(Actual Picture of Chocolate Cherry Balls i scanned before a ceiling disaster pooched my scanner last year!!)
Now, this is a delicacy.. and quite addictive.. another sweet-treat i no longer make because i cannot resist them!! *sigh*
CHOCOLATE COCKTAIL CHERRY BALLS
WRAP Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup finely chopped dates
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 egg beaten
red cocktail cherries with stem
Wrap Method:
MIX: ingredients above except cherries. Coat cherries with mix and form balls, with stem sticking out. Using palms to adhere mix to cherry, is best; as fingers tend to pull away the mix from cherry. Rinse hands very frequently, to remove dough sediment from balling.
CHILL: 3 hours(very important to do, to help chocolate quickly adhere) so BE patient, let them really chill.
Dipping CHOCOLATE Ingredients:
1 pack semi-seet chocolate chips
1/2 pack butterscotch chips
1/4 bar grated paraffin(approx. 1 cup)
Dipping Method:
Melt ingredients in double boiler. When liquid, dip cherries into chocolate mix. Place on wax paper lined cookie sheets or flat trays. Refrigerate until chocolate is hard.. approx. 3 hours or longer.
YIELD: approx. 3 1/2 dozen...
STORING: stores well in a tin, layered between wax paper, keep refrigerated until ready to use; i prefer them out of the fridge chilled, some like them room temp.
NOTE: i like to make a batch or two of these and gift-box them in nice tins to give as gifts when i am invited to a nice dinner ; ) oh.. did i mention they were addictive?
ENJOY!
WRAP Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup finely chopped dates
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 egg beaten
red cocktail cherries with stem
Wrap Method:
MIX: ingredients above except cherries. Coat cherries with mix and form balls, with stem sticking out. Using palms to adhere mix to cherry, is best; as fingers tend to pull away the mix from cherry. Rinse hands very frequently, to remove dough sediment from balling.
CHILL: 3 hours(very important to do, to help chocolate quickly adhere) so BE patient, let them really chill.
Dipping CHOCOLATE Ingredients:
1 pack semi-seet chocolate chips
1/2 pack butterscotch chips
1/4 bar grated paraffin(approx. 1 cup)
Dipping Method:
Melt ingredients in double boiler. When liquid, dip cherries into chocolate mix. Place on wax paper lined cookie sheets or flat trays. Refrigerate until chocolate is hard.. approx. 3 hours or longer.
YIELD: approx. 3 1/2 dozen...
STORING: stores well in a tin, layered between wax paper, keep refrigerated until ready to use; i prefer them out of the fridge chilled, some like them room temp.
NOTE: i like to make a batch or two of these and gift-box them in nice tins to give as gifts when i am invited to a nice dinner ; ) oh.. did i mention they were addictive?
ENJOY!
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