Description
Homemade Cherry Cordials are a chocolate-covered treat. Make them from scratch with this simple recipe, a romantic gift idea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 20 ounces (567 g) maraschino cherries stemless, approx 75 pieces
- 4 tablespoons (52 g) salted butter
- 4 tablespoons (60 ml) light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) amaretto liquor optional
- 4 to 5 cups powdered sugar
- 10 ounces (283 g) semi sweet or dark chocolate
- 4 ounces (113 g) chocolate almond bark
- sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Drain the maraschino cherries and let them dry on a paper towel.
- In a mixing bowl combine the softened butter and corn syrup. whip together with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
- Add in the amaretto liquor and mix again.
- Add in two cups of the powdered sugar, mix until combined. Continue to add additional powdered sugar until the dough becomes a soft Play Doh consistency.
- Take a small ball of the dough, a little bit bigger than a cherry, and flatten it into the palm of your hand. Place one of the dry cherries into the middle of the dough, wrap the dough around the cherry making sure it is fully covered and sealed. Roll the ball of dough with the cherry in it gently between your hands to get a nice round shape, then set the wrapped cherry aside on a piece of parchment paper. Continue to do this until all of the cherries have been wrapped.
- Melt the dark chocolate with the chocolate almond bark in a microwave safe bowl, heating in 15 to 30 second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth and combined.
- Carefully dip each of the wrapped cherries into the melted chocolate. Let the excess chocolate drip off then set onto a sheet lined with parchment paper.
- After all of the cherries have been dipped and have hardened, decorate with additional melted chocolate and sprinkles if desired.
Notes
- Save the liquid from the cherries. It can be added to cocktails or mocktails!
- Make your cherry cordials extra fun: Soak the maraschino cherries in amaretto or flavored vodka for a couple of hours. Dry them well before following the rest of the recipe.
- If you would rather not add alcohol to your cherries, flavor the fondant with about 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract instead.
- If the fondant seems sticky: Add a bit more powdered sugar to the dough. You can also coat your hands in sugar to make things easier.
- Be precise: You can weigh out the fondant dough and then divide it evenly based on the number of cherries you have. This way, each candy will be exactly the same size! If you would rather not, that is ok too.
- A fork is the perfect tool for dipping these candies into chocolate! If needed, use two forks so that you can easily move the cherries around to coat all of the sides.
- Keep things neat: Your hands will leave prints on the chocolate. If you want to avoid this, wear gloves while you dip and decorate the cherry cordials.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cherry cordial
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 3mg