Homemade Chocolate-Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 can cream
1/2 stick margarine, softened
21 oz. jar maraschino cherries
1 1/2 lb. chocolate almond bark

Preparation

Drain and freeze cherries overnight on a flat surface.
Mix sugar, vanilla, milk and margarine into a dough.
Place a cherry in a small piece of dough and roll into a ball.
Place them in freezer for 20 minutes.
Melt almond bark in double boiler.
Dip cherries in melted chocolate.
Drain excess and place on waxed paper.
Best when made about 2 weeks in advance and stored at room temperature.
The inside becomes syrupy just like those store-bought cherries.
Makes 70 pieces.