I rarely get boxes of chocolates, but when I do, the first one I look for the cherry! When I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, I was so excited. I had no idea how it easy it is to make them. I decided to add them to the Valentine's packages I made this weekend.I decided to do half milk chocolate, and half dark to please everyone.
The directions say to let them sit for a week for the center to go back to liquid, so I'll try to save one and eat it next Saturday!
Chocolate Covered Cherries
60 maraschino cherries with stems
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons corn syrup
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 pound chocolate confectioners' coating
(I used 12 oz. milk and 12 oz. dark chocolate)
(I used 12 oz. milk and 12 oz. dark chocolate)
Drain cherries and set on paper towels to dry.In a medium bowl, combine butter and corn syrup until smooth.
Stir in confectioners' sugar and knead to form a dough.
Chill to stiffen if necessary.
Wrap each cherry in about 1 teaspoon of dough.
Chill until firm.
Melt confectioners' coating in a heavy saucepan over low heat.
Dip each cherry in by its stem, and place on waxed paper lined sheets.
Chill until completely set.
Store in an airtight container in a cool place.
Best after 1 or 2 weeks.
The 'dough' and the cherries, drying
The cherries, wrapped in dough, before being coated in chocolate
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Those are the first candies I go after also! The inlaws get a box of chocolate every year at Christmas, and BIL eats all the cherries before we get up there.
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