by from the GYB blog hop 🙂
wow these really are very cute, and so simple! I will definitely be giving these a go!
Shel @ Sweet Petite
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
February 14, 2013 at 2:20 pmI know I already told ya, but I'm gonna say it over here – so cute 🙂 My boys would think they were awesome lol.
Lindsey Domer
February 14, 2013 at 2:38 pmThe mice are ADORABLE!!! Those are the kind of mice I want on MY table. 🙂
Newest follower! Would love for you to follow back at toddlindsey.com
Rosella
February 14, 2013 at 2:39 pmThose are absolutely the cutest things I've ever seen!!! Love the idea of serving them with Champagne!! I'm visiting from Lizzy's blog. I must do this.
Teri@thefreshmancook
February 14, 2013 at 2:41 pmAdorable! Perfect for the challenge and Valentine's Day!
Diana - FreeStyleMama
February 14, 2013 at 4:00 pmSuper cute, Evelyn!!!!
Melissa
February 14, 2013 at 5:32 pmWhat an adorable idea!
mail4rosey
February 14, 2013 at 5:35 pmThey're very cute, Evelyn!!
Christi
February 14, 2013 at 5:47 pmOh my goodness, these are adorable! I am a new follower!
Christi
http://the-not-so-perfect-momblog.blogspot.com
Angela Paris
February 14, 2013 at 5:55 pmseriously? too freakin' cute!
Bi Ti
February 14, 2013 at 5:55 pmAwww they are sooo cute! Happy Valentine's Day Evelyn. 🙂
Erin Penor
February 14, 2013 at 6:09 pmHow adorable, I love them!
Angela
February 14, 2013 at 6:46 pmso cute, i love the little tails 🙂
Vanessa
February 14, 2013 at 7:44 pmI absolutely love these! I've seen people make acorns with Hershey Kisses and mini Nutter Butters before but never mice. Too cute!
Mamamia
February 14, 2013 at 8:13 pmToo cute! This would be so fun to make with my kids!
Mamamia @ My Biscuits are Burning
stacey gibbon
February 14, 2013 at 8:19 pmToo cute! My son would love these!
Thank you for linking up at Crafty Thursday Obsessions
We hope to see you next week <3
Cindy@NorthofWiarton
February 14, 2013 at 8:23 pmI made these mices at Christmas time putting them on a base of an Oreo cookie halved with the cookie cream as snow. They do get the "Wow" factor with their cuteness.
Lizzy Do
February 14, 2013 at 9:24 pmAw, yours are so cute! My youngest and I made "moles" for mole day (for his high school chemistry class)just like these 🙂
Brenda
February 14, 2013 at 9:43 pmSo adorable AND delicious!! 🙂 Love it!!
Winnie
February 14, 2013 at 11:35 pmThese are soooooooooooooooo cute and adorable!!
2justByou
February 14, 2013 at 11:41 pmThose mice are incredibly adorable! =0)
Thanks for linking up with us at Meet & Greet (hope to see you again this weekend). I missed your Sunday hop, but I'll try to make it for this weekend.
Happy Valentine's Day!
~Kim
http://2justByou.blogspot.com
Lady Behind The Curtain
February 14, 2013 at 11:47 pmHow precious are your mice! Thanks for participating in the Dessert Challenge. Can't wait to see what you create for us next month! ~Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain~
The Partiologist
February 15, 2013 at 12:32 amAbsolutely darling – my favorite kind of mouse – chocolate! 🙂
Annmarie Pipa
February 15, 2013 at 1:57 amperfect!! we had these mice at our last bunko party…the ta;k of the night…so fun!
Sandra
February 15, 2013 at 2:36 amThese are just too cute!
Terrye Toombs
February 15, 2013 at 5:43 amThose are so adorable. So happy I found you on "Linkin with my ladies" blog hop.
Ana Lopes
February 15, 2013 at 10:05 amHow adorable!!! Thanks so much for sharing the great tutorial!
Have a fabulous day!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
http://www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com
Crystelle Boutique
February 15, 2013 at 5:05 pmthese are so fun and playful. How did you ever think them up…???
hugs x
Crystelle
J. Rae
February 15, 2013 at 6:07 pmWOW I am in love with this idea!
Ana Sullivan from The Lost Apron
February 15, 2013 at 7:47 pmThese are so cute. I found you from Friendship Fridays/Create with Joy. I have pinned this to my Pinterest. It is such a cute idea.
http://www.thelostapron.com/2013/02/happy-valentines-day.html
Kaz @ Melting Moments
February 15, 2013 at 9:51 pmOh my goodness. These look fantastic. I like they idea of enjoying them with a champagne too 🙂 Thanks for sharing at FOBF 🙂
Nicole@Show Off Friday
February 15, 2013 at 11:08 pmThese mice are sooo cute! I've pinned them. The kids will love making these!
