chocolate covered cherries
Chocolate Covered Cherries If you store these, they will make the juice around the cherry, just like the ones you buy in the store. 8 tablespoons melted butter 6 tablespoons corn s...
Ingredients
- 8tablespoonmelted butter
- 6tablespooncorn syrup
- 1(14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1teaspoonvanilla extract*
- 3poundconfectioners' sugar
- 3(10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries, drained
- 2cupsemisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2tablespoonshortening
Directions
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Chocolate Covered Cherries If you store these, they will make the juice around the cherry, just like the ones you buy in the store
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8 tablespoons melted butter 6 tablespoons corn syrup 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract* 3 pounds confecti
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In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and sugar
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Knead dough, and form it into balls with a cherry wrapped in the middle
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The balls should be approximately the size of walnuts
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Place balls in the freezer to chill
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In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and shortening together
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Dip the cooled balls in the chocolate, let cool on parchment paper.