Covered cherry recipe chocolate mousse

These chocolate covered cherry mice are fun to create and a beautiful presentation for parties, bake sales, and of course Halloween. Allow children to help put a production line, and have a passport. These sweet mice are almost too cute to eat. See the step by step photos, before you start.

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

Yield: 36 pieces

Ingredients:

• 1 jar maraschino cherries with stems, drained and dried (see Appendix)
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
• Half a teaspoon of butter
• 1 ounce paraffin, chopped (see note)
• Half a cup of chocolate chips (see notes)
• Half a cup of almonds
• 1 tube of red (light) Ice Gel

Preparation:

Before you begin, you should make a look at the step by step instructions with pictures. See the link below.

A baking sheet with parchment paper or parchment.

Rinse let the maraschino cherries, drain and dry on kitchen paper turning often. Cherries should be completely dry, or use the chocolate and get crumbly.

Gently melting the chocolate, butter and paraffin in water until smooth, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Once melted, turn off heat, but leave the water in the background.

Dip in melted dry completely cover the chocolate cherry stem. On a plate of cookies covered. Immediately press chocolate chips with the flat side protected towards the front of the icing to form a head.

While the chocolate is still warm, stalling to form two sliced almonds between chocolate chip and cherry on the ears. Chill.

Use a toothpick to rub you characterizes it on both sides of the chips with chocolate frosting with red gel red eyes.

In a refrigerator to determine the chocolate.

Note: If fresh sweet cherries are in season, by all means use. Paraffin is obtained in the produce section, usually sold under the name of Gulf wax. Giant candy bars can be used for semi-sweet chocolate or semi-sweet baking squares or chocolate chips. If your cherries are exceptionally large, you can use chocolate kisses for bosses.

Yield: about 36 chocolate-covered mouse

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