Am I the first for this Chirstmas treat?

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Blessed

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I am proud to report that I have purchased and eaten my first box of chocolate covered cherries. It is something I just can't resist. Of course it wasn't that long ago you could get a box for .99 cents. Now they can run up to four dollars a box and instead of twelve you get 10.

I used to hide them in my closet or I would never get any. When my son was little he would get a knife or fork and dig out the cherry. Put them back in the box, leaking everywhere, and think I would not notice. I guess that is a good thing, he is married, in his own home and has to destroy his own chocolates.

What is your favorite sweet Christmas treat?
 

Blessed said:
I am proud to report that I have purchased and eaten my first box of chocolate covered cherries. It is something I just can't resist.
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Ummm.... uhhhh.... you are not the first, nope. 🤫 I had my favorite... the French Vanilla Cream kind a couple of weeks ago. 🍒 Now if you've had eggnog this season yet, you beat me on that one. 🤭
 

Blessed said:
I have purchased and eaten my first box of chocolate covered cherries.
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My mom loved those, I don't really like them as much as some other types of candies, but I like them more as a reminder of my mom. I wish I could find a one or two piece package, because of all the sugar (if I bought a box I would freaking eat a box, oh wait, our building is having a potluck, maybe I could buy a box and take it there and just restrain myself to one piece!).
 
Glad I'm not the only chocolate covered cherry freak. I like the dark chocolate ones. Didjuno that you can get chocolate covered blueberries, too? Swoon!

Commercial egg nog is way too syrupy for me. When I have it, I cut it half and half with milk. Maybe more than half and half, maybe 1/3 egg nog and 2/3 milk.
 
The first sweet treat I had with husband was a box of Nestlé Turtles. He would be bringing two large boxes on the night we'd be getting the decorations underway.

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There's nothing similar to this here. We miss them. However, got a homemade recipe. Also Almond Bark from Laura Secord. Yup, make homemade there as well....
 
Ooooo! Petit fours. Chocolate orange. Turtles.

My grandmother always had filled hard candies. I liked the ones with raspberry filling and the peanuts with peanut butter. Yum.

I bet The Old Country Store has the filled hard candies. I'm off to their website 🏃‍♀️

ETA: It's the Vermont Country Store. The only variety filled hard candy is individually wrapped. Fooey.

ETA: Update...there's another one in a cute tin, but $20 for a pound? Guess I'll just remember what it tasted and smelled like 😲
 
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Lewkat said:
I absolutely despise chocolate covered cherries.
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Perhaps you mean the kind that sort of "pickle" in the shell after they're wrapped in sugar paste and dipped, to become a syrup?

There are others that use a mostly-dried cherry and just chocolate. More like a big chocolate covered raisin, but not as tough.
 
Had Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream last week
Working my up to Chocolate Covered Cherries
They aren't in the check-out aisle yet ... always are sooner or later in the season

My Grandfather, Pop, always gave each of the family girls and women, a box of Chocolate Covered Cherries.
So say what you will about them ... I got family memories that make me smile ❤️
 
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Georgiagranny said:
Glad I'm not the only chocolate covered cherry freak. I like the dark chocolate ones. Didjuno that you can get chocolate covered blueberries, too? Swoon!

Commercial egg nog is way too syrupy for me. When I have it, I cut it half and half with milk. Maybe more than half and half, maybe 1/3 egg nog and 2/3 milk.
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They make it thick anticipating people will use rum to dilute it. It tastes good that way but I use milk these days.
 

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