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Chocolate covered almond cherries are a festive twist on traditional chocolate covered cherries.

Chocolate Covered Vanilla-Almond Cherries

Chocolate Covered Vanilla-Almond Cherries are packed with festive flavor taking this traditional holiday candy to the next level of decadence.
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Course Dessert, desserts
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 20 Maraschino cherries with stems
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips or dark chocolate melting wafers
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil If you're using melting wafers instead of chocolate chips, you can skip this ingredient
  • ¼ cup crushed almonds

Instructions
 

  • Combine the first four ingredients and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Remove the cherries from the jar and place on a paper towel. Press the excess liquid out of the cherries by lightly squeezing them into a paper towel. Place in the freezer for an hour.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • To melt the chocolate in the microwave, place the chocolate chips and coconut oil (or chocolate melting wafers) in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in increments of 30 seconds until it's melted. Stir the chocolate between each 30-second increment. If you prefer to use a double-boiler to melt the chocolate, heat a few inches of water in a pan. Do not bring the water to a boil but you do want to make sure it's hot. Place a heat resistant glass or metal bowl into the pan with the water and place your chocolate in the bowl and stir while the chocolate melts. Make sure you keep the water simmering and not boiling because if any water drips into the chocolate bowl, it will ruin the consistency of the chocolate. I prefer the double boiler method so that I can work at my own pace. The microwave chocolate will harden quickly so you have to work fast if you use this method.
  • Wrap each frozen cherry with a thin layer of the refrigerated almond candy coating mixture. Once the chocolate is melted, hold onto the stem and drop the cherry into the bowl and dip it until it's completely coated. Place the chocolate covered cherry on the parchment paper lined baking sheet. Sprinkle crushed almonds on top while the chocolate is still warm. Repeat this process for all of the cherries. Refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours before serving.

Notes

 
These candies are gluten free prepared as is.
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