January 3 - National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

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Title: Better Than Store Bought Chocolate Covered Cherries
Categories: Fruits, Chocolate, Dairy
Yield: 25 Cherries

3 c Powdered sugar
1/4 c Butter
1/4 c Condensed sweetened milk;
- not evaporated
4 ts Canilla extract
pn Salt
12 oz Bag good quality chocolate
- chips (milk, semi-sweet,
- or dark)
14 oz (400 g) jar maraschino
- cherries; drained, dried,
-juice reserved

Start by making a fondant - simply combine the first
five ingredients until smooth and not sticky. Chill in
fridge for an hour.

Line a baking sheet with wax paper and spread cherries
out in a single layer - stems on, if possible. Freeze
for an hour.

When ready to make your chocolate covered cherries,
remove fondant and cherries from the fridge/freezer.
Since it takes a bit of time to make these, I remove
only a few cherries and a bit of fondant at a time so
that they don't get too warm and sticky.

Wrap each cherry in 1-2 teaspoons of the fondant,
forming a tight ball. Return cherries to tray and freeze
again for an hour.

Use either the microwave or a double-boiler to melt your
chocolate. Thin it down with enough reserved cherry
juice to get the proper consistency for dipping.

Removing a few fondant-wrapped cherries from the freezer
at a time, dip them in the chocolate and coat
completely. Let the excess chocolate drip off, then
put the cherry on wax paper to rest. Dab a bit of extra
chocolate on top to cover any hole left from the
toothpick.

When done, place dipped cherries in the fridge to set.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge as well. If
you let them be for a few days, the center with be nice
and liquidy... but they're good right away too!

By Jennifer McConnell

RECIPE FROM: https://www.justapinch.com

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