Chocolate Covered Cherries -

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
¼ cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
3-4 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
48 maraschino cherries, drained
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

Melt butter over low heat. Stir in evaporated milk, vanilla extract and salt. Remove from heat and gradually stir in sifted confectioners' sugar. Turn out onto a board lightly sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar; work with hands until smooth. Cover cherries completely by shaping about 2 teaspoons fondant around each cherry.

Melt semi-sweet chocolate in double boiler. Drop fondant covered cherries into melted chocolate to cover. Remove from chocolate with two forks. Place on wax paper to cool.

Note: To give chocolate a shiny, hard coating, add 1 to 2 tablespoons melted paraffin wax to chocolate.

Related food category:

• Other
• Sweets, Chocolates and Candies