Just found this video. When I was about 10 (60 years ago) my dad gave me ONE chocolate coved cherry as a surprise. It was 1959. Oh it was so good. I couldn’t understand how they managed to get the cherry inside the Chocolate. So I called it a miracle. He said that maybe for Christmas I would get a whole box. I said “ a whole box, that would be a Miracle”. Every year since then everyone got a box of Miracle candy till he died. Then my mom picked up the tradition, till the family got so big that there were 30 or so boxes of Chocolate Covered Cherries “My Miracle Candy” Now she does a box per family. Such sweet memories. She’s 93 and still gives out the boxes of my “Miracle Candy” every Christmas under the tree.
I will never gobble down a chocolate cherry again. So much time goes into them. I will take my time, respectfully. But still eat a dozen. Thanks for posting. Great video!
OMG Terry the eyes in the back of your head story is hilarious. When my boys were young I had them convinced I could see around corners and through walls because my china hutch was a corner unit and they way it sat reflected their bedroom doorway if I was standing in kitchen/dining or living room. When my oldest was 10 I heard him whisper to his 11 yo cousin "Adam, you can't do that, my mom can see through the wall"... Adam proceeded to flip me off through the wall..lol I yelled back from the kitchen "Adam Lee, I'll break that finger off and stick it up your nose"... he told his dad I was a witch. I love kids.
i love how your dad is himself and not trying to be different for the video. he's so humble. and genuinely funny just being himself. and also these are my favorite things in the world!!
Always were my favorite. When I was young there was a candy company named Lofts Candy, and their chocolate covered cherries were amazing. I never knew how the syrup got in there. Now I’m 84 and finally I know the secret. Thank you, Tallahassee, Florida
This one is one of the candies our family has made for generations. We use bakers chocolate for the first layer and milk for the second. Our other twist, we put vanilla beans in the sugar for two weeks before we make the cherries. We use the rest of the sugar to make sugar cookie icing😊
Jim you are right on the money $$. . Chocolate-covered cherries are really good I eat mine very slow and. Favorite ones r the DARK CHOCOLATE. yummy. .👍💋❤😄🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
Oh my your making my favorite...my dad use to love chocolate covered cherries and he would buy a bunch of boxes at Christmas and people would give them to him as presents...He passed away in 2008 so I buy a box at the holidays and eat then for him.
I have learned so much about not only making candy, but from your outlook on life. You obviously LOVE your Candy shop, and making candy. Thank you so much for your videos, with everything so animated these days, watching you lovingly hand dipping your chocolates is so refreshing. May God bless you and your family this Christmas season and in 2022.
I want to thank you for this video. My adopted daughter and I make soap. She has some old traumas and this results in a fair amount of anxiety. Yesterday it was hard for her to imagine a mellow afternoon like this. It's been nice to show her a family business that gets their work done while enjoying each other's company.
Seeing how much time, love and consideration goes into making each individual chocolate treat I will never complain about the costs from actual candy makers ever again! It’s truly a work of art and labor of love - really cool seeing how it’s done!!
This is one of my favorite videos. I never knew how that liquid got into chocolate covered cherries. Y'all are all very talented. I wonder if other companies double coat their cherrys. I think it's very possible that while many of us had perfectly wonderful childhoods, that somewhere inside us is a place that remains unfulfilled. I believe you, your Mom and your Dad fill these spaces. Thank You for sharing your lives with us.
i watched another candy co making their choco covered cherries but they "wrapped" the cherry in a dough like mixture of sugar. Not nearly as appetizing as how the Hercules Candy co Candy Maker does it.
Well...I've just never known that's what the juice is!! I'm enthralled with this process!! I think that's gonna be my goodie for 2020 Christmas family baking day!!! WOW! Just wow! Thanks for sharing!
I have been trying to learn how to make chocolate covered cherries for a long time. Just about every video on TH-cam is making a paste to wrap around the cherry then either dip in chocolate or place in a mold. Way too complicated and takes way too long for the paste to convert to liquid. The way you make them has worked very well for me and my friends all rave about them. Thank you very much for sharing your secrets. One day I will travel back east from Arizona to visit your shop and thank you in person, plus buy a little of everything!
Chocolate covered cherries have been my favorite treat ever since I was a toddler. Other kids wanted m&m’s, I just wanted cherries lol. I even got the chocolate covered cherry blizzard at Dairy Queen. Loved seeing how they’re made.
yea, hand made for sure. i remember picking one when I was a kid. I always looked for the piece that had the choco spill over...I see some on the Candy Maker's sheet! got my eye on them
I'm not much of a "laugh-out-louder"...but when saw that YEARS ago...........I TRULY lost it!!! I dont know why, but that was the FUNNIEST thing I have EVER seen on TV!!! And I'm 70yrs old!!!!!!!!! I think it is weird that soooooo many ppl have mentioned that over the years, in my lifetime.....it was TRULY a great episode!!!!!!!
