A St. Patrick's Day Treat: MINT-CHOCOLATE MOUSE MINI FILLO SHELLS |
Author: Rose Angel of Design by Occasion
- 1 box, Athens Mini Fillo Shells
- 1 box, JELL-O Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 2 cups cold Milk
- ½ cup Cool Whip, divided
- ½ tsp., Jacquin's Creme de Menthe (if serving for adults) or Peppermint Extract
- 1-3 drops Green liquid food coloring
- ANDES chocolates, broken in half and gold sanding sugar for garnishing
- **NOTE: you will have extra chocolate pudding leftover, you can therefore insert pudding in cups. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- Begin by removing your Cool Whip from the freezer and let unthaw.
- Remove the mini Fillo Shells from the package and place them on a large surface (you can use parchment paper to prepare them or a baking sheet pan.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together pudding mix and cold milk. Let stand for 5 minutes. While pudding is setting, scoop ½ cup of Cool Whip into a small bowl. From that bowl, remove ¼ cup of Cool Whip into another small bowl and set aside. Fold in the remaining Cool Whip into the Pudding mixture and set aside.
- In the bowl of the ¼ cup Cool Whip, to that, add ½ tsp of mint flavor and 1-3 drops of green food coloring into whipped cream until blended. (To get a light pale green color, use only 2 drops). The more drops you add, the darker the color.
- If you don't have a piping bag, spoon prepared Cool Whip into a sandwich bag. Take your scissors and cut across the bottom of the bag to create your frosting tip of a very small size. Set aside.
- Spoon into the mini Fillo Shells.
- Top each pudding filled Fillo Shell by squeezing your prepared Cool Whip gradually. You can take a fork and create swirls (optional).
- Remove the ANDES chocolates from wrappers and break each one in half. Then top each filled Fillo Cup with each half of an ANDES chocolate. Garnish with gold sanding sugar.
- Display your prepared Mini Fillo Cups on a decorative platter, serve and enjoy.
- These can be refrigerated in an air-tight storage container.
Recipe by Design by Occasion at https://designbyoccasion.com/a-st-patricks-day-treat-mint-chocolate-mouse-mini-fillo-shells/
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