Chocolate Covered Cherries

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 8 tablespoons melted butter
• 6 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 pounds confectioners' sugar
• 3 (10 ounce) jars maraschino cherries, drained
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 tablespoon shortening

Recipe

• in a large mixing bowl, combine butter, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and sugar. knead dough, and form it into balls with a cherry wrapped in the middle. the balls should be approximately the size of walnuts. place balls in the freezer to chill.
• in a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and shortening together. dip the cooled balls in the chocolate, let cool on parchment paper.