I cant find chocolate covered cherries in the UK in stores... so I watched your video, tried making my own version of them using your technique- and I was one happy camper during the holidays!!! I imagine yours are 100x better- but for someone who hadnt had them for almost 8 years- they were heaven!!!!
@@Stardust_4300 Hi Friend Bea....did you find this candy video on your own or did you get it from me? I think I told you about how I am hooked on their videos and watch them all the time...:) DIL ordered some peanut butter hard candy from here and had it sent to me for my Birthday....it was so good.....lasted a long time....
I enjoy coming back often to watch the videos hand dipping the chocolates at the former home shop. I know business has grown and hand dipping everything is no longer time effective but, it reminds me of going to a local candy store while growing up and the owner letting me watch him dip chocolate by hand while he shard stories of "the good old days."
10:08 I love chocolate covered cherries! I would buy my Dad a box every Christmas because he liked them so much. 😁 It’s so neat to watch how they are made!😋
I love watching this family doing what they love with such care and passion. Also thanks for the extra pounds I find just watching these videos. I will never look at chocolate covered cherries again. They are my favorite treat.
this video reminds me of when Lucy and Ethel worked at the chocolate factory ! Dad is faster the they were though, no need to hide them down his apron or under his hat 😁
Hercules Candy Do you love that episode? It’s only my second favorite Lucy episode, but it is a perfect episode. They let Ethel go from the boxing department because she kept pinching the chocolates to see what was inside! New idea! Chocolate Coconut covered cherries! I love chocolates with that super finely diced coconut mixed in, and I love chocolate covered cherries. I bet both would go well together!
Yea wow they make you a family secret video and you complain!! Unreal. I appreciate this so much!! Thank you for your kindness in sharing and bang away!! I love the real ness of it.
I just wanted to tell you guys that I just found you today on TH-cam. My lucky day. You and your family are awesome. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your videos. I never realized it was that hard to make homemade candy. I've done some hard candy, no big deal, but you put so much love in your candy. I watched straight for about three hours. Just so interesting. You guys are so funny you made me laugh. Thanks for sharing.
I just meant that I don't have the right words to describe how much I enjoyed the fact you shared them, you made my day. Thanks again. Keep them coming.
Wow....I read how to make chocolate covered cherries probably 55 years ago from a recipe in an old Work Basket magazine my grandma had. I'm so excited to see it again. Thank you for making my only Christmas candy for the year. They were my dads favorite.
I have a lot more appreciation for these cherries that I buy each year. My mom loved them and also my mother-in-law. They thought Christmas wasn’t complete without them. They both are gone now but the tradition continues. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
I'm learning a bunch while watching your channel. Like when tempering chocolate, we pour about half the melted chocolate on the table, spread it around to cool it and then mix it back into the untempered chocolate in a bowl. Whereas you guys just do it straight on the table the whole process. Or seeding with melted chocolate and stirring in the chopped chocolate. Thank you for sharing your family with us as well! Love your mom and Dad!
That is a very interesting way to get the liquid inside! My mom used to use a mold when making them. She'd soak her cherries in a mixture of the maraschino juice and Bicardi for about a week. Then she'd use the liquid and confectioner's sugar to make the liquid. She'd make the shell first, in the mold and then fill with the cherry and liquid. And then top it off with more chocolate. This was my mom's most requested thing every year! By the time I was old enough to even try one, she didn't make them anymore!
So much easier than wrapping them in candy fondant first! Im 55 and My mother made cherries every year until she died..she would refuse to give anyone her recipe and it's written in her cookbook as her " SECRET choc covered cherry recipe..this brings back memories..she would make hers a few weeks ahead of time to allow hers to liquefy before gifting. Ps....Im going to try them this way but have my own secret addition that imgoing to try... ( add the white powdered vanilla to the 1st cup of powdered sugar...yum)
I swear you all have one of the best channels on TH-cam. It's really cool to watch a family business like yours do what it does, Mom is hysterical :D your vids are my late-night viewing vortex when I can't sleep. It's mesmerizing to watch you all make my favourite food group. Cheers, Happy New Year. Keep making us laugh and drool lol
I use this recipe every time now. Why do people go the extra mile making that paste or fondant recipe when this is sooo good and much easier. Thank you
I made them. I made a cherry cream center dipped twice, refrigerate centers, then tempered chocolate, dipped twice. I chose the stemmed cherries easy to dip.
My friends and I made chocolate covered strawberries for a party one day. We had to store them in the garage overnight, and they froze. When we got them out and they thawed, they had juice in them just like the cherries... They were so scrummy.
Not sure when or if you will read this as this is an older video but I’ve been watching your videos for a month or so now and it’s fascinating to see how everything is made. On a sidenote La Cucaracha does mean cockroach but it is a Spanish song and the song is actually about a general and his car. The general in the song refers to his car as a cockroach. Just some fun trivia.
Back 3 years later and still learning, well in my mind I'm learning . In my "get up " and make these, not happened yet. My mouth is watering. One of my favorites of all.
