My sweetheart LOVES the candy "Cherry Mash"! It's getting close to the big HEART Day (ya know - Valentine's Day)! Our family enjoys making candy - or more than making - EATING candy! LOL! This week's recipe swap is dedicated to my hubby's sweet tooth (Ha!), a recipe for homemade CHERRY MASH! This recipe can be made into small balls and covered in chocolate and peanuts or made in a 9"x13" pan and cut into bars... your preference!
I also use the "Jiffy" brand frosting mix - for this recipe. I can only find the vanilla frosting now in our local stores - if you can find the cherry flavor frosting - grab it! Or just add the cherry extract and red food flavoring... it still taste great! Try this recipe and see if it taste like the store bought candy...
CHERRY MASH
2 boxes "Jiffy" vanilla frosting mix
(cherry frosting is great IF you can find it...)
2 tsp. Cherry extract
Red food coloring
1 stick Butter; softened
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 lbs. Powdered sugar
1 jar (16 oz) Maraschino cherries, drain & chop
Chocolate Almond Bark
1/2-1 lb. peanuts - chopped finely
Mix the butter, sweetened condensed milk, and cherry extract together; stir in frosting and powdered sugar, then cherries. Add red food coloring to desired shade!
For individual candy: After all ingredients are well blended; roll into balls, place on cookie sheet and freeze for a short period of time. Heat in a microwave-safe bowl the chocolate almond bark until melted. Add chopped peanuts and mix well. Dunk candy balls to cover in chocolate. Let set and store in an air-tight container.
For bars: Pour mixture in a 9"x13" buttered pan. Let cool before putting on the top layer. Heat in a microwave-safe bowl the chocolate almond bark until melted. Add chopped peanuts and blended well. Spread over hardened cherry mixture. To serve, cut into bars.
These are so good and so SWEET! Enjoy and have a great week! Hug the ones you love!
8 comments:
bring me some!!!
Hey Mel I need a favor! We are going to rent a uhaul there in town but can someone measure that stuff so I know what size to reserve. Kyle said Larry Jones has the uhaul place, do you know if they keep all different sizes in stock, or if we reserve tomorrow they'd have time to get us what we need? Love yall and CANNOT wait to see yall!
pc
Hey Mel I need a favor! We are going to rent a uhaul there in town but can someone measure that stuff so I know what size to reserve. Kyle said Larry Jones has the uhaul place, do you know if they keep all different sizes in stock, or if we reserve tomorrow they'd have time to get us what we need? Love yall and CANNOT wait to see yall!
pc
Looks like a good recipe. How much chocolate almond
bark should be used?
how much chocolate almond bark????
I used approximately HALF of a package of chocolate almond bark - that was a single dip! I know that some double dip the bottoms - or the whole candy, but we eat them too fast for double dipping!
Thank you for sharing this...I'd lost my recipe!! I always use salted peanuts.
If you've never done almond bark in micro be really careful...it burns very easily and does not change shape. Cook for 1 minute, stir, then 15 second increments & stir. I speak from experience!!
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