Posted on 01/03/2023 5:48:26 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY DAY
January 3 spotlights National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day and a favorite during many holidays. Furthermore, the National Confectioners Association has been known to recognize this day as an annual event.
#ChocolateCoveredCherryDay
Chocolate-covered cherry lovers know how impossible it is to eat just one of these candies. Candy makers combine these two favorite flavors into one delicious treat and it turns into something irresistible. They also often make the candy with a sweet liquid center and in some cases a liqueur filling.
Chocolate covered cherries are also chocolate cordials. They can be either store-bought or homemade. There are many recipes that mimic the flavor of this well-loved candy. Either way, they are known to many as a mid-winter pick-me-up.
During the 1700s in England, cherries were enclosed in chocolate with a little kirsch (cordial) liqueur. After finding their way to the United States, Americans began delighting in the little bit of alcoholic cordial surrounding the fruit dipped in chocolate. Although originally made with the liqueur, cordials, or chocolate-covered cherries are more commonly made with a sugar syrup flavored with cherries. The pitted cherries have been cooked in sugar syrup and jarred.
CELEBRATE THIS SWEET FOOD HOLIDAY
Stop by your favorite chocolate shop and indulge in several ounces of this dipped treat. Make sure to get enough to share, too.
Make some at home. We’ve even found a few recipes for you to try.
Share your favorite recipe on social media. Use #ChocolateCoveredCherryDay.
Cholocate covered-cherries aren’t the only way to go. Other recipes create desserts that include the flavors of this delicious candy.
Deliver some chocolate and cherry flavored sweets to friends and neighbors.
Enjoy your day by sharing some chocolate covered cherries with your friends and family.
Use #ChocolateCoveredCherryDay to post on social media.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY DAY
While the National Confectioners Association recognizes this day honoring this tasty chocolate treat, National Day Calendar continues to seek the origins of the celebration.
Chocolate Covered Cherry FAQ
Q. Who can celebrate chocolate covered cherries?
A. Anyone who likes chocolate and cherries even a little bit.
Q. How do the cherries get coated in chocolate?
A. Manufacturers use several methods to create chocolate covered cherries. Two of them are:
Shell molding – The chocolate is poured into a mold. When it hardens, the cherry and syrup are added. Another bit of chocolate is poured over the opening to seal the cherry and syrup inside.
Enrobing – Chocolate is poured over the cherry to coat it.
January 3rd Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) History
1888
Marvin C. Stone of Washington, D.C. received the first patent for wax-coated paper drinking straws.
1953
Mother and son serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress for the first time. In 1940, Ohio elected Frances P. Bolton to fill her late husband Chester C. Bolton’s unexpired House seat. Every following term, she was re-elected. In 1952, her son Oliver Bolton ran for the 11th district House seat as Francis Bolton ran for her 8th term in Congress. They both won, making history.
1957
The Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, PA introduces the world’s first electric watch.
2009
Satoshi Nakamoto (the presumed developer or developers) established the cryptocurrency-based Bitcoin with the launch of the genesis block.
January 3rd Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Grace Anna Goodhue – 1879
The 32nd First Lady is one of several who was an educator before marrying a future president. She was teaching at the Clarke School for the Deaf when in 1904 she met and later married Calvin Coolidge. While in the White House, she continued to work on behalf of the school as well as the Red Cross.
Carolyn Haywood – 1889
The children’s author and illustrator is best known for her Eddie and Betsy series.
J. R. R. Tolkien – 1892
The incredibly imaginative professor at Oxford University authored the fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Dorothy Arzner – 1897
During her 16-year directing career, Arzner was the only woman directing in Hollywood. She began directing during the silent era with Get Your Man and charged right into talkies with Sarah and Son.
Gordon Moore – 1929
In 1968, the American engineer co-founded Intel Corporation along with Robert Noyce.
My grandpa would buy one of those huge candy canes, about a foot long and about 2 inches in diameter.
Usually they had a ‘punch card’ at the little Mom & Pop store we bought groceries at. You would punch out a little circle on the card and reveal a price and that’s what you paid for the cane. I remember the ‘regular’ price was 59 cents, and that’s what the majority of the punches were, with a few being somewhat less and there was supposedly a ‘free’ hidden somewhere on the card, though I never saw it..............
Good to know - my son is asking me to cook a pork loin, we cooked one for New Year’s last year and it was absolutely wonderful.
That’s a cute gimmick. They should try that with ground beef these days, LOL!
I love those things!
I think it was for some charity................
My wife and friends like them as a edible garnish in Chocolate Martinis.
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