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Chocolate Covered Cherries

Source of Recipe


Rita Nason






List of Ingredients



• 60 maraschino cherries
  
• 3 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened
  
• 3 Tbsp light corn syrup
  
• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 1 (12-oz.) pkg. milk chocolate chips
  
• 1/4 lb. paraffin
  






Instructions



1. Drain cherries thoroughly; place on paper towels to dry.
   
   
2. Combine butter, syrup, and salt. Stir in powdered sugar. Knead until smooth. Chill if too soft. Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Chill.
   
   
3. Melt chocolate and paraffin in double boiler over hot water. Dip cherries into chocolate mixture using toothpicks. Spoon a little chocolate over toothpick hole. Place on cookie sheet until cold.
   
   Store in a covered container in a cool place for 1 to 2 weeks to ripen.