I'm going to try to make these for my family Christmas party this year. I love your family. Anyone who is bothered by the sound of busy happy production would find something to complain about everywhere. Thanks for sharing the "secret"
What a treat it was to watch your family at work! So generous of you to share your secret recipe! May you be Blessed with increased business for your generosity!
They are awesome , dad ... Good job and thanks for enlightening us all. I always wondered how they got the liquid in there ... I have decided that if I lived in your town I would be gigantic and broke lol love you guys
when i watched this video. i was curious on what your dad does with that cherry juice. after he's got all the cherries out of it. does he make cherry juice out of it?
Gosh, watching all your videos, especially the cherries, and it makesme want to get started on my holiday candy making. Pure bliss! Also happy to see younger generations learning to make candies, so important. ❤
"La Cucaracha" is a political song that was written in order to criticize a corrupt Governor in Mexico. It is calling him a cockroach because of how he stole from the people to make himself rich (like how a cockroach steals food from people's kitchens). I can only remember the translation for the last line of the song, which reads, "he has liquor to drink, he has marijuana to smoke" lol (actually, the only reason I looked it up was because I noticed one day that they were saying "marijuana que fumar", and I wondered why it was being mentioned in a song that I thought was for kids lol).. (the more you know..).
Because the first part of the lyrics is sung in the first person; the cockroach sings that he cannot walk because he is missing two back legs, a child having, presumably, pulled them off for fun. Not sure if the song has a political meaning originally. My mother taught it to me in Spanish and I hated it because it was cruel.
armand publishing actually, the song saw its greatest evolution and increase in popularity during the Mexican revolution of the early twentieth century, which I don't think was carried out by children. This is when political themes were added and it became widely known. Since it's an old folk song, no one knows when it was originally written, or by whom..
This just popped up on my list. Pre Max, pre new place, pre enrober. I'm quite sure I've seen it already, but still fun to watch the originals. Amazing how far you guys have come in less than 3 years.
I used to make handmade chocolates many years ago...probably been almost 20 years. I never realized how good my chocolates looked...bit of OCD! In the 80's in High School we made chocolates...using a Potato , Icing Sugar filling. As a Young Housewife Obsessed with Perfection I rediscovered the old recipe.....I made trays and trays of chocolates. I made different shapes for each flavor including butter rum, mint, orange and my all time favorite Chocolate Covered Cherries. Maraschino Cherries were wrapped in the Potato Icing Sugar filling and sealed well...then left to dry slightly. Then each one was dipped with a fork into the chocolate. I would then make up Christmas Tins with a variety. Looking back now it was utter Madness...and Migraine inducing because of Course I was also in Charge of Quality Control! I am only 49 but Chronically Ill and haven't been able to do such things for many years now....I sure miss the satisfaction of Giving such a Gift that people really enjoyed! Thank you for sharing and bringing back good memories! Such a cool method for your cherries....a lot easier than hand wrapping each one with icing potato dough!
I am 61 and use to make these with my folks on Christmas Eve Day. IT was a production line as my brothers were younger and not very coordinated. lol Besides they ate the candies faster than we could get them down to get solid. My question is, DID ANYONE USE PARAFFIN WAX in their chocolate? My folks did, as it was a Recipe called MARTHA WASHINGTON CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES and then we made Peppermint and Spearmint Chocolate Patties after the cherries. This brought back such great memories for me. I would like to do it tomorrow with my kids and grandkids, but I don't know if you need to use the wax? HELP, Please from anyone. THANK YOU and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
@@tc247 my late mother used to make peanut butter covered maraschino cherries that were dipped in melted chocolate to which she had added a small amount of paraffin wax. She used the stemmed cherries and the stems were part of the finished product as well as being used as a "handle" to dip into the chocolate. These delicacies were absolutely beautiful to look at. Unfortunately, while I adore peanut butter and more than adore good chocolate, I don't care for the combination of pb and choc, so I rarely ate them. Making them was a long, tedious process particularly as my mom got older. Still am unsure why she added the wax to the choc, but I do know that in a lot of inexpensive, commercial chocs and choc bars, there must be wax in the products as I can feel a waxiness in the chocolate. I always remember the saying "Life is too short to eat cheap chocolate".
Made a small batch of these for our family ..... using your family recipe. They were a big hit and the liquid center is like magic!!! Thank you for sharing your secrets!
I told my kids that whenever they lie, their ears turn red. My oldest(6), when trying to prove her innocence, will still tell me "Look at my ears! Do they look red??"
When my niece was very young, she liked to brush my sister’s (her mom) hair. One day she was brushing my sister’s hair very carefully and picking up pieces and looking carefully underneath. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that she was looking for the eyes in the back of her mommy’s head. My sister had told the kids that she had eyes in the back of her head so they would behave themselves if they knew that she was watching them closely. It never worked with us when we were kids, but she got lucky and it worked with hers.
I can remember 65 years ago I used to watch the candy makers at Knott’s Berry Farm, in Buena Park, California. We would stand at that window for hours. Thanks for the sweet memories.
he explains why he doesn't like that. It still needs to retain some juice. Otherwise the sugar won't liquify properly and it will be more of a cream. straining the cherries ahead of time all of the juice will drain out and it won't liquify.
my mom made these cherries as well as several other chocolate covered candies every Christmas when I was a child. I remember that the cherries could not be eaten straight away........they needed about a week or so to ferment, that is to say they needed time for the sugar to liquefy to the proper clear consistency. They were always so delicious, as were her peanut butter cups, peppermint patties and old fashioned chocolate fudge. We only ever had them at Christmas but they were worth waiting the whole year for to be sure!!!!!
This brings back a recollection of my childhood and another “mom and pop” basement operation in Pitsford near Rochester, NY. Aunt Lizzie’s, Long long gone, but fondly remembered.
I have worked around lots of robotics, automated machines,, entire departments dedicated to a group of parts and that's how I imagined these were produced. I respect what you are doing,, it keeps a trade,, a talent, a pride and way of life to hand down to you children. I will look for your products and when I can I will email you and place a order. Thanks for sharing this with us and God bless you and your family.
Was your dad perhaps referencing an old movie where a lady is shaking maracas and singing la cucaracha? That’s what I thought of when he started to sing that. The sound of the cherries shaking in the bowl. Thanks for sharing your candy making with the world. It must all taste so amazing!
I'm really enjoying your videos! And the creamy center of the chocolate covered maraschino cherries super secret now explained! Not that I thought much about it, except now I've had an "AHA!" Moment, while thinking, isn't that clever! You guys are a lovely family! Thanks for the videos, entertainment and "wink, wink" uncovered candy secrets 😜
This is the first video of Hercules which I watched when it first was posted. I’m watching it again today in February, 2022, thinking of my Daddy. It was our custom on Christmas morning to have a glass of champagne in my grandmother’s glasses, & eat chocolate covered cherries‼️I knew these cherries must be the best…..
Love the parent stories to the kids. My three little boys used to go to bed easily because I told them they needed to so I could take out their batteries to recharge while they slept so they could play the next day.
I love chocolate covered cherries, they were my mom’s favorite and I would buy them for her every Christmas. I love watching your family too! You guys are awesome, thanks for the great videos.
That's A LOT of work! I think it's awesome that you are making these videos. Your family is amazing and should be recognized for all the work and love they put into what they do!
This is my favorite Christmas Tradition my grandpa would always have them hidden and pull them out while we open gifts he passed away a few years back so now I have to carry on the tradition with my 4boys So this video warms my heart ♥️ thank you
OMG, I have always wondered how the heck the cherry juice got inside !!! I would have never guessed this..Thanks so much! This is my second favorite candy ever...I will think of you guy's every time I go to buy a box..I love ya all xo
It is 2019 and I made these last year. They did not turn out as pretty as yours but people just loved them!! So I am going to make them again this year because people have asked me to! I love these, so good! Thank you!,,
I love family businesses! This is awesome! There is a tiny confectioners here downtown, family owned for over 100 years in same place. We have been going there for years. In my neck of the woods it’s “Bourbon Balls”. Dark Choc covered cherry’s are my favorite.
I just came across your TH-cam video. Chocolate covered cherries were my grandfather’s favorite candy. This brings back fond memories of him and how I enjoyed them then and now. I had no idea that the liquid inside was a result of the cherry juice and powdered sugar. Thank you for your video.
Ok as a Mexican/Italian, I've heard so many versions of La Cucaracha. The one part that's always the same is that the cockroach can't walk anymore. One version is because he no longer has a leg to walk on. Another version is because he's too high from smoking too much weed. The last one is he can't walk anymore because he needs weed.
I'm going to make chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles this Christmas as a gift for everyone to enjoy. I always make about 20 pounds of fudge every Christmas too. Thanks for inspiring me to start making different candies for everyone to enjoy, instead of just cookies and breads!! Chocolate covered cherries are my favorite! Our Dayton, Ohio candy company stopped making their white chocolate covered cherries for some reason. Thanks to your video, I can try and make my own ones!!
Pops was so cute, So is Mum.Thank you for sharing .Your all American family. They are awesome. It did remind me of I 💘 Lucy! I really respect all the effort and the time you put into every cherry .I make molds too.love you guys
Just found this video. When I was about 10 (60 years ago) my dad gave me ONE chocolate coved cherry as a surprise. It was 1959. Oh it was so good. I couldn’t understand how they managed to get the cherry inside the Chocolate. So I called it a miracle. He said that maybe for Christmas I would get a whole box. I said “ a whole box, that would be a Miracle”. Every year since then everyone got a box of Miracle candy till he died. Then my mom picked up the tradition, till the family got so big that there were 30 or so boxes of Chocolate Covered Cherries “My Miracle Candy” Now she does a box per family. Such sweet memories. She’s 93 and still gives out the boxes of my “Miracle Candy” every Christmas under the tree.
Beautiful❤
Thank you for sharing ❤️
Beautiful story.
Great story, Thank you!
