PB Chocolate Covered Cherries

Ingredients
2 - 10 oz. jars Maraschino cherries with stems, drained
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup confectioners sugar
24 oz. chocolate bark coating
small paper muffin/candy cups

Directions

Drain cherries leavign steams intact. Mix peanut butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. Flatten 1 Tablespoon of the peanut butter mixture into a 2-inch diamter disc. Lay a cherry on top of the peanut butter disc with the stem pointing up and work it up around the cherry so that the cherry is completely coated. Place enrobed cherry on a baking seet covered with waxed paper and freeze for about 5 minutes to chill slightly.

While the cherries chill, melt chocolate according to package directions. Remove cheeries from freezer and dip cherries one at a time in the melted chocolate and allow the excess chocolate to drip off. Place in a paper candy cup and allow to cool until chocolate is firm.

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