Calling all chocolate lovers! If you're looking for an easy and delectable treat to satisfy your sweet tooth, look no further than chocolate-covered cherries. These delightful confections are the perfect combination of tart and sweet, and they're surprisingly easy to make at home. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a batch of chocolate-covered cherries that will impress your friends and family.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
EASY CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES RECIPE
In less than 10 minutes you can make these Easy Chocolate Covered Cherries! They are perfect for desserts, cupcakes, or enjoy on their own!
Provided by Liz
Categories Dessert
Time 4m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Drain and rinse cherries, pat dry with paper towel
- Melt chocolate in microwave. Begin with 1 minute, stir, then heat in 20 second intervals.
- Stop cooking just before chocolate is completely melted, then stir until it's smooth
- Dip cherry in chocolate, let excess drip off
- Immediately dip in decorations
- Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment or wax paper
- Let dry or place in refrigerator to chill
- Store in airtight container up to 2 days before using on dessert
CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES
Easy, delicious cherries. Just like you buy in the box! It's best to let the candies ripen for 1 to 2 weeks.
Provided by Meredith
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cherry Dessert Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 60
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Drain cherries and set on paper towels to dry.
- 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. Wrap each cherry in about 1 teaspoon of dough. Chill until firm.
- Melt confectioners' coating in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Dip each cherry in by its stem, and place on waxed paper lined sheets. Chill until completely set. Store in an airtight container in a cool place. Best after 1 or 2 weeks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 68.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.5 g, Cholesterol 1.5 mg, Fat 3.6 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 5.1 mg, Sugar 4.5 g
CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES
Steps:
- 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.
EASY CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES
I've been making this recipe for many years. I'm not sure where it originally came from. The recipe is somewhat time consuming, but well worth it. I usually make two batches because one just isn't enough. This candy is easy to make and it also makes a great gift.
Provided by mailforsheila
Categories Candy
Time 1h
Yield 40-50 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Drain juice from cherries, set cherries aside until ready to use. To make fondant: Using a electric mixer at medium speed beat together butter, corn syrup and vanilla in a mixing bowl until smooth. Gradually add salt and 3 cups of the sugar, mixing well. When mixture becomes too stiff to beat, stir with spoon. Add 1/2 - 1 cup of sugar to make a mixture that can be kneaded. Form mixture into 10" roll. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate roll until firm.
- Cut roll into 1" slices. Cut each slice into quarters. Flatten each piece in palm of hand; place cherry in center. Fold up fondant around cherry until it is completely covered. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Chill until firm.
- Melt milk chocolate in the top of double boiler over hot water. Cool slightly. Holding each fondant-covered cherry by the stem, quickly dip it in the melted chocolate until the fondant is covered. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until chocolate sets. Store in air-tight container in the refrigerate. Make 40-50 cherries, depending on the size of the cherries.
CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRIES
Not only is this my family's favorite festive dessert, but it makes a delicious holiday present, too. Best of all, you can (and should) prepare these ahead. The candy gets better as it's stored, with the centers becoming even juicier. -Linda Hammerich, Bonanza, Oregon
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield 3 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the sugar, butter, milk and extract. Knead until smooth and pliable. Shape into 1-in. balls and flatten each into a 2-in. circle. , Wrap one circle around each cherry and lightly roll in hands. Place with stems up on waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Cover loosely and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. , In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Holding on to the stems, dip cherries into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper until set. Store in a covered container. Refrigerate 1-2 weeks before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 206 calories, Fat 10g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 28mg sodium, Carbohydrate 33g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED CHERRIES
These sweet treats are not only delicious, they pack the power of two awesome superfoods in one: cherries that are bursting with vitamins and antioxidants and heart-healthy dark chocolate.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 1h
Yield 1 pound of chocolate-dipped cherries
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Finely chop 1/2 pound dark chocolate. Combine three-quarters of the chocolate and 1 teaspoon coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until the chocolate is melted; stir in the remaining chocolate until smooth. Dip 1 pound fresh cherries in the chocolate by the stems and set on parchment paper. Let harden at room temperature.
MARSHMALLOW CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRIES
Each year, I have to plan on producing even more of these simple-to-make candies- they're the ones my husband likes best, and they're the first to disappear.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 25m
Yield about 4-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream butter. Add marshmallow creme, salt, extract and sugar; mix well. Knead into a large ball; chill for 1 hour. Roll into 1-in. balls and flatten into 2-in. circles. Wrap circles around cherries and carefully shape into balls. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Cover loosely; refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in a double boiler or microwave-safe bowl. Dip cherries in chocolate; place on waxed paper to harden. Refrigerate in a covered container 1-2 weeks before serving.
Nutrition Facts :
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED CHERRIES
Steps:
- Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Place chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of pan to touch water); stir until melted and smooth. Remove chocolate from over water. Holding cherry stem, dip 1 cherry halfway into chocolate. Place cherry, chocolate side down, on prepared sheet. Repeat with remaining cherries and chocolate. Chill until chocolate is firm, at least 15 minutes. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)
CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES
Make and share this Chocolate Covered Cherries recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Gigi6287
Categories Candy
Time 50m
Yield 60 candies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Drain cherries well; let stand on paper toweling.
- Make fondant: Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt; stir in powdered sugar.
- Knead until smooth.
- Chill if too soft.
- Shape a teaspoon of the fondant around each cherry.
- Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.
- In small heavy saucepan or deep bowl over pan of hot water, melt chocolate coating, stirring constantly.
- Holding onto stems, dip fondant-covered cherries, one at a time, into melted chocolate.
- Spoon mixture over cherries to coat.
- Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
- Place in refrigerator to harden.
- Store in covered container in cool place.
- Let ripen a week or two and fondant will begin to liquefy.
- Makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 88.4, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 4, Cholesterol 1.5, Sodium 16.8, Carbohydrate 10.2, Fiber 2, Sugar 6.2, Protein 1.5
CHOCOLATE-COVERED CHERRIES
Here is a recipe that came to The Times from the kitchen of Laura Cunningham, the novelist and memoir writer. It calls for but two ingredients and 10 minutes of your time, and results in a delicious, romantic and extremely simple grace note to any meal. Be forewarned: the cherries aren't pitted. It's like a metaphor -- for dating certainly, and maybe for life.
Provided by Laura Cunningham
Categories dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield Thirty chocolate-covered cherries
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Melt the chocolate over hot water in a double boiler. Remove from heat. Holding the cherries by their stems, dip each into the melted chocolate, twirling to coat. Place on a tray covered with aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 54, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 4 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 2 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram
Tips:
- Use fresh, ripe cherries for the best flavor.
- Pit the cherries before dipping them in chocolate.
- Use a high-quality chocolate for the best results.
- If you want a thicker chocolate coating, dip the cherries twice.
- Let the chocolate-covered cherries set completely before serving.
- Store the chocolate-covered cherries in a cool, dry place.
Conclusion:
Chocolate-covered cherries are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a batch of chocolate-covered cherries that are sure to impress your friends and family. So next time you're looking for a sweet treat, give this recipe a try!
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