Chocolate-Covered Cherries

Chocolate-Covered Cherries

Recipe By : Leanda Goss <ldgoss

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60 Preparation Time :

Categories : Candies Fruits

Chocolate

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

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60 Marachino cherries -- w/stem

3 tablespoons Butter or margarine -- softened

3 tablespoons Light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon Salt

2 cups Confectioner's sugar -- sifted

1 1/2 pounds Dipping chocolate or white -- chocolate

Drain marachino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper toweling. Combine

butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in sifted confectioner's

sugar. Knead sugar mixture until smooth ( chill if mixture is too soft.)

Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on a

waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill.

In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly. DO NOT

ADD ANY LIQUID! Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into chocolate. Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until chocolate is

hardened.

Store candy in a covered container in a cool place.

Let candies ripen a week or two. makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -