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Cherries covered in milk chocolate, made by hand at Storey! |
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We melted our milk and dark chocolate in separate glass measuring cups in the microwave. |
Yesterday in the office, Ilona gave us a hands-on lesson in making chocolate covered cherries.
As it turns out, making up a batch of homemade chocolate candies is no more complicated or time consuming than baking up a batch of cookies and the results would make a great treat for any chocolate lover.
When Ilona made her first batch of chocolates over the Christmas holiday, she used cherries from her glorious North Star cherry tree and soaked them first in rum. Yum. The cherries in the center of our chocolates yesterday were canned (and not Maraschino, though you could certainly use them if you prefer).
Also minus rum yesterday, we improvised with a splash of rum extract stirred into the cherry juice-fondant sugar mixture. Brandy more your cup of tea? That works, too (and you’ll find instructions in the recipe from Confectionery House).
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The more the merrier (and the faster it goes).... |
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Ilona turns out a batch of finished, fully set candies. |
I confess I’ve never been a fan of the chocolate covered cherries I’ve had in the past, but those have never been homemade. Even without those boozy cherries from Ilona’s tree, yesterday’s yield was quite tasty.
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A lonely last chocolate awaits its fate. |
Chocolate Covered Cherries | Recipes | Confectionery House
Photographs by Mars Vilaubi.
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