Linda's Cherry Bombs

"I make this ahead of time for a no-stress fast dessert. Try making this for your kids and watch their eyes pop out in amazement. Everyone will think you are a genius! As most of my recipes, this one will let you change ingredients to your own tastebuds. You can make these very quickly and they are make-ahead desserts that will WOW everyone."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
7
Yields:
12 bombs
Serves:
6-12
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ingredients

  • 1892.5 ml neapolitan ice cream, softened
  • 12 chocolate-covered cherries, with liquid centers
  • 12 chocolate wafer cookies
  • 2 (396.89 g) bottle Magic Shell ice cream topping
  • 118.29 ml raspberry jam
  • 118.29 ml chocolate syrup
  • 59.14 ml pistachio nut, ground
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directions

  • Line a 1/2 sheet pan with parchment and put it in the freezer.
  • Use an ice cream scoop to proportion the bombs.
  • Carefully center a chocolate covered cherry into each scoop being careful to get it level on the bottom and being careful not to push the cherry through to the top. Scrape any excess ice cream off and put a cookie flat side down covering the bottom. I have made these without the cookies several times and they still work great! You can even use sponge cake but I think the cookies are better for this dessert.
  • Put the bombs on the frozen cookie sheet as you make them being sure to keep them frozen.
  • When you are done assembling them freeze them solid overnight and then store them in a zip freezer bag.
  • The day you want to serve them: Cover them with Magic Shell, sprinkle some chopped pistachio nuts on top before the shell hardens, working fast. Pop them back into the freezer as you cover them and let them set up.
  • Melt the raspberry jam and strain out the seeds. Drizzle some jam onto your serving plates and then zig zag a squirt or two of chocolate syrup onto the plate to make a pretty design and sprinkle a teeny bit of pistacho nuts on the plate edge.
  • Place one or two bombs on the plate.
  • Make sure your guests have a table knife and a spoon.
  • Watch their delight as they attack this Neopolitan dessert!

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Hello Zaars and Zaarinas! Thank all of you who tried my 'memory' recipes and left such nice reviews and for taking such lovely pictures. I do appreciate your comments. My pet peeves about cooking are recipe reviews where the reviewer says, "I made the recipe exactly as written EXCEPT yada yada yada" and I don't like suggestive names or titles such as, "Better Than Sex". I don't know why anyone would eat anything that is 'sinful' or 'decadent' since decadent is described as being decaying. Also, PAP-RI-KA only has 3 syllables. VINAIGRETTE is pronounced vin-a-grette, not vinager-ette. It's mas-car-pone not mars-ca-pone. And I don't like cutesy adult baby talk,,, or metro chic names like delish, nutrish, yummo, sammy, BAM! Oh well, I make as many, or more, faux pas as the next guy especially in ASL! Things that crack me up are: DH Fred from youtube.com Nick, my nephew Fish and Poi song as performed by PoiBoi My possum recipe per the song on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVvL4-srt6U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpbyM8k7e2Q wow this is good! my Doggie Little Yellow Petey Bird on youtube My BFF's. all of them and there are so many! and my little Sister Mary Beth. She has MS and Lupus and a great attitude. <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PAC08Main.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg">
 
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