LIQUOR-INFUSED CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRIES

Liquor-Infused Chocolate-Covered Cherries image

This is a great recipe for the holidays (but not for kids!). Please prepare ahead of time, as for this recipe takes a week to make.

Provided by Fred Norris

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cherry Dessert Recipes

Time P7DT2h

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
½ cup rum (such as Bacardi 151®)
3 ¾ cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup butter, softened
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 (6 ounce) bag chocolate chips
2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2-inch square food-grade paraffin wax

Steps:

Pour cherries, with their juice, into a glass bowl. Cover cherries with rum. Cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerate for 1 week.
Drain and dry rum-infused cherries.
Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
Mix confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup butter, milk, and maple syrup together in a bowl until smooth and pliable. Wrap each cherry with sugar mixture. Arrange on baking sheet. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Combine chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate, 2 tablespoons butter, and paraffin wax in a saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring, until melted, about 5 minutes.
Dip each wrapped cherry into the melted chocolate mixture using a toothpick. Return to baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cherries. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill until set, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190 calories, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 12.9 mg, Fat 7.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.7 g, Sodium 36.3 mg, Sugar 24.5 g