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I will never gobble down a chocolate cherry again. So much time goes into them. I will take my time, respectfully. But still eat a dozen. Thanks for posting. Great video!
No soup for you! 😉 j/k Will trade soup for chocolate 😍
Haha, but still eat a dozen. They do look yummy! I love their videos, fun to watch and distract yourself from the world.
So good!
OMG Terry the eyes in the back of your head story is hilarious. When my boys were young I had them convinced I could see around corners and through walls because my china hutch was a corner unit and they way it sat reflected their bedroom doorway if I was standing in kitchen/dining or living room. When my oldest was 10 I heard him whisper to his 11 yo cousin "Adam, you can't do that, my mom can see through the wall"... Adam proceeded to flip me off through the wall..lol I yelled back from the kitchen "Adam Lee, I'll break that finger off and stick it up your nose"... he told his dad I was a witch. I love kids.
One of the funniest things I've read, LOL, thank for sharing!
Oh that is the best ever ha Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah
Love your story! My mom used to say that to us, she had to have eyes behind her head! 🤣
I used to wear my sunglasses backwards when I was driving and my boys thought I was watching them 😂
i love how your dad is himself and not trying to be different for the video. he's so humble. and genuinely funny just being himself. and also these are my favorite things in the world!!
Always were my favorite. When I was young there was a candy company named Lofts Candy, and their chocolate covered cherries were amazing. I never knew how the syrup got in there. Now I’m 84 and finally I know the secret.
Thank you, Tallahassee, Florida
You finally got your answer!
I never knew either!!
The world needs more good hard-working people like you and your family in this world. God bless you guys!😄
This one is one of the candies our family has made for generations. We use bakers chocolate for the first layer and milk for the second. Our other twist, we put vanilla beans in the sugar for two weeks before we make the cherries. We use the rest of the sugar to make sugar cookie icing😊
Grapeape, that sounds Delicious 😋!
Wow!
Dad reminded me of Ray Romano! Love chocolate covered cherries, and especially the dark chocolate cherries.
Thank-you I am always looking for new candy re ipex
Jim you are right on the money $$. . Chocolate-covered cherries are really good I eat mine very slow and. Favorite ones r the DARK CHOCOLATE. yummy. .👍💋❤😄🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
Same
Sounded like Ray 😆🤣😆
Oh my your making my favorite...my dad use to love chocolate covered cherries and he would buy a bunch of boxes at Christmas and people would give them to him as presents...He passed away in 2008 so I buy a box at the holidays and eat then for him.
Awwww, how wonderful
I have learned so much about not only making candy, but from your outlook on life. You obviously LOVE your Candy shop, and making candy. Thank you so much for your videos, with everything so animated these days, watching you lovingly hand dipping your chocolates is so refreshing. May God bless you and your family this Christmas season and in 2022.
I want to thank you for this video. My adopted daughter and I make soap. She has some old traumas and this results in a fair amount of anxiety. Yesterday it was hard for her to imagine a mellow afternoon like this. It's been nice to show her a family business that gets their work done while enjoying each other's company.
Seeing how much time, love and consideration goes into making each individual chocolate treat I will never complain about the costs from actual candy makers ever again! It’s truly a work of art and labor of love - really cool seeing how it’s done!!
This is one of my favorite videos. I never knew how that liquid got into chocolate covered cherries. Y'all are all very talented. I wonder if other companies double coat their cherrys.
I think it's very possible that while many of us had perfectly wonderful childhoods, that somewhere inside us is a place that remains unfulfilled. I believe you, your Mom and your Dad fill these spaces.
Thank You for sharing your lives with us.
i watched another candy co making their choco covered cherries but they "wrapped" the cherry in a dough like mixture of sugar. Not nearly as appetizing as how the Hercules Candy co Candy Maker does it.
Mindy Vaughn yes it is customary to dip twice that’s how they become bigger then the cherry actually is almost double
Lyn Lynch taste exactly the same either way it’s a confectionery sugar dough that turns into syrup after they sit week or two...
@Mindy, how does it get that yummy liquid inside? I guess the sugar melts inside?
Well...I've just never known that's what the juice is!! I'm enthralled with this process!! I think that's gonna be my goodie for 2020 Christmas family baking day!!! WOW! Just wow! Thanks for sharing!
I have been trying to learn how to make chocolate covered cherries for a long time. Just about every video on TH-cam is making a paste to wrap around the cherry then either dip in chocolate or place in a mold. Way too complicated and takes way too long for the paste to convert to liquid. The way you make them has worked very well for me and my friends all rave about them. Thank you very much for sharing your secrets. One day I will travel back east from Arizona to visit your shop and thank you in person, plus buy a little of everything!
I'm glad we could help you, Dirk!
Really enjoy seeing your family working and laughing together to create such yummy treats
Here it is almost 2020 and look how far ya’ll have come!!! Love watching your family !!!
Chocolate covered cherries have been my favorite treat ever since I was a toddler. Other kids wanted m&m’s, I just wanted cherries lol. I even got the chocolate covered cherry blizzard at Dairy Queen. Loved seeing how they’re made.
