Chocolate covered Cherries

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    Chocolate covered Cherries

    Ingredients

    • 60 marachino cherries, with stems
    • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
    • 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
    • 1 1/2 pound dipping chocolate or white chocolate

    Instructions

    Yield: 60 servings. Drain marachino cherries thoroughly on paper towels. Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in sifted confectioner's sugar. Knead sugar mixture until smooth ( chill if mixture is too soft.) Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill. In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly. Do not add any liquid! Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into chocolate. Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until chocolate is hardened. Store candy in a covered container in a cool place. Let candies ripen a week or two. makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.

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