Delicious Chocolate Covered Cherries

Ingredients

1 Large jar of Maraschino cherries
3 tablespoons Spectrum Palm Oil Shortening
3 tablespoons Light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Confectioner's sugar
2 bags of Enjoy Life Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Miniature Candy Liner (tiny cupcake tins)
1 Box of Toothpicks (if cherries have no stems)


Drain maraschino cherries. In a medium bowl combine shortening, corn syrup and salt. Stir in confectioner's sugar. Knead mixture until smooth. Shape about 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill. Melt chocolate in microwave for 30 seconds then stir. Take chocolate out about every 15 seconds and stir until melted. Holding cherries by stems or by tooth pick, dip one at a time into the chocolate. Place each cherry in the miniature candy liners. Refrigerate until chocolate is hardened. Store the candies covered in the refrigerator. The Enjoy Life Chocolate melts easily. These are a wonderful treat!