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Chocolate-covered cherries are a traditional popular dessert
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. Variations include cherry cordials with liquid fillings often including cherry liqueur, as well as chocolate-covered candied cherries and chocolate-covered dried cherries. Major U.S. brands of chocolate-covered cherries include
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. The
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in the United States has designated January 3 as "National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day."


In popular culture

Chocolate-covered cherries feature in the story-line of the
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See also

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Cherry Mash Cherry Mash is an American candy bar consisting of a soft, cherry-flavored center containing maraschino cherries, covered in a mixture of chopped roasted peanuts and chocolate. The Cherry Mash was formulated in 1918 by Ernest Chase, son of Dr. Ge ...
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Chocolate-covered prune Chocolate-covered prunes, also known as plums in chocolate or prunes in chocolate ( pl, śliwka w czekoladzie, rus, чернослив в шоколаде, chernosliv v shokolade, uk, чорнослив у шоколаді, chornoslyv u shokola ...
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Chocolate-covered raisins Chocolate-covered raisins are a candy consisting of individual raisins coated in a shell of milk, dark or white chocolate. Varieties and brands In some countries, they are also known as Raisinets, which is the earliest and one of the most p ...
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Chocolate-covered fruit Chocolate-covered fruits include blueberries, pomegranate, strawberries, oranges, dried apricots, and other candied fruits and citrus peels. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate are used for decoration. Nuts, coconut, chocolat ...
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List of chocolate-covered foods This is a list of chocolate-covered foods. Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of ''Theobroma cacao'' seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste or in a block ...
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List of cherry dishes This is a list of notable cherry dishes and foods that are prepared using cherries as a primary ingredient. Cherry dishes and foods * Black Forest gateau – a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert '' ...
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Rocky Road dessert Rocky road is a type of no-bake slice made up of milk chocolate and marshmallows along with other ingredients, which tend to vary by country. In British influenced areas it was previously referred to as 'Tiffin' but the Australian/American name ...
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* Chocolate-covered foods Cherry dishes {{confectionery-stub