BRANDIED CHERRY BALLS RECIPE
These special candies look impressive but are actually quite easy to prepare. The brandy really complements the cherries and chocolate.-homebody2, TOH Online Community
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place cherries in a small bowl. Cover with brandy; refrigerate overnight.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until crumbly. Drain cherries, reserving 2 teaspoons brandy. Add cherries and reserved brandy to cream cheese mixture.
- Roll into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place balls on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Cover loosely and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- In a microwave, melt dark chocolate candy coating and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip balls in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Return to the baking sheet.
- For drizzle, melt a small amount of white candy coating in a microwave; stir in food coloring until smooth. Drizzle over candies. Chill until set.
- Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.
- Originally published as Brandied Cherry Balls in Taste of Home Christmas Annual
- Annual 2009, p114
- Nutritional Facts
- candy equals 86 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 3 mg cholesterol, 8 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.
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