For mock Butterfingers, just spread peanut butter between two Wheat Thins,
then dip in melted chocolate - the kind they sell in big chunks for candy
making. Place on waxed paper to set the chocolate. Embarrassingly easy.


Here are the cherries. You can't screw them up.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Damsel's Chocolate Covered Cherries

Recipe By amsel in dis Dress
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : candies chocolate
Christmas

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 pounds powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 sticks soft butter
12 ounces real chocolate chips
3 jars maraschino cherries -- with stems
1/3 bar paraffin wax
6 tablespoons cherry juice

1. Combine sugar, butter, cherry juice and lemon juice; chill 1-2 hours.
2. Drain maraschino cherries and chill thoroughly.
3. Make balls of dough the size of a cherry; flatten and wrap around
cherry, sealing edges.
4. Freeze 1/2 hour or more.
5. In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips together with wax.
6. Reduce heat and dip frozen, dough coated cherries.
7. Dry on waxed paper. Place into bonbon papers.

NOTE: Keep refrigerated until the day candy is to be eaten, or the
chocolate gets dull, and the center begins to crystallize.


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