Peanut Butter-candy Mice

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1 cup dry milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
• multicolored sugar nonpareils
• red licorice, laces
• sugar
• red gumdrop (large)
• candy sprinkles, sequins

Recipe

• 1 with an electric mixer beat peanut butter corn syurp dry milk and vanilla blend well.
• 2 on low speed slowly add powdered sugar,you might have to do this by hand knead the sugar in.
• 3 for each mouse: break off enough mixture to roll into a 1-inch ball for the body,then enough to roll into a 1/2-inch ball for the head.
• 4 press the small ball on large ball, then slightly pinch head to form a rounded nose.
• 5 break off enough to form 2 small ears press to flatten.
• 6 with a wet toothpick stick a nonpareil press into end of nose, 2 more for eyes,cut licorice insert for tail, for stocking caps:sprinkle some sugar on wax paper and roll out gumdrops cut into circles with a 2-inch cutter cut rounds in quaters.
• 7 bring straight edges together overlapping to form a cone press edges to stick.
• 8 press a candy sequin for pompon on tip of cap.
• 9 press hat ontop mouse head.