Chocolate Covered Cherries(1St Prize, Montgomery Co. Fair, Maryland) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (16 oz.) jar maraschino cherries with stems
3 Tbsp. butter, softened
3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. confectioners sugar
reserved juice from cherries
1 lb. pkg. milk or semi-sweet chocolate candy coating

Preparation

Drain cherries and let dry on paper towels.
Reserve juice. Combine butter, corn syrup, salt and powdered sugar in a bowl. Add enough cherry juice to make the \"dough\" hold together.
Form into a ball; wrap in plastic wrap and chill 1 to 2 hours.
Take a marble-size piece of dough, flatten it out and wrap around each cherry.
Put on cookie sheet and chill 1 to 2 hours or until firm. Melt candy coating over low heat.
Holding the stems, dip each cherry into the coating and set into individual candy wrappers. Chill.