Chocolate Covered Cherries
- Level: Easy
- Total: 1 hr 5 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Inactive: 40 min
- Cook: 5 min
- Yield: 40 cherries
Ingredients
40 maraschino cherries with stems (packed in very heavy syrup), drained well
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup (6 ounces) white chocolate morsels
Directions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper. Pat cherries dry with paper towels.
- Melt chocolates separately in stainless steel bowl set over pan of simmering water, stirring until smooth.
- Holding stem of cherry, dip cherry into melted chocolate to coat. You can coat half of cherry in white chocolate and half in semisweet chocolate, if desired. Transfer chocolate-dipped cherry to prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining cherries and melted chocolate.
- Refrigerate for about 40 minutes, or until set.
