Christmas week was always at Gran and Pa's house. We would all be there, with my uncles and cousins, playing cards and games, and oh yeah, eating. Mom and I would spend several days cooking candies and cookies to take with us. Everyone had their favorite. We would go through pounds and pounds of chocolate and temper it with wax. <br /> <br />Nowadays, there are great quality chocolate candy making supplies, so you don't need the wax, but I do recommend a "double boiler"...even if it is a pyrex measuring bowl over a small saucepan (which is my favorite!) <br /> <br />This recipe is nothing like those gooey, slimy cherries that come in the boxes at the Holidays. If you can't get really ripe cherries, then feel free to use the jarred marchino kind, they are a pretty red.

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