Recipe Details

Chocolate-Covered Cherries

These chocolate-covered cherries taste like Brach's and feature maraschino cherries wrapped in sugar and dipped in chocolate confectioners' coating.

Makes:60 servings

Ingredients

60 maraschino cherries with stems
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons corn syrup
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 pound chocolate confectioners' coating

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Directions

Prep:1 h Cook:Ready:1 h 30 m

Gather all ingredients.
Drain cherries and set on paper towels to dry.
Stir together butter and corn syrup in a medium bowl until smooth.
Mix in confectioners' sugar and knead to form a dough.
Wrap each cherry in about 1 teaspoon dough. Chill in the refrigerator until firm.
Melt confectioners' coating in a heavy saucepan over low heat.
Holding onto the stem, dip each cherry into coating and place on waxed paper-lined sheet trays. Chill in the refrigerator until coating is set. Store in an airtight container in a cool place.