Chocolate-Covered Cherries Recipe

Recipe Category: Miscellaneous/Unclassified

Recipe Ingredients:
60 Marachino cherries,w/stem
3 Tablespoon Butter or margarine,softened
3 Tablespoon Light corn syrup
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
2 Cup Confectioner's sugar, sifted

 
Cooking Directions:
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.