Chocolate Covered Cherries My Way -- Bonnie's

Recipe Rating:	4 Ratings5
Categories:	Candies, Chocolate
Collections:	2012 Member's Choice
Keywords:	cherries, bonnie's, covered, chocolates
Serves:	about 65 chocolates
Prep Time:	30 Min
Cook Time:	15 Min

Ingredients

3	heaping tablespoons semi sweet chocolate chips
3	heaping tablespoons peanut butter chips
2	heaping tablespoons chopped german chocolate, sweetened
3/4	cup chopped white almond bark
1 1/4	cup chopped chocolate almond bark
65	maraschino cherries with stems removed

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Bonnie D.

Cooked to Perfection

St. George, UT (pop. 72,897)

Utahn

Member Since Jul 2010

Bonnie's Notes:

I wanted to use up all the candy I had in my pantry, so I put it all on the counter and created these great tasting chocolates. My husband adores chocolate covered cherries, and he says I have the job of making his chocolate covered cherries from now on because they are better than the store-bought kind. When you put one of these chocolates in your mouth, you will notice how fresh they taste and how the cherry just pops when you bite into it. Yummo! You can make half covered cherries or fully covered ones. They look so pretty in a dish. Enjoy!

Recipe and photos are my own.

Directions

Assemble all the ingredients before you begin.

You will need to melt the chocolate using a double boiler. I use the Wilton Chocolate Pro to melt the chocolate. You might consider getting one if you want to start making candy, as they are reasonably priced and have great reviews. It is a nonstick appliance, fast and so easy to operate that it makes making chocolates fun. I also use chocolate molds, but if you want, you can spread the chocolates on wax paper.

Drain the cherries first.

Remove the stems if they have them.

Blot the cherries on paper towels. Remove them to a dry paper towel and let them sit and air dry while you prepare the chocolate.

Chop the chocolate bark into pieces about the size of the chocolate chips.

It should look like this.

Chop the almond bark into small pieces, too.

Mix bark and all candy ingredients together

Place the candy in the heated Wilton pot or double boiler to melt it. This recipe is enough candy to fill the Wilton pot, slightly mounded in the center. Stir it occasionally with a wooden spoon as it starts to melt. Once it is melted, you are ready to make chocolates. You can make half cherries, or cover them. If you are using a mold, put a dab of chocolate in the bottom of each mold with an ice tea spoon, and place the cherry on top, then cover the cherry with chocolate. Let the chocolates sit on the counter until they are hardened, then remove from the mold.

Here is how your chocolate cherry should look in this closeup photo.

This recipe makes about 65 chocolates, and I have molds for only 30 chocolates, so I spread the remainder of my cherries with chocolate on a sheet of wax paper. I made a few marshmallow covered chocolates, too. Store the chocolates in an air tight container with wax paper between the layers. Refrigerate. They just taste better as they sit.

Here is how they look. I hope you enjoy them! Happy Candy Making!

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Bonnie D. Utahn

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Bonnie D. Utahn

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

Dana R DRamsey

Dec 30, 2011

Oh Bonnie these are perfection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You did it again girl!!!! Wow!

Leila Rockwell leilaroc

Dec 30, 2011

Yummy I think I could handle these just fine. :)

Diane Hopson Smith DeeDee2011

Dec 30, 2011

These look divine!!! I love chocolate covered cherries!!

Donna Brown gabbiegirl

Dec 30, 2011

Oh, Bonnie, they are beautiful! I can't wait to use my new Wilton Chocolate Pot I received for Christmas.

Bonnie D. Utahn

Dec 30, 2011

Thanks ladies, and I hope you like them! I am buying a couple more molds! Tee hee!

Sea Sun Seasun

Dec 30, 2011

They look delicious!

Karla Everett Karla59

Dec 30, 2011

Bonnie , they look delicious and so easy to make too. :D

Loretta Jasper shadowbaddo

Dec 30, 2011

Bonnie, you are a genius, and never cease to amaze me....I love chocolate covered cherries, what a wonderful idea....can't wait to try to make these myself.....They look so "Pretty", kinda looks like little "Rose Buds"...new name..."Chocolate Cherry Rose Buds"....lol, just kidding Bonnie....Anyway, another great recipe from you, thank you sweetie ....Hugs.....

Bonnie D. Utahn

Dec 30, 2011

Thanks, Sea and Karla! They ARE easy. I couldn't believe it as I am not a candy maker by any means. Just learning how.

Loretta, don't laugh, that is an outstanding name! LOL!