Chocolate Covered Cherries

Divinemom5's Note:

I love chocolate covered cherries,and these are so easy to make.I make them every Christmas and Valentines Day

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 36

Yield: 36.0 cherrie ...

• 1 jar maraschino cherry , drained well
• 3 tablespoons butter , melted
• ¼ cup evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 4 ½ cups sifted powdered sugar (, may need more)
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

Directions:

1. Drain cherries,place on paper towels and pat well.
2. Set aside.
3. Place sifted powdered sugar in bowl.
4. Combine melted butter,evaporated milk vanilla,and salt.
5. Pour over powdered sugar and mix well.
6. May need to use hands to form a stiff,not sticky dough.
7. Add more powdered sugar slowly,if need to form dough.
8. Now pinch of a small amount,flatten into a disc and form around each cherry.
9. Pinch off any excess dough.
10. Place cherry on wax paper lined cookie sheets and refrigerate for 1 hour.
11. Melt chocolate chips and shortening over boiling water in double boiler.
12. Dip cherries in chocolate,scraping off excess.
13. Refrigerate until chocolate is hard.
14. (I cheat sometimes and just use the chocolate flavored Almond Bark or candy coating).

Reviews

[nmj]

These were pretty good, but I guess I was expecting a liquid center like most chocolate covered cherries have. I read reviews that say they will liquify if left sitting, but it has been about a week. I keep tasting one a day and they still do not have a liquid center, but they do taste good.

[RobinS Smith]

Great! Super yummy and really really easy to make as well. Thankyou for sharing!!

[Pattiann Santamore]

Now these are great-I had never done them like this and boy are they great--can't eat many at a time but they are so nice!! Thanks very much