Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries
Maraschino cherries wrapped in sweet fondant and dipped in chocolate. An old-fashioned Christmas candy that is easier than it looks.
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Ingredients
- 1 jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries with stems drained very well
- 3 tbsp butter softened
- 3 tbsp light corn syrup
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 12 oz chocolate melting wafers or chocolate chips with 1 tbsp shortening
Instructions
- Drain the cherries and dry them on paper towels for at least 1 hour.
- Mix the butter and corn syrup, then stir in the powdered sugar. Knead until a smooth dough forms. Chill 20 minutes.
- Flatten a teaspoon of dough and wrap it around each cherry, leaving the stem out. Chill on parchment for 30 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate until smooth.
- Hold each cherry by the stem, dip it, let the extra drip off, and set it on parchment. Make sure the chocolate seals around the stem.
- Let them set, then store for 1 to 2 weeks so the centers turn creamy.
Notes
Resting time for the centers is 1 to 2 weeks.