sunshine's chocolate covered cherries

• 1 jar cherries with steam
• 2 1/2 tbsp butter
• 3 1/2 tbsp light corn syrup
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp shortening
• 1 packages semisweet chocolate morsels

1. drain your cherries , place the cherries on a paper towel to dry pat them down make sure the cherries are completely dried.
2. in a bowl mix the powdered sugar ,salt and syrup, stir well.
3. now with clean hands knead the sugar mixture till smooth,
4. now shape 1 teaspoon of sugar mixture on cherries, wrap it around each cherry, place in refrigerator for one and a half hours.
5. now when sugar on cherrys had set and its time to prepare the choclate in a double broiler bring water to a boil, add chocolate and shortening in top pot and lower the heat to low , stir till chocolate is melted, by the steam dip in chocolate, place cherries on a baking sheet thats lined with parchment paper on the waxy side on baking sheet.let them set for a little and put in refrigerator for 45 minutes to set the chocolate
6. enjoy this candy better the store bought ...!!!!
7. !

cherries, butter, corn syrup, salt, powdered sugar, shortening, semisweet chocolate

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/363874-sunshines-chocolate-covered-cherries (may not work)