Cherry Snowballs Candy

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
• 1/4 cup marzipan
• 16 ounces chocolate, divided
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 cut each cherry halfway through so you can spread it open.
• 2 place a pea-size ball of marzipan inside each cherry. press halves together and set aside.
• 3 in a small microwavable bowl, melt 8 ounces chocolate on medium power in the microwave for 30-second intervals until melted. stir well.
• 4 dip cherries in melted chocolate. place on parchment paper to harden.
• 5 when chocolate has hardened, melt remaining chocolate and dip cherries again. place on parchment paper to cool. before the chocolate actually sets and hardens, roll each candy in the coconut - then place back on the parchment paper and let harden for at least 1 hour.