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How To make Chocolate Balls with Cherry Cordial Centers
50 Whole candied cherries
3/4 c Cherry brandy (more may be
-necessary) 1/2 lb Sweet milk chocolate, broken
-into pieces 1/4 lb Unsweetened baking
-chocolate, broken into -pieces 1 1/3 c Powdered sugar
7/8 c Butter, softened
3 tb Unsweetened cocoa
1/3 c Powdered sugar
1/3 c Unsweetened cocoa
Soak the cherries in the brandy overnight or longer. Drain the cherries, reserve the brandy. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer. In a double boiler, melt the chocolates. Spoon the melted chocolate, spoon by spoon, into the butter and sugar mixture and mix thoroughly by hand. Add reserved brandy to sugar and chocolate mixture and stir by hand until all is absorbed. Add 3 T. cocoa and mix by hand. Put mixture in the freezer and thoroughly chill. Prepare a surface to assemble the balls. Mix equal amounts of cocoa and powdered sugar, about 1/3 cup each. On a piece of waxed paper, heavily dust with the cocoa powdered sugar mixture. Remove the chocolate from the freezer when it is chilled and stiff. For each cherry, spoon out a heaping teaspoon of the chocolate and drop on dusted paper. Dip your fingers into the cocoa/sugar mixture and flatten chocolate to a small pancake. Place a cherry in the center and fold chocolate around it. Gently roll the ball between your palms to form and finish by rolling the ball in the cocoa/sugar mixture. Repeat for each cherry. If the chocolate mixture softens, return to the freezer to firm up. Place the completed balls in a container with a lid and store in the frig. These balls are dense and heavy with a rich chocolate flavor. For a lighter flavor, I suggest you omit the unsweetened baking chocolate and add 1/4 lb. more milk chocolate. Licking your fingers is not permitted during the assembly, but manditory after you are done. (grin) There's yet another variation to chocolate covered cherries. It's for the brave & daring at heart. You have to start in the summertime, when cherries are ripe. You take a pound of them, a pound of rock candy, and a fifth of good brandy or bourbon. Mix together, & let set in the back of the 'fridge for 3-4 months. When you finally get around to making the chocolate covered cherries, you use the preserved cherries for the centers, & the liquor as the base for the cordial. Courtesy of: Al Martin
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3 Christmas Candies. Peanut Butter Buckeyes. Coconut Bon Bons, Chocolate Covered Cherries
These Christmas Candies are three of my favorites and make wonderful gifts! I have been making them for years and they always satisfy my sweet tooth. Packaged in a pretty box these candies are the perfect homemade treat for family and friends. The Peanut Butter Buckeyes are smooth and creamy and coated in chocolate. The Coconut Bon Bons are sweet and chewy with a crunch of the almonds and coated with chocolate. The Chocolate Covered Cherries are a perfect combination of sweet cherries wrapped in a fondant and dipped in chocolate.
The Buckeye recipe below is the correct recipe. I made a mistake in my video.
Peanut Butter Buckeyes
Ingredients
1/2 pound butter
2 cups peanut butter
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
chocolate almond bark or any dipping chocolate
Instructions
Mix butter and peanut butter until well blended. Add sugar and vanilla. Mix thoroughly. Roll into 1 inch balls. Chill while making dip.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler until smooth. Put chilled balls on a toothpick and dip into chocolate to almost cover. Place on parchment paper and chill. Keep refrigerated until serving.
Coconut Bon Bons
Ingredients
1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 1/2 sticks of butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cup chopped almonds (you can use walnuts or pecans also)
2 14oz bags of sweetened flaked coconut
chocolate almond bark or any dipping chocolate
Instructions
Mix all ingredients together and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight. Form into balls and dip into chocolate.
Chocolate Covered Cherries
Ingredients
1 10oz jar of maraschino cherries
1 Tbsp liquid from cherries
1 tsp corn syrup
2 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Mix together the liquid from cherries, corn syrup, butter, and powdered sugar. Mixture will be a thick and stiff fondant. Drain the rest of the liquid from the cherries. Take 1 tsp of fondant and press in your fingers to make a disc. Place a cherry in the center of disc and wrap around the cherry. Then roll into a ball. Place the wrapped and rolled cherries in the freezer for 30 minutes to an hour. Dip into chocolate.
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Chocolate covered cherries
2T butter
2T Maraschino cherry juice
2tsp ish vanilla
2C icing sugar
24 maraschino cherries
400 grams / 14 oz chocolate
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Betty's Chocolate Cherry Cordial Dessert
Betty demonstrates how to make a gorgeous and luscious sweet treat--Chocolate Cherry Cordial Dessert. It is made of vanilla ice cream, and is chock full of maraschino cherries, pecans, and chocolate pieces. Simply irresistible!
Chocolate Cherry Cordial Dessert
1 ½ quarts to 2 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened
1 cup maraschino cherry halves
½ cup chopped pecans
(4) 1.55 oz. milk chocolate bars, finely chopped (I used a large 5 oz. bar of dark chocolate; the dark chocolate freezes harder, and is harder to chew, but the taste is more chocolaty.)
Reddi-Wip topping for garnish
Stemmed maraschino cherries for garnish
In a large bowl, combine 1 ½ quarts to 2 quarts softened vanilla ice cream, 1 cup maraschino cherry halves, ½ cup chopped pecans, and 4 chopped milk chocolate bars. Spoon the mixture into a 9-inch spring-form pan. Cover with aluminum foil and freeze at least 4 hours, or until firm all the way through. Remove the sides from the spring-form pan. Cut into wedges and serve on a nice serving dish. Garnish with a dollop of Reddi-Wip and a stemmed maraschino cherry. Serve immediately. Yum!
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