Chocolate Christmas Cherries

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp plus 
• 2 tsp maxwell house coffee instant
• 36  maraschino cherries with stems, well drained
• 2 Tbsp butter 
• 0.5 cup powdered sugar 
• 12 oz baker's semi-sweet chocolate melted
• 58  vanilla wafers crushed finely ( 2 cups crumbs)
• 0.5 cup planters walnuts chopped
• 0.3 cup water boiling

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• wire rack
• wax paper

Directions

1. Mix crumbs, sugar and walnuts; set aside.
2. Add boiling water to coffee granules in small bowl; stir until coffee is dissolved.
3. Add margarine and corn syrup; stir until well blended.
4. Add to crumb mixture; mix well.
5. Shape about 1 rounded teaspoonful of the crumb mixture around each cherry, leaving stem of cherry uncoated.
6. Place in shallow pan; cover. Refrigerate 1 hour.
7. Dip cherries, 1 at a time, in chocolate, holding cherries by the stems and turning until completely coated.
8. Place on wire rack set over sheet of wax paper to collect drippings. Refrigerate 30 min. or until firm. Store in refrigerator.