Chocolate-Covered Cherries

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar

• 24 maraschino cherries
• 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup fondant

Directions

Melt in saucepan over low heat, 3 tablespoons of butter or margarine. Stir in evaporated milk, vanilla, salt and remove from heat. Gradually add powdered sugar. Turn out on board lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar and work with hands until smooth. Drain cherries thoroughly. Cover each cherry by shaping 2 tablespoons of fondant around each cherry. Heat chocolate chips over hot water until entirely melted. Drop fondant-covered cherries into melted chocolate. Remove from chocolate with two forks. Place on waxed paper to cool.

By Robin from Washington, IA