CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES

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Make and share this Chocolate Covered Cherries recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Gigi6287

Categories     Candy

Time 50m

Yield 60 candies

Number Of Ingredients 6

60 maraschino cherries, with stems
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 lbs chocolate, for coating candy

Steps:

  • Drain cherries well; let stand on paper toweling.
  • Make fondant: Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt; stir in powdered sugar.
  • Knead until smooth.
  • Chill if too soft.
  • Shape a teaspoon of the fondant around each cherry.
  • Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.
  • In small heavy saucepan or deep bowl over pan of hot water, melt chocolate coating, stirring constantly.
  • Holding onto stems, dip fondant-covered cherries, one at a time, into melted chocolate.
  • Spoon mixture over cherries to coat.
  • Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
  • Place in refrigerator to harden.
  • Store in covered container in cool place.
  • Let ripen a week or two and fondant will begin to liquefy.
  • Makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 88.4, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 4, Cholesterol 1.5, Sodium 16.8, Carbohydrate 10.2, Fiber 2, Sugar 6.2, Protein 1.5

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