Name: Hand-dipped Chocolate Covered Cherries {pit-less!}
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: as many as you like!
Ingredients: Ripe, sweet cherries; Good quality chocolate, cut in small chunks

Ingredients

Ripe, sweet cherries
Good quality chocolate, cut in small chunks

Instructions

Choose cherries that have a nice stem on them. Clean them well and let dry completely.
Set out a tray with a silicon baking mat over it (or use waxed paper).
Pit the cherries from the bottom with your fork cherry pitter.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave by microwaving on high for 90 seconds. Stir . Microwave another 30 seconds. Stir and stir and stir and try to get all of the chocolate to melt. If there are still chunks, microwave 30 seconds more and stir again until the chocolate is smooth. (Repeat as needed.)
Once the chocolate is fully melted, holding onto the stem, dip each cherry in the chocolate, shake gently to release excess chocolate, then set it on the prepared tray, stem-side up. Repeat until you run out of chocolate or cherries.
Let set in a cool place (or the fridge) until the chocolate is set up. Store in a covered container in the fridge. Eat within a day or two.

Notes

RECIPE SOURCE: http://www.sumptuousspoonfuls.com/

© Copyright 2014, Sumptuous Spoonfuls. All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to publish any of my images, please ask first. If you want to republish this recipe as your own, please re-write the recipe in your own words or link back to this post for the recipe.