These little sweeties will scurry out right into your mouths!

makes 24.

ingredients:
☆1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
☆1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
☆48 dried apricots
☆Wooden skewers
☆48 M&M’s Minis
☆Black shoestring licorice
☆24 dry-roasted peanut halves

directions:
☆place the chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 minute.
☆stir and microwave for 1 minute more.
☆stir until smooth.
☆for each mouse, press together 2 dried apricots, making a small point for the mouse’s nose, and thread them onto a skewer.
☆dip them into the melted chocolate and place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet.
☆use a second skewer to push the mouse off the first skewer; use your fingertip to cover the hole left behind with chocolate.
☆add M&M’s Minis eyes, a shoestring licorice tail, and peanut ears (we broke each peanut half in half again).
☆refrigerate until hardened.

Bon Appetit!