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Quick and Easy Chocolate Covered Cherries Recipe

Here's Chef Cody Hickman's recipe for Quick and Easy Chocolate Covered Cherries.

If it's January 3, that must mean that its [Drumroooooll]... National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day!

There's a pretty good chance that some of y'all might have received some chocolate covered cherries for Christmas as they're very popular around the holidays, and if you have, now might be a good time to dig in and enjoy one or two in honor of this national food day. 

For the rest of you, Chef Cody Hickman is here with a quick and simple recipe for making this yummy snack using dark chocolate and dried cherries. 

Here's what you'll need...

Chocolate Covered Cherries
1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1 cup Dried Cherries
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 oz Amaretto
Sprinkle Powdered Sugar

In a medium sized bowl, melt the chocolate chips over a double boiler and whisk until smooth.

Whisk in the oil and the amaretto.

Remove bowl from heat and stir in cherries.

Using a spoon, remove the cherries from the bowl and set on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Chill in refrigerator until firm.
Enjoy!
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