Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries

Make the best homemade cordial cherries this year for gifts or for your own table. This chocolate covered cherry recipe makes dark chocolate covered cherries that are rich and delicious.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate covered cherry recipe, dark chocolate covered cherries, homemade cordial cherries

Prep Time 35

chilling time 4

Total Time 4 35

Servings

Calories 303kcal

Author Evelyn Osborn

Equipment

Silicone Mats
Chocolate Melting Pot or Double Boiler
Candy Thermometer

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter at room temperature
1/4 cup sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated)
1 Tablespoon cherry juice (retain from the drained cherries
Pinch salt
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 10 ounce jar maraschino cherries 30-35
1 pound Dipping and Coating Chocolate no tempering required chocolate

Instructions

Drain Cherries and retain juice
Spread cherries on a cookie sheet, lined with a silicone baking mat. Place in freezer for at least 2 hours
Mix butter, sweetened condense milk, cherry juice, salt and powdered sugar until well blended and smooth. Place in refrigerator for a least an hour to chill.
Remove filling from fridge and roll two teaspoons of the filling into a ball. Flatten it out and place a frozen cherry in the center, roll into a ball making sure the cherry is completely coated.
Place coated cherries on a baking sheet lined with silicone mats or parchment paper. Make sure the cherries don’t touch each other and place the baking sheet in the freezer for 2 hours.
Heat the dark chocolate in a melting pot or a double boiler. Remove a few coated cherries at a time and dip them into the melted chocolate removing them with a slotted spoon. Place each on the silicone mat. Refrigerate until firm.

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