CIN MADE ''CHERRY MASH''

Cin Made ''Cherry Mash'' image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 c butter or margarine ( i use butter)
2 c granulated sugar (can be made with splenda)
2/3 c evaporated milk
dash of salt
12 large marshmallows
1 pkg (10 oz) cherry chips
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips
3/4 c peanut butter ( i use skippy-extra crunchy); ( i use a little more )
1 pkg (12 oz) crushed peanuts

Steps:

Combine butter or margarine, sugar, milk, salt and marshmallows in saucepan.
Bring to a boil then boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in cherry chips and vanilla.
Pour into a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish and chill for 2 hours.
In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Add peanut butter and crushed peanuts. Stir until well blended.
Spread evenly over the cherry layer. Chill until firm enough to cut into bite size pieces.
I line the 9 x 13 baking dish with aluminum foil (butter the foil) so that I could lift the candy out of pan when set, that way it would be easier to cut into squares.
Lot and Lots of you have asked what is a "Cherry Chip"....yes, it's just like buying a bag of Chocolate, Butterscotch, Peanutbutter...etc. Chips.
NOTE:I use Log House premium quality CHERRY flavored Baking Morsels.
and...WHEN I USE SPLENDA, to make this candy, I USE Hershey's Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips.
ADDING A NOTE FROM CARY BOWERS:
For those of us that can't find the Cherry Chips in the local grocery store. Trust me I went to every one here in my area.
There is a way you can still make this awesome candy with out them.
I went to my local Walmart store in the isle with spices and extracts look for Watkins Cherry extract.
I used the white chocolate chips and then added four capfulls' of the extract and red food coloring if that is important to you. You can also add the flavoring to taste.