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| Chocolate covered cherry filled with honey |
I love cherries, and my sister loves chocolate and honey, so I thought we'd combine the three things. One year, my grandpa got chocolate covered cherries in his stocking; they tasted really good! I thought honey would taste better than the liquid inside, so I thought I'd make this myself.
To make the recipe, you'll need chocolate chips, honey and Maraschino cherries. We used semi-sweet chocolate chips, which my dad suggested would work a little better than milk chocolate.
First, we got a saucepan and filled it with water, and placed another saucepan on top to make a double-boiler. There should be a parent there to make sure you don't get hurt. I lit the burner myself while my dad was watching.
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| Pouring chocolate chips into the double boiler |
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| I'm stirring the chocolate chips so they don't get burnt. |
While the chocolate was melting, I prepared the cherries.
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| Pulling off the stems |
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| Chopping the cherries in half |
I'm stirring the chocolate while my dad helps by holding the pan with an oven mitt.
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| Stirring the melted chocolate |
My dad is using a spatula to transfer the chocolate from the top of the double-boiler into the mold. This star-shaped mold was designed for ice cubes like the flower-shaped mold I used for the
cherry-grape ice cubes.
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| Adding melted chocolate to the mold |
We don't want the chocolate overflowing, and we need room for the honey and cherry, so don't add too much!
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| Pressing the chocolate against the sides to make room for the honey and cherries. |
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| Ready for the honey! |
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| Pouring the honey into the mold. |
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| Putting the cherries in the chocolate and honey |
Put the mold in the freezer for at least 2 hours, and then, pop them out onto a plate. This reminds me of the star above the manger, and they could be used as Christmas presents, as long as they're kept cold enough.
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| I can't wait to taste one of my chocolates! |
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| The shape turned out better than I expected. |
