Gadding About with Mice on Halloween

Chocolate Mice.  

There are lots of kids in our neighborhood now, and I love it.  So I'm always prepared for trick or treaters.  This year I decided to make a few chocolate mice as treats (mainly for the parents who accompanied the kids).  This is such an easy recipe, and the mice are so cute.

Click here for the recipe.

1.  Melt the chocolate.

Melted chocolate. 

2.  Drain the Maraschino cheeries and dry thoroughly.  Be sure to keep stems intact. 

3.  Holding to the stem coat the cheeries in chocolate.

4.  While the chocolate is still warm, attach a candy kiss to the end opposite the stem.  Between the kiss and the coating cherry place two sliced almonds for the ears.

5.  I used a red gel to make the eyes. 

6.  Place in refrigerator until firm and ready to serve.

Ready to serve or to eat.  

I think the chocolate mice were a hit this year!

My Grands on Halloweens Past

Brooks dressed as a pirate when he was six in 2003.

 
My two older grandchildren are too old to trick or treat so I'll post photos of them in their costumes in years past.  In 2003 Brooks dressed as a pirate and Zach dressed as a cowboy.

Zach dressed as a cowboy in 2003 when he was nine.

Perhaps the two younger ones will trick or treat this year, but in any case here they are in Halloweens past.

Tyler at Halloween in 2004 when he was five.

Grace as a UNC cheerleader when she was four in 2005. 

I miss having the grands too old to Trick or Treat, but fortunately we have some new families in the neighborhood with small children, so we will be looking forward to them coming by tonight.