Chocolate Covered Cherries Recipe

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Chocolate Covered Cherries
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Drain cherries well; let stand on paper toweling.
  2. Make fondant: Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt; stir in powdered sugar.
  3. Knead until smooth.
  4. Chill if too soft.
  5. Shape a teaspoon of the fondant around each cherry.
  6. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.
  7. In small heavy saucepan or deep bowl over pan of hot water, melt chocolate coating, stirring constantly.
  8. Holding onto stems, dip fondant-covered cherries, one at a time, into melted chocolate.
  9. Spoon mixture over cherries to coat.
  10. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
  11. Place in refrigerator to harden.
  12. Store in covered container in cool place.
  13. Let ripen a week or two and fondant will begin to liquefy.
  14. Makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 652.5 Kcal (2732 kJ)
Calories from fat 217.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.14g 37%
Cholesterol 15.27mg 5%
Sodium 1056.55mg 44%
Potassium 403.59mg 9%
Total Carbs 112.28g 37%
Sugars 70.84g 283%
Dietary Fiber 3.77g 15%
Protein 6.93g 14%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 5.7mg 31%
Calcium 201mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 358.89 Kcal (1503 kJ)
Calories from fat 119.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.28g 37%
Cholesterol 8.4mg 5%
Sodium 581.14mg 44%
Potassium 221.99mg 9%
Total Carbs 61.76g 37%
Sugars 38.96g 283%
Dietary Fiber 2.07g 15%
Protein 3.81g 14%
Iron 3.1mg 31%
Calcium 110.6mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.3
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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