Same! I used to always get the chocolate covered cherry ice cream at Baskin Robbins when I was a kid ❤
Chocolate covered cherries are my favorite!!! It's so much fun watching your dad make them. This is professional stuff here!
It's almost like he is a professional 😂
They both are!
yea, hand made for sure. i remember picking one when I was a kid. I always looked for the piece that had the choco spill over...I see some on the Candy Maker's sheet! got my eye on them
They look fabulous
This made me think of the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Viv get a job in a candy factory. These videos are great...love them!
I'm not much of a "laugh-out-louder"...but when saw that YEARS ago...........I TRULY lost it!!! I dont know why, but that was the FUNNIEST thing I have EVER seen on TV!!! And I'm 70yrs old!!!!!!!!! I think it is weird that soooooo many ppl have mentioned that over the years, in my lifetime.....it was TRULY a great episode!!!!!!!
I'm in love with this guy, he seems so sweet like the candies he make.
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We all are. LOL
Chocolate covered cherries have always been my favorite.
I cant find chocolate covered cherries in the UK in stores... so I watched your video, tried making my own version of them using your technique- and I was one happy camper during the holidays!!! I imagine yours are 100x better- but for someone who hadnt had them for almost 8 years- they were heaven!!!!
WOW, I never thought of that! We take so much for granted 😂😂😂. You have things that we don't have but at least we can order it here. 💞
@@Stardust_4300 Hi Friend Bea....did you find this candy video on your own or did you get it from me? I think I told you about how I am hooked on their videos and watch them all the time...:) DIL ordered some peanut butter hard candy from here and had it sent to me for my Birthday....it was so good.....lasted a long time....
@@TheKentuckylady717 😅😅😅 actually was searching for candy recipes & just happened upon it. It's the only one I've seen of theirs. 💞
I enjoy coming back often to watch the videos hand dipping the chocolates at the former home shop. I know business has grown and hand dipping everything is no longer time effective but, it reminds me of going to a local candy store while growing up and the owner letting me watch him dip chocolate by hand while he shard stories of "the good old days."
10:08 I love chocolate covered cherries! I would buy my Dad a box every Christmas because he liked them so much. 😁
It’s so neat to watch how they are made!😋
Barbara Ness Nice memory, nice daughter. 🙂🍒
My dad liked the old fashioned chocolate drops. I bought a pack the other day and they don't even taste the same or have the same cream inside.
I had that same tradition with my Dad - it wasn't Christmas without a box of chocolate covered cherries!
I love watching this family doing what they love with such care and passion. Also thanks for the extra pounds I find just watching these videos. I will never look at chocolate covered cherries again. They are my favorite treat.
this video reminds me of when Lucy and Ethel worked at the chocolate factory ! Dad is faster the they were though, no need to hide them down his apron or under his hat 😁
Or eat them!
lol true 😄
I said the same on another video lol
Hercules Candy Do you love that episode? It’s only my second favorite Lucy episode, but it is a perfect episode. They let Ethel go from the boxing department because she kept pinching the chocolates to see what was inside!
New idea! Chocolate Coconut covered cherries! I love chocolates with that super finely diced coconut mixed in, and I love chocolate covered cherries. I bet both would go well together!
Bren Barnes 😂😂🤣I love that episode. Don’t forget, down their shirts as well, lol!!!
those cherry chocolates look really good and look at the care and time that is put into them, Steve is a genius!! Love these videos!
I LOVE Maraschino Cherries, I can literally just take a jar, a spoon & have at ‘em... they’re sooooo good!
They're even better covered with chocolate, yes?
Yes, I can too. Bonus with chocolate!
They are good in lemonade and Sprite too!
Oh yea no coating needed just added enjoyment
Thank goodness the health nuts have not found this comment yet. But we must prepare =_=
I've done molded chocolate, the banging is to get the air bubbles out, chill folks, small shop, the new shop is awesome!
bigbaddawn : Ahhhh. It’s just a tad annoying hearing it over the voices. 😬
I realize that but annoying to have in the video.
Yea wow they make you a family secret video and you complain!! Unreal. I appreciate this so much!! Thank you for your kindness in sharing and bang away!! I love the real ness of it.
I just wanted to tell you guys that I just found you today on TH-cam. My lucky day. You and your family are awesome. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your videos. I never realized it was that hard to make homemade candy. I've done some hard candy, no big deal, but you put so much love in your candy. I watched straight for about three hours. Just so interesting. You guys are so funny you made me laugh. Thanks for sharing.
Why can't you tell how much you enjoy our videos? 😂 Thanks for watching, we're glad you enjoy the videos!
I just meant that I don't have the right words to describe how much I enjoyed the fact you shared them, you made my day. Thanks again. Keep them coming.
hahaha I know, it was a joke, although it probably wasn't the easiest to get over the internet
Wow....I read how to make chocolate covered cherries probably 55 years ago from a recipe in an old Work Basket magazine my grandma had. I'm so excited to see it again.
