Sugar mice

• egg↗1

  white

• lemon juice↗1 tsp tsp
• icing sugar↗400-500g g

  sifted

• food colouring↗pink gel or paste

  pink gel or paste

• chocolate sprinkles↗small

  small

• kitchen string
• cocktail stick
• baking sheet1

  lined with baking parchment

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Put the egg white in a large bowl and whisk until foamy. Stir in the lemon juice.

2. 2

   Gradually stir in the icing sugar with a wooden spoon until really stiff, like dough. Or, dust the work surface with some icing sugar and knead the sugar into the mixture until you get the right consistency.

3. 3

   Divide the mixture in half. Add a dot of pink food colouring to one half, then knead in to evenly distribute the colour. Add a tiny bit more colouring if you want a stronger colour. Leave the second half plain.

4. 4

   Break off a walnut-sized piece of the mixture and roll into a rounded cone shape, then flatten one side so that the mouse can sit on a flat surface without toppling over. Pinch out little ears on top of the narrow end, then squeeze the same end into a nose. Press chocolate sprinkles into the face below the ears to make eyes. Cut a length of kitchen string about 4cm long, and push it into the round end of the mouse to make a tail.

5. 5

   Use a cocktail stick to dab a tiny amount of pink food colouring onto the nose, then put the mouse on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment.

6. 6

   Repeat the process with the remaining pink and white mixtures, then leave the mice to dry out for at least 12 hrs.