Hedgehog "Cake

This recipe makes 30 servings with 91 calories, 1g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have shoestring licorice, chocolate chip cookies, philadelphia neufchatel cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Beat Neufchatel cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.

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Neufchatel

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add melted chocolate and sugar; mix well. Gently stir in whipped topping.

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Whipped Topping

Chocolate

Sugar

Remove 1 Tbsp. of the Neufchatel cheese mixture for later use; spread small amount of the remaining cream cheese mixture between each of 16 of the cookies to form two logs of 8 cookies each.

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Neufchatel

Cream Cheese

Spread

Place logs, side-by-side, on serving platter for the "hedgehog's body."

Add remaining 2 cookies to one end for the "face" as shown in photo.

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Spread face and body with remaining Neufchatel ixture until completely covered.

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Neufchatel

Spread

Cut each apricot to resemble a foot with claws; attach to the body with the reserved Neufchatel cheese mixture. Press chocolate triangles into the "body" to resemble quills. Decorate with white chocolate chips for the "eyes," jelly bean for the "nose" and licorice for the "whiskers." Store in refrigerator.

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White Chocolate Chips