Chocolate Dipped Bing Cherries
This recipe features fresh sweet Bing cherries, infused with vanilla, and dipped in dark chocolate. Best if eaten fresh but can be frozen for weeks.
Instructions
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{'id': 'step_0', 'step': 1, 'text': 'Pour sugar into a shallow dish; add 2 drops vanilla at a time in 24 separate places to form lumps of vanilla sugar. Set aside to allow lumps to harden.'}
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{'id': 'step_1', 'step': 2, 'text': 'Meanwhile, carefully pit cherries from the bottom. Make sure stems stay intact.'}
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{'id': 'step_2', 'step': 3, 'text': 'Insert 1 hardened lump sugar into 1 cherry where pit was; repeat with remaining sugar lumps and cherries. Set aside.'}
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{'id': 'step_3', 'step': 4, 'text': 'Place chocolate in a microwave-safe dish; microwave until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.'}
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{'id': 'step_4', 'step': 5, 'text': 'Dip cherries into melted chocolate, holding cherries by the stems, leaving the very tops undipped; set dipped cherries on waxed paper to dry, then refrigerate to allow sugar lumps to dissolve, 8 hours to overnight.'}
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (24 servings total)