Thank you for making my only Christmas candy for the year. They were my dads favorite.
Agree Grammy, I am so impressed with the patience of the candy maker. What a difficult job and he does it with such pride
I have a lot more appreciation for these cherries that I buy each year. My mom loved them and also my mother-in-law. They thought Christmas wasn’t complete without them. They both are gone now but the tradition continues. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
I'm learning a bunch while watching your channel. Like when tempering chocolate, we pour about half the melted chocolate on the table, spread it around to cool it and then mix it back into the untempered chocolate in a bowl. Whereas you guys just do it straight on the table the whole process. Or seeding with melted chocolate and stirring in the chopped chocolate. Thank you for sharing your family with us as well! Love your mom and Dad!
Glad we could teach and entertain!
I'd put two thirds onto the marble and cool to 27 rather than half
Since i cant do all my baking and candy making at Christmas, anymore, i am so happy to watch your family! Thank you for carrying on the love!
I know how you feel Mary. I am not able to do all the baking and candy making I used to do at Xmas anymore either. It's devastating.
Not to worry. When you said it was a secret, I backed up 1 minute and then didn''t listen, so your secret is safe with me. :
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You are a REAL lady
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Lady Alexa 😂🍒
I love how your videos feel just like family videos. I mean, they _are_ family videos, but I like how you leave them mostly unedited and candid.
Ahhhh yum double dipped maraschino cherries!! The best, by the best... Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I used to make these for my grandmother when I was in my teens. She did not like the store bought 1's. But she loved them when homemade.
Homemade is just better
That is a very interesting way to get the liquid inside! My mom used to use a mold when making them. She'd soak her cherries in a mixture of the maraschino juice and Bicardi for about a week. Then she'd use the liquid and confectioner's sugar to make the liquid. She'd make the shell first, in the mold and then fill with the cherry and liquid. And then top it off with more chocolate. This was my mom's most requested thing every year! By the time I was old enough to even try one, she didn't make them anymore!
Sounds good, and a very interesting way of doing it!
So much easier than wrapping them in candy fondant first! Im 55 and My mother made cherries every year until she died..she would refuse to give anyone her recipe and it's written in her cookbook as her " SECRET choc covered cherry recipe..this brings back memories..she would make hers a few weeks ahead of time to allow hers to liquefy before gifting. Ps....Im going to try them this way but have my own secret addition that imgoing to try... ( add the white powdered vanilla to the 1st cup of powdered sugar...yum)
Cordial cherries are my favorite treat!! And now I know the secret.
Don't tell anyone!
I swear you all have one of the best channels on TH-cam. It's really cool to watch a family business like yours do what it does, Mom is hysterical :D your vids are my late-night viewing vortex when I can't sleep. It's mesmerizing to watch you all make my favourite food group. Cheers, Happy New Year. Keep making us laugh and drool lol
I use this recipe every time now. Why do people go the extra mile making that paste or fondant recipe when this is sooo good and much easier. Thank you
Do you coat them with chocolate differently?
I made them. I made a cherry cream center dipped twice, refrigerate centers, then tempered chocolate, dipped twice. I chose the stemmed cherries easy to dip.
My friends and I made chocolate covered strawberries for a party one day. We had to store them in the garage overnight, and they froze.
When we got them out and they thawed, they had juice in them just like the cherries... They were so scrummy.
Not sure when or if you will read this as this is an older video but I’ve been watching your videos for a month or so now and it’s fascinating to see how everything is made. On a sidenote La Cucaracha does mean cockroach but it is a Spanish song and the song is actually about a general and his car. The general in the song refers to his car as a cockroach. Just some fun trivia.
I had a small candy business. Did everything like your doing. Never sold chocolate covered cherries. Thank you for sharing.
A quality family project! Thank you for sharing this! Merry Christmas
I’m loving all the remote controls wrapped in plastic. Practical people!
Lori Bruning yet they aren’t wearing masks while talking over the chocolate?
The Mom swirling that chocolate reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode.
your family is so funny. wish I lived closer to you.
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Where's the Shop? I travel all over.
Back 3 years later and still learning, well in my mind I'm learning . In my "get up " and make these, not happened yet. My mouth is watering. One of my favorites of all.
just love your family banter ! i now want to be a candy maker too !
I'm going to try to make these for my family Christmas party this year. I love your family. Anyone who is bothered by the sound of busy happy production would find something to complain about everywhere. Thanks for sharing the "secret"
Your dad is totally ASMR.. Put him back on another video...Awesome..Thanks.
What a treat it was to watch your family at work! So generous of you to share your secret recipe! May you be Blessed with increased business for your generosity!
They are awesome , dad ... Good job and thanks for enlightening us all. I always wondered how they got the liquid in there ... I have decided that if I lived in your town I would be gigantic and broke lol love you guys
haha I guess it's a good thing you don't then
when i watched this video. i was curious on what your dad does with that cherry juice. after he's got all the cherries out of it. does he make cherry juice out of it?
