Chocolate Cherry Surprises, Variant Of Chocolate Covered Surpris

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 25 maraschino cherries, patted dry
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips, plus
• 25 more milk chocolate chips, divided

Recipe

• 1 butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 2 add flour, cherry juice and vanilla; mix well.
• 3 cover; refrigerate 1 hour.
• 4 preheat oven to 350°f
• 5 stuff each cherry with 1 of the chocolate morsels; wrap in 1 tablespoon of dough, completely covering cherry with dough.
• 6 roll each into ball.
• 7 place, 2 inches apart, on ungreased baking sheet.
• 8 reserve remaining chocolate morsels for later use.
• 9 bake 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 10 remove from baking sheet to wire rack; cool 30 minutes.
• 11 melt remaining 1 cup chocolate morsels in top of double boiler over low heat. (or, place in small microwavable bowl; microwave on high 45 seconds.
• 12 stir until chocolate is completely melted.) dip tops of cookies into melted chocolate.
• 13 return to wire rack; let stand until chocolate is set, about 1 hour.
• 14 store in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.