REC Chocolate Covered Cherries

For mock Butterfingers, just spread peanut butter between two Wheat Thins, then dip in melted chocolate - the kind they sell in big chunks for candy making. Place on waxed paper to set the chocolate. Embarrbuttingly easy.

Here are the cherries. You can't screw them up.

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Damsel's Chocolate Covered Cherries

Recipe By :Damsel in dis Dress Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : candies chocolate Christmas

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 pounds powdered sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 sticks soft butter 12 ounces real chocolate chips 3 jars maraschino cherries -- with stems 1-3 bar paraffin wax 6 tablespoons cherry juice

1. Combine sugar, butter, cherry juice and lemon juice; chill 1-2 hours. 2. Drain maraschino cherries and chill thoroughly. 3. Make balls of dough the size of a cherry; flatten and wrap around cherry, sealing edges. 4. Freeze 1-2 hour or more. 5. In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips together with wax. 6. Reduce heat and dip frozen, dough coated cherries. 7. Dry on waxed paper. Place into bonbon papers.

NOTE: Keep refrigerated until the day candy is to be eaten, or the chocolate gets dull, and the center begins to crystallize.

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