Raise you hand if you like chocolate covered cherries!?!
Now raise your hand if you like Whiskey or Bourbon!?!
If you raised your hand to both, then man do I ever have a super boozy, super easy, super delicious treat for you!
I for one love whiskey. I love whiskey and ginger ale. I love an old fashioned. I love whiskey neat in a glass in my hand, headed toward my mouth. These days I don’t drink whiskey very often, except on the rare occasion my husband and I go out to dinner and cocktails are an option. Of all the booze, I’m a whiskey girl.
Growing up my dad and I shared an affection for cheap boxes of chocolate covered cherries. My dad always bought them around the holidays and he and I were the only ones in the house that liked them. Score for me because I didn’t have to fight my brother for them!
My daughter has since perfected making vegan chocolate cordials and I am ever so grateful, but she doesn't make them often enough!
So when I recently ran across a recipe for something called a cherry bomb, I was like “WHAT?!?!?” In this non vegan recipe they cover them in white chocolate and suggested you soak them in any booze you like. So first of all white chocolate is not my fave. Secondly, as mentioned before, my go to is whiskey, so I naturally decided my vegan version would be soaked in nothing else. Also whiskey and chocolate are best friends. Everyone knows that, so I knew my version would be dipped in vegan chocolate and coated in festive sanding sugar!
Like a perfect adult only version of a chocolate covered cherry cordial!
Y'all! OH MY GOODNESS! These little boozy soaked bites are so good! So good that I took them to our local brewery the other night, where I go to play Mah Jong once a week, (don’t laugh, I’m old and I love game night!) and passed these treats out. Everyone, and I mean everyone, loved them! Am I surprised? No, no I am not. I basically made boozy chocolate candy and passed them out to patrons at a bar. Who’s gonna argue with that?
Also whatever you do, SAVE THE SOAKING BOOZE. It can be used for delicious cheery infused cocktails later! Hello old fashioned, my old friend!
I am gonna say that these 100% need to be made for any holiday party you have coming up, or if you are lame like me, maybe make a batch for your game night or book club. They will 100% make it a little more lively and fun! Cherry bombs for everyone (21 and up obviously). Cheers y’all, and happy boozy snacking.
INGREDIENTS:
2 (10 oz) jars maraschino cherries with stems
Whisky, or Bourbon of choice
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips or chopped vegan chocolate
2 teaspoons coconut oil
sprinkles, optional
INSTRUCTIONS:
Drain juice from cherries and pour them into a medium sized bowl.
Pour enough whiskey or bourbon to cover the cherries and pop them into the fridge. Let the cherries soak for several hours, or overnight.
Lay out a few paper towels and remove the cherries from the bowl, placing them onto the paper towels. This will help remove some of the liquid from the outside so the chocolate will stick.
Place chocolate in a microwave safe dish along with the coconut oil. Heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in-between unit chocolate has melted.
Dip the cherries into the chocolate and then into some sanding sugar If you like.
Place cherries onto a parchment lined baking sheet and place in the fridge long enough that the chocolate can harden.
Eat and be merry!
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