chocolate-covered-cherries

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Ingredients

  • 1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
  • 2 Packages Angel flake Coconut 7 oz each
  • 1 1/2 boxes Powered sugar
  • 1 Stick Butter/Margarine softened
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 Cups finely chopped walnuts
  • 3 Jars Maraschino Cherries
  • 1 1/2 Bags Chocolate Chips
  • Food Grade Paraffin

Directions

  1. Mix milk, sugar, butter, and vanilla.
  2. Add coconut and nuts a little at a time.
  3. The final mixing may need to be done with your hands.
  4. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
  5. Drain cherries and place on a paper towel.
  6. Shape dough into walnut sized ball around cherry.
  7. Place on buttered cookie sheet.
  8. Chill at least 4 hours.
  9. Melt chocolate chips and paraffin in top of double boiler.
  10. Dip candy balls in chocolate.
  11. Place back on cookie sheet.
  12. Chill until chocolate is firm.

Notes

  • Paraffin may be left out as it is becoming hard to find in California.  Easy to find in Oklahoma.
  • Millie Brooks used half the coconut and left the nuts out for a creamer texture.
  • Pecans and other nuts may be used for different flavors and textures.
  • If you want to be fancy use cherries with stems.
  • Nowadays there is a large selection of chocolate available.
  • Fred says, “Never eat chocolate covered cherries while drinking Screwdrivers unless you desire to see pink elephants and visit the porcelain princess.”