Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

60 Marachino cherries 1/4 ts Salt
-with stems 2 c Confectioner's sugar
3 tb Butter or margarine -sifted
-softened 1 1/2 lb Dipping chocolate or white
3 tb Light corn syrup -chocolate ( for coating)

Drain marachino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper toweling. Combine
butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in sifted
confectioner's sugar. Knead sugar mixture until smooth ( chill if
mixture is too soft.) Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around
each cherry. Place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill.
In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly. DO
NOT ADD ANY LIQUID! Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into
chocolate. Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until
chocolate is hardened.
Store candy in a covered container in a cool place. Let candies
ripen a week or two. makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.

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