Chocolate-Covered Cherries

• 60 each maraschino cherries
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine,softened
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup, light
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 pounds chocolate for dipping

1. Drain marachino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper toweling.
2. Combine butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt.
3. Stir in sifted confectioner's sugar.
4. Knead sugar mixture until smooth.
5. Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry.
6. Place on a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill.
7. In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly.
8. DO NOT ADD ANY LIQUID!
9. Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into chocolate.
10. Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat.
11. Chill until chocolate is hardened.
12. Store candy in a covered container in a cool place.
13. Let candies ripen a week or two.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-covered-cherries-41807 (may not work)