Cherry Smash - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup pitted fresh cherries (may use frozen cherries but they need to be thawed)
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, plus 4 sprigs for garnish
8 teaspoons sugar
6 ounces dark rum
1/4 cup lime juice
3 cups seltzer water (lime or cherry flavors would be great)

Preparation

Divide cherries, mint leaves and sugar among 4 glasses.
Mash everything together with the back of a wooden spoon.
Stir in rum and lime juice.
Fill glasses with ice and top with seltzer.
Garnish with mint sprigs.