Chocolate-Covered Cherries

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Chocolate-Covered Cherries

Recipe By : Leanda Goss <ldgoss@METRONET.COM>
Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Candies Fruits
Chocolate

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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60 Marachino cherries -- w/stem
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine -- softened
3 tablespoons Light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Confectioner's sugar -- sifted
1 1/2 pounds Dipping chocolate or white -- chocolate ( for coat

Drain marachino 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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