Chocolate Covered Cherries

Directions

1. 1
   Melt butter and remove from heat; add milk and sugar, stirring until fondant is easy to work.
2. 2
   Chill.
3. 3
   Drain cherries letting dry for 1 hour.
4. 4
   Take a small amount of fondant pressing in palm until you have a circle large enough to envelope one cherry.
5. 5
   Work it smooth and place on wax paper; chill.
6. 6
   Place a toothpick in each covered cherry.
7. 7
   In a double boiler, melt chips and wax.
8. 8
   Dip cherries once then again and remove toothpick sealing hole with a quick dip into the surface of the chocolate.
9. 9
   Keep cherries in airtight container for a few weeks so fondant will turn to syrup. This recipe came from my first Richland, Washington, neighbor, Jeanette Stanley.