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@@columnedfox5508 ,LOL Does he make cherry juice out of Cherry Juice? LOL
@@columnedfox5508 LOL I wondered to....
Gosh, watching all your videos, especially the cherries, and it makesme want to get started on my holiday candy making. Pure bliss! Also happy to see younger generations learning to make candies, so important. ❤
"La Cucaracha" is a political song that was written in order to criticize a corrupt Governor in Mexico. It is calling him a cockroach because of how he stole from the people to make himself rich (like how a cockroach steals food from people's kitchens). I can only remember the translation for the last line of the song, which reads, "he has liquor to drink, he has marijuana to smoke" lol (actually, the only reason I looked it up was because I noticed one day that they were saying "marijuana que fumar", and I wondered why it was being mentioned in a song that I thought was for kids lol).. (the more you know..).
Because the first part of the lyrics is sung in the first person; the cockroach sings that he cannot walk because he is missing two back legs, a child having, presumably, pulled them off for fun. Not sure if the song has a political meaning originally. My mother taught it to me in Spanish and I hated it because it was cruel.
armand publishing actually, the song saw its greatest evolution and increase in popularity during the Mexican revolution of the early twentieth century, which I don't think was carried out by children. This is when political themes were added and it became widely known. Since it's an old folk song, no one knows when it was originally written, or by whom..
This is an Expression I thought you might like - "Just wake up and smell the Candy"
Wow! I never knew. That is so awesome. Thank you so much for sharing that.
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I agree with you. That's my understanding of the songs meaning too.
This just popped up on my list. Pre Max, pre new place, pre enrober. I'm quite sure I've seen it already, but still fun to watch the originals. Amazing how far you guys have come in less than 3 years.
I used to make handmade chocolates many years ago...probably been almost 20 years. I never realized how good my chocolates looked...bit of OCD! In the 80's in High School we made chocolates...using a Potato , Icing Sugar filling. As a Young Housewife Obsessed with Perfection I rediscovered the old recipe.....I made trays and trays of chocolates. I made different shapes for each flavor including butter rum, mint, orange and my all time favorite Chocolate Covered Cherries. Maraschino Cherries were wrapped in the Potato Icing Sugar filling and sealed well...then left to dry slightly. Then each one was dipped with a fork into the chocolate. I would then make up Christmas Tins with a variety. Looking back now it was utter Madness...and Migraine inducing because of Course I was also in Charge of Quality Control!
I am only 49 but Chronically Ill and haven't been able to do such things for many years now....I sure miss the satisfaction of Giving such a Gift that people really enjoyed! Thank you for sharing and bringing back good memories! Such a cool method for your cherries....a lot easier than hand wrapping each one with icing potato dough!
Sounds like a lot of work! But it sounds like it was worth it.
Oh for sure it was a lot of work and definitely worth it :)
I am 61 and use to make these with my folks on Christmas Eve Day. IT was a production line as my brothers were younger and not very coordinated. lol Besides they ate the candies faster than we could get them down to get solid. My question is, DID ANYONE USE PARAFFIN WAX in their chocolate? My folks did, as it was a Recipe called MARTHA WASHINGTON CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRIES and then we made Peppermint and Spearmint Chocolate Patties after the cherries. This brought back such great memories for me. I would like to do it tomorrow with my kids and grandkids, but I don't know if you need to use the wax? HELP, Please from anyone. THANK YOU and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
@@tc247 my late mother used to make peanut butter covered maraschino cherries that were dipped in melted chocolate to which she had added a small amount of paraffin wax. She used the stemmed cherries and the stems were part of the finished product as well as being used as a "handle" to dip into the chocolate. These delicacies were absolutely beautiful to look at. Unfortunately, while I adore peanut butter and more than adore good chocolate, I don't care for the combination of pb and choc, so I rarely ate them. Making them was a long, tedious process particularly as my mom got older. Still am unsure why she added the wax to the choc, but I do know that in a lot of inexpensive, commercial chocs and choc bars, there must be wax in the products as I can feel a waxiness in the chocolate. I always remember the saying "Life is too short to eat cheap chocolate".
I hope that 2019 brings you better health and strength, keep fighting❤️!
Made a small batch of these for our family ..... using your family recipe. They were a big hit and the liquid center is like magic!!! Thank you for sharing your secrets!
What a beautiful and awesome family. Wonderful candy making. Blessings and Happy New Year.🎊🎆
Thank you Dolores!
I can’t believe this was done 4 years ago. It is still nice to view it again. Sure like this channel & watching its growth.
I told my kids that whenever they lie, their ears turn red. My oldest(6), when trying to prove her innocence, will still tell me "Look at my ears! Do they look red??"
haha so adorable
When my niece was very young, she liked to brush my sister’s (her mom) hair. One day she was brushing my sister’s hair very carefully and picking up pieces and looking carefully underneath. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that she was looking for the eyes in the back of her mommy’s head. My sister had told the kids that she had eyes in the back of her head so they would behave themselves if they knew that she was watching them closely. It never worked with us when we were kids, but she got lucky and it worked with hