Carol Michels's Recipe

Easy Chocolate Covered Cherries

Category: Recipes

2 pounds powdered sugar
8 ounces soft butter
6 tablespoons cherry juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 jars maraschino cherries, with stems

12 ounces real chocolate chips
1/3 bar paraffin wax

Combine sugar, butter, lemon juice and cherry juice; chill 1-2 hours. Drain maraschino cherries and chill thoroughly.

Make balls of dough the size of a cherry; flatten and wrap around cherry, sealing edges. Freeze 1/2 hour or more.

In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips together with wax. Reduce heat and dip frozen, dough coated cherries.

Dry on waxed paper. Place into bonbon papers. Store in refrigerator.

Serve at room temperature.