Chocolate Covered Cherries with Red Wine
It's always better when homemade! These Red Wine Chocolate Covered Cherries are delightful!
Servings: 36 pieces
Calories: 92kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups (375 g) confectioner's sugar, sifted
- ¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter
- ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon Red Wine, like Pinot Noir
- 16 ounces (1 jar) maraschino cherries, drained (save all juice!)
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, for coating
Instructions
- Combine confectioners' sugar, butter, sweetened condensed milk, and wine until well blended and smooth. (It is best to use a handheld mixer here.) Place in fridge until firm.
- Meanwhile, spread out the drained cherries on a cookie sheet and freeze for at least 1 hour.
- When ready to assemble, scoop out about 1-2 teaspoons of filling and form into a ball around frozen cherry. (If your filling does not seem thick enough, you can add up to ½ cup more of confectioners' sugar.)
- Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and freeze for 1 hour after you have formed them all.
- Melt semi-sweet chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute, stir, then heat in 15-second increments until smooth. Using a fork, dip each chilled filling covered cherry in warm chocolate. Shake until excess chocolate is removed.
- Set on the parchment lined cookie sheet and chill in the fridge until chocolate is solid.
- Best served chilled.
Nutrition
Serving: 36g | Calories: 92kcal