Yield: 1 Servings
| Measure | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 4 cups | Powdered sugar |
| ½ cup | Margarine |
| ¼ cup | White syrup |
| 1 \N | Jar maraschino cherries |
| 1 pounds | Box semi-sweet baking |
| \N \N | Chocolate |
| ¾ teaspoon | Melted paraffin |
Cream together sugar, margarine and syrup. Cut cherries in half. Make creamed mixture into walnut sized portions. Make a thumbprint hole in each and place a cherry half inside, then work into a ball and chill. In a double boiler melt chocolate and paraffin. Dip chilled ball into chocolate.
Place on waxed paper or into tiny fluted candy cups and refrigerate.
NOTES : These are as near to purchased chocolate covered cherries that I have ever found.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 448 by "Diane Geary." <diane@...> on Jan 4, 1998