Chocolate Covered Cherries
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
60 Maraschino cherries, w/stem
3 TBS Butter or margarine, softened
3 TBS Light corn syrup
1/4 tsp Salt
2 cup Confectioner's sugar, sifted
1 1/2 lb Dipping chocolate or white chocolate (for coating)
Recipe
Drain maraschino 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.
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