Monica
February 16, 2013 at 1:15 amAbsolutely Adorable!! So glad to now be following you!
Katherines Corner
February 16, 2013 at 3:53 amextreme cuteness!!! thank you for adding your wonderful blog to the Thursday Favorite Things hop. xo
Debra @ Homespun
February 16, 2013 at 1:57 pmAdorable and yummy! 🙂
Fluster Buster
February 16, 2013 at 3:08 pmI love these mice – not only are they cute but they taste really good. I have been making these mice for about 10 years and I put them on my Christmas Cookies trays – they are always a big hit. I use almond slivers for the ears and I also use a dab of white frosting to make eyes on the mice. Thank you for sharing.
Lisa@GrandmasBriefs
February 16, 2013 at 6:19 pmSo cute and easy. I think even my grandsons could do this one! Thank you.
Hand-Maid With Love
February 16, 2013 at 7:30 pmOh my! So very sweet…and I LOVE the idea of serving them with champagne! I wonder what cuteness could be made out of using a strawberry?
Linda Bouffard
February 16, 2013 at 10:51 pmEvelyn, where do you get these great recipes and ideas? Very cool. Take care, Linda
Thrifty Crafty Girl
February 16, 2013 at 11:36 pmThis is the cutest thing ever!
Diane
February 17, 2013 at 1:17 amEdible mice is a hard one for me… I lived in NYC for quite a while… They are cute though. Thanks for sharing them on foodie friday.
Tina Pippo
February 17, 2013 at 5:14 pmAwesome recipe! Your mice seems so delicious!
Great post!! I included it in my post Βόλτα στη Γειτονιά #22 🙂
Have a great week!!
Lisa Lynn
February 17, 2013 at 7:17 pmThese are adorable! Found you on Farm Girl Friday! I would love to have you share this on The Creative HomeAcre Hop today!
http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2013/02/the-creative-homeacre-hop-3.html
Luanne Pang
February 18, 2013 at 1:44 amYou're so creative! love the coated cherries and kisses turned mice with their cute ears.
Got you from i love my post blog hop and new follower.
♥ Luanne ♥
Crochet My Heart Blog
"new blogger but hope you follow me too and enjoy my blog."
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
February 18, 2013 at 1:51 amSo Super Cute! Love these little Cherry Mice! Just saw your link over at The Chicken Chick’s link party and wanted to come over and check out your recipe!
I'd love for you to link up a few recipes at my weekend link party that is going on right now (well, until midnight tonight, lol) @The Weekend re-Treat!
Hope to see you there!
Michelle
February 18, 2013 at 3:28 amThanks for sharing these w/ See Ya in the Gumbo this week. These are too cute! My son loves those cherries–I know he'd like these mice.
Judith
February 18, 2013 at 2:10 pmThose are so cute!! I linked up right after you on Grand Social!!
Kim and Julie (Sunflower Supper Club)
February 18, 2013 at 2:38 pmThese are just darling! My kids will love this. I'm pinning to try the next time we need a cute little treat. Thanks so much for sharing at the Weekend Potluck. Have a terrific week!
~Kim
J. Rae
February 18, 2013 at 3:12 pmI would love it if you joined our "One last Valentine's Day Round Up"
Linky Party and shared this!
http://littlemomprairie.blogspot.com/p/blog-round-up.html
Kathy Shea Mormino
February 18, 2013 at 7:32 pmJust adorible………..Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop this week; I hope you’ll join us again!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
Sue Boyer
February 19, 2013 at 1:31 amAww, so sweet. They are cute for parties. Thank you for sharing.
We may have met by chance…but we become friends by choice.
http://simpleesue.com/frivolous-friday-caramelized-apple-cheddar-grilled-cheese-sandwich
Kamila Gornia
February 19, 2013 at 5:13 amOh wow, how cute are these!?
I saw this on the Recipe Sharing Monday linky party, I linked up for the first time and the recipe I shared were my Snickers Cupcakes,I'd love for you to take a look if you have time 🙂 Great e-meeting you!
Lmkazmierczak
February 19, 2013 at 1:54 pmJust darling♫ May try these out the next time I host Bunco♫ Here's my Inspire Me effort…http://lmkazmierczak.blogspot.com/2013/02/mosaic-mosaic.html
ChristaQuilts
February 19, 2013 at 3:07 pmThese are adorable!
Pat
February 19, 2013 at 3:46 pmPrecious! I will have to try that sometime.
Eva Taylor {Snappee Turtle}
February 19, 2013 at 4:45 pmHow adorable are these? I'm pinning this to my "Too Cute to Eat" board!! Love!! Thanks for linking this up at Show Off Your Shell Party #5!!
