S'more-Dipped Cherries Recipe

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Dress up any Christmas cookie tray with these cute bites. Dark chocolate chips plus four other ingredients are all you’ll need! —Aysha Schurman, Ammon, Idaho

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S'more-Dipped Cherries Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Yield: 60 Servings

20 5 25

Ingredients

2 jars (10 ounces each) maraschino cherries with stems
1-1/2 cups marshmallow creme
2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
1-1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
2-1/4 teaspoons shortening

Directions

Drain cherries, reserving 1/3 cup juice. Pat cherries dry with paper towels. Pour reserved juice into a small saucepan; stir in marshmallow creme. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat.
Place cracker crumbs in a shallow bowl. Coat each cherry with marshmallow creme mixture; allow excess to drip off. Dip in cracker crumbs. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets; cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Partially dip cherries into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Return to baking sheets; refrigerate until set. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 dipped cherry equals 44 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 6 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as S'more-Dipped Cherries in Simple & Delicious December/January 2011, p15