Desserts:

Chocolate Covered Cherries

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Ingredients

60 maraschino cherries with stems
6 tablespoons margarine, softened
6 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups powdered sugar
Chocolate bark, melted

Instructions

Drain cherries; place on paper towels. Combine margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in powdered sugar; knead mixture until smooth. Shape 1 teaspoon of the mixture around a cherry. Place on wax paper and chill. When cold, dip in melted chocolate bark. Makes 60 chocolate covered cherries.

Randi Paustian
Dixon, Iowa