Chocolate Covered Cherries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

60 maraschino cherries with stems (about two 10 oz. jars)
3 Tbsp. margarine or butter, softened
3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
2 c. sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 lb. dipping chocolate

Preparation

Drain cherries on paper towels several hours or overnight. In a small mixing bowl, combine margarine and corn syrup.
Stir in powdered sugar.
Knead until mixture is smooth.
(Chill mixture if it is too soft to handle.)
Shape about 1/2 teaspoon of powdered sugar mixture around each cherry.
Place cherries on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; chill.