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Chocolate Covered Cherries




Source of Recipe


a friend


List of Ingredients




8 tablespoons butter (melted)
6 tablespoons corn syrup
3 jars Maraschino cherries (with stems)
1 can Eagle Brand Condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 pounds powdered sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
12-oz. pkg. semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips

Recipe




Blend together butter, syrup, milk and vanilla and add sugar. Knead and form into balls. Put cherries inside of balls (flatten each ball, set cherry in center and fold dough around cherry) and set in freezer for 1 hour. Melt shortening in the top of a double boiler. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. Dip cold cherries in chocolate and drop on waxed paper. Makes about 125 cherries. Cherries become juicy as they set.