Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries
Ingredients
Maraschino Cherries-2 small jars
1 stick butter
6 Tbsp corn syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 lbs powdered sugar
12 oz melting chocolate ( use the best you can find, I recommend Ghirardelli)
Preparation
1
Mix all ingredients except the cherries and chocolate, into a soft dough
2
Wrap each cherry in a ball of dough
3
Freeze cherries for 1 hour
4
Dip sugar dough wrapped cherries into melted chocolate
5
Allow cherries to cool without touching on parchment paper
6
Store cherries for 2 weeks for sugar to liquify with the cherry juice inside.
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About
Easy to make, chocolate covered cherries need a two week period for them to ripen. This is what turns the insides to liquid and makes that first bite so satisfying. Enjoy!
Yield:
2 dozen cherries or more
Added:
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 6:59pm
