Hedgehog Dip Recipes

Steps:

• Unwrap ready-made crispy treats and form them into teardrop shapes using your hands. (Moisten your hands with water to prevent the treats from sticking.) Place the treats on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Hold a crispy rice treat by the pointed end and dip it into the melted chocolate, covering about 2/3 of the treat, leaving a small area for the hedgehog's face. Hold it above the bowl to allow most of the excess chocolate to run back into the bowl. Immediately dip the chocolate-dipped portion into the chocolate sprinkles, covering the melted chocolate with the sprinkles so it resembles the hedgehog's spines. Place the dipped treats onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Let stand at room temperature until set, or chill in the refrigerator to speed setting. Press two mini semisweet chips into the marshmallow treat for the eyes. The exposed marshmallow treat portion will be sticky, so they should adhere naturally. Press a single confetti sprinkle onto the pointed end of the treat for a nose.

Steps:

• Beat the softened cream cheese, with the sour cream, and onion soup mix till well mixed.
• Stir in the grated cheese and pineapple again mix well.
• Place in refridgerator until firm enough to hold own shape.
• Place on a serving plate and mould into hedgehog shape with definite hedgehog nose.
• Just before serving push corn chips into the dip like the hedgehog bristles.
• Use grapes, sultanas, raisins or olives for eyes.
• May need to place extra corn chips and around the hedgehog dip.

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk sugar, shortening, corn syrup, eggs, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Stir sugar mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Refrigerate dough until chilled, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Scoop cookie dough using a cookie scoop or 1 tablespoon so all the cookies are uniform; shape dough into teardrop-shaped cookies. Flatten the pointed side of each cookie to form the 'face'. Arrange cookies on baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Pulse pecans in a food processor until finely chopped; transfer to a bowl.
• Melt chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching.
• Dip the top of each cookie in the melted chocolate, spreading to fully coat the 'body' of each hedgehog. Press cookies, chocolate-side down, into the ground pecans forming the 'fur'. Arrange cookies on a sheet of waxed paper to set, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer the remaining melted chocolate to a piping bag or plastic bag with a corner snipped. Pipe chocolate onto the pointed end of each cookie for eyes and a nose.