Wanda Ann Olsen
February 19, 2013 at 7:51 pmEvelyn,
Thank you for sharing these, somehow I missed them on the 14th. But they are so dang cute, how clever. Have a awesome day my friend. I'm home for a few so I better get busy, hahaha!
Hugs,
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Designed Decor
February 20, 2013 at 8:32 pmPinning
Rox
February 20, 2013 at 11:28 pmLove them! So, So cute!
Donna Elick
February 21, 2013 at 12:11 amThank you for sharing at our Ladies Night Cocktail Link Party!
Tanu
February 21, 2013 at 3:13 amthats so cute. love it & pinned it
Connie
February 21, 2013 at 4:43 amThose are so darned cute! My grandchildren would love them, I pinned them! Thanks for sharing.
Freemotion by the River Linky Party Tuesday
Mandatory Mooch
February 21, 2013 at 3:06 pmThese are adorable, Evelyn. Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays. Can't wait to see what you brought to the party this week!! Thanks, Nichi
Aubrey @ Real Housemoms
February 21, 2013 at 5:46 pmThese are so adorable! I think these would be perfect my little guys!! Thanks for sharing with us at Real Housemoms for Fabulous Fridays.
Alexis AKA MOM
February 21, 2013 at 7:30 pmMy old boss made these for a party but didn't do the cherry. I love your's so much better! They are so cute!
Diana - FreeStyleMama
February 22, 2013 at 2:00 pmCongratulations! This post is featured over at Diana Rambles today and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest. Please grab a featured button off my sidebar or via the link under the features. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
February 23, 2013 at 5:41 amSo glad you linked up these cute little mice at last weekends link party @The Weekend re-Treat!
Hope to see you again this weekend!
Lisa Lynn
February 23, 2013 at 5:56 pmThanks so much for sharing these adorable mice on The Creative HomeAcre Hop! Hope to see you tomorrow on the next Creative HomeAcre hop!
http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2013/02/the-creative-homeacre-hop-4.html
Becolorful
February 23, 2013 at 10:51 pmToo darn cute. 😀 Thanks for sharing.
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Charlene@APinchofJoy
February 23, 2013 at 11:05 pmAdorable!!! And bet they are tasty too! Thanks so much for sharing on Busy Monday!
Create With Joy
February 24, 2013 at 11:45 amEvelyn, these mice are just THE most adorable creations!
Thanks for sharing them this week at Inspire Me Monday.
You are one of my featured creations this week!
Create With Joy
http://create-with-joy.com
Susie Buetow
February 24, 2013 at 10:45 pmCongrats on joining that challenge! This is adorable!!! What a super idea. Thank you for linking up in our Crafty Showcase last week.
Thanks for sharing!
xoxo Susie @Bowdabra
New Linky
http://bowdabrablog.com/2013/02/23/crafty-showcase-link-up-anything-fun-in-the-craft-project-linky-2/
meandmr.com
February 24, 2013 at 11:00 pmNewest follower here! I found your blog thorough the blog hop. It is super cute, I can't wait to read more! You can find my blog at meandmr.com
-Melanie @meandmr.com
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama
February 28, 2013 at 5:10 amSo cute!! I especially love that you posed them with the cheese 🙂
Thanks for sharing at Artsy Corner! Hope to see you again this week.
Dagmar
April 7, 2013 at 6:40 pmThe are so cute, i saw them on the Cuddlebugs linky party.
Hugs Dagmar
Deb Ochs-LaGrone
April 8, 2013 at 1:05 pmGreat job! I made those for Christmas 2011 and they were a lot of work. You did a great job on them. I found you through Cuddlebug Cuties Linky Party.
~Deb~
CDAC DT Member
A Look Through My Eyes
Petro Neagu
April 15, 2013 at 2:12 pmOMG, they look so incredibly cute! Lucky for me they're made of chocolate and I would never be able to say no to that 🙂
Heather Kaluf
April 19, 2013 at 9:09 pmThose are so cute!!!
Diane Roark
January 25, 2014 at 4:23 pmThese mice are so cute! Kids would love them.
Thanks for stopping by Saturday Dishes Valentine's blog hop and linking this up. I pinned it!
Blessings,
Diane Roark
http://www.recipesforourdailybread.com
Lucy T
January 28, 2014 at 11:14 pmThis are sooo cute! I love them. Not the biggest fan of chocolate covered cherries but I think I might make these anyways. So fun!
Tara Noland
February 9, 2014 at 8:44 pmI made these at Christmas, so cute!!
Diane Roark
February 15, 2014 at 3:04 pmThese mice are truly precious!! Thanks for sharing on Saturday Dishes "CHOCOLATE" Blog Hop. I pinned it!
Blessings,
Diane Roark
http://www.recipesforourdailybread.com