Friday, January 3, 2014

National Chocolate Covered Cherries Day



Cherry Cheescake Truffles

Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh cherries
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese softened
1/2 cup of milk chocolate chips

Preparation:
Cut up fresh cherries, remove pits
Add cherries and sugar to a sauce pan on medium low heat, till it makes a syrup like consistency
Let it cool for about 10 mins and then mix it with the cream cheese and put it in the refrigerator for an hour
After letting it cool take the mix and mold into a ball like form and put it into the freezer for another hour
Melt the chocolate chips in stainless steel bowl above boiling water

Once melted, take the cheesecake balls and cover them in the chocolate fully and once complete put them back into the freezer for about 45 mins and serve