Anything covered in chocolate is divine, and chocolate cherries were my Dad’s favorite candy.
Learn how to make chocolate covered cherries at home. Perfect for a couples Valentines gift to each other. Or make as a special Galentines gift to yourself.
Enjoy my recipe for gourmet chocolate covered cherries in honor of National Chocolate Day, National Candy Day, or Valentines Day (hey you pick, I don’t need an excuse for chocolate)
Even people who don’t normally like chocolate covered cherries LOVE mine. You can leave the stems on, or buy stemless maraschino cherries. You can leave the stems on, or buy stemless maraschino cherries.
I normally make candies at Christmas, but homemade gourmet chocolate covered cherries are perfect for any special occasion.
You don’t rush making these chocolate candies, the process of rolling the cherries and dipping takes time.
So enjoy, I don’t think mine will make it to Valentines Day
The Best Recipe for Gourmet Chocolate Covered Cherries
Ok, this is not my “own” recipe, but one I found on AllRecipes. But I have a few secrets in making the process faster and easier.
The first is buying quality ingredients, which means no skimping on chocolate and using “real” butter and sugar.
The first is buying quality ingredients, that means no skimping on chocolate and using “real” butter and sugar.
Secret Instructions on Making Chocolate-Covered Cherries
Ok, there isn’t a secret to making chocolate-covered cherries, just a few tips. First, gather your supplies. You will want to use really good chocolate.
If you’re going to go to all the effort why use plain almond bark. So get yourself some Ghiradelli Melting wafers,and try not to eat them during the process.
Why, because perfect melting chocolate needs to melt slowly, not under high heat in a microwave. If chocolate gets too hot it then congeals and gets lumpy. You don’t want lumpy chocolate. Put about an inch of water in the bottom pan and set your burner to medium. The water should not boil.
Then when you are ready to wrap and package to it to impress with red candy foils and cute little candy boxes.
Drain cherries and set on paper towels to dry. (liquid will also lump chocolate
In a medium bowl, combine butter and corn syrup until smooth.
Stir in confectioners’ sugar and knead to form a dough. Chill to stiffen if necessary.
Next, pinch off a teaspoon bit of dough and roll into a ball. Flatten in your palm
Wrap each cherry in about 1 teaspoon of dough. Gather the excess sugar dough on the ends and pinch off. You want the thinnest layer of sugar paste around the cherry without any juice seeping through
Place on waxed paper or parchment paper and place in the freezer to chill for one hour or until firm.
Melt confectioners’ coating in a heavy saucepan over med heat. (see above)
Dip each cherry and place on waxed paper lined sheets.
Chill until completely set (trying not to eat them in the process)
Lastly, store in an airtight container in a cool place.
Best after 1 or 2 weeks when the sugar paste melts and merges with the cherry juice. (yeah, if they last that long!)
Make chocolate covered cherries at home. This chocolate covered cherry recipe is perfect for a couples Valentines gift to each other. Or make as a special Galentines gift to yourself.
Don’t have the patience, or time, or ambition to try them yourself, then you can buy gourmet chocolate covered cherries and no one will complain. They make a great gift for Valentines Day, or just as an indulgent candy treat.
(one jar)
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