Christmas mice truffles
Photo by Gina Moore/iStock
MAKES 26–28 TRUFFLES
1 15½-ounce package Oreo cookies
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 10-ounce jar maraschino cherries with stems, drained
½ cup chocolate wafer crumbs
½ cup sliced almonds or pine nuts
Colored nonpareils or pearl dragees
Place cookies in a food processor; cover and process until finely crushed. Add cream cheese; process until blended. Keep mixture covered with a damp cloth at all times while you shape cookies. Shape 2–3 teaspoons cookie mixture around each cherry, tapering to resemble a mouse, and place on parchment paper. Sprinkle with wafer crumbs. Gently press sliced almonds or pine nuts into mice for ears and nonpareils or dragees for eyes. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
PAT CARTEE, YORK