The Mouse Who Came To Tea

Dr. Gollum came home tonight with a little white box. Inside the box were two teeny, tiny chocolate mice. You can see one mouse (above) in the corner of the glass compote, hiding behind a strawberry. (If you'd like a closer look, just click on the picture and it will enlarge.)


I just had a fit, as we say Down South.
And of course I gave Dr. G a kiss. Here's the first mouse:


And here's mouse number two.
The body is a Hershey Kiss, attached to a chocolate covered cherry--the long, red stem forms the mouse's "tail."

The ears are two almonds.

The eyes appear to be little dots of royal icing--white with little dabs of chocolate.

I looked at the mouse from every angle, and I thought, Hmmm, I am so doing this for Christmas Day.

Shopping List:

• long stemmed maraschino cherries
• dipping chocolate
• Hershey's Kisses
• almonds
• tubes of white and chocolate icing

Coming soon: pictures of the tea party (after the Bandwith Bandit goes to sleep).