Chocolate Covered Cherries

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 60 maraschino cherries, with stems
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 lbs chocolate, for coating candy

Recipe

• 1 drain cherries well; let stand on paper toweling.
• 2 make fondant: combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt; stir in powdered sugar.
• 3 knead until smooth.
• 4 chill if too soft.
• 5 shape a teaspoon of the fondant around each cherry.
• 6 place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.
• 7 in small heavy saucepan or deep bowl over pan of hot water, melt chocolate coating, stirring constantly.
• 8 holding onto stems, dip fondant-covered cherries, one at a time, into melted chocolate.
• 9 spoon mixture over cherries to coat.
• 10 place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
• 11 place in refrigerator to harden.
• 12 store in covered container in cool place.
• 13 let ripen a week or two and fondant will begin to liquefy.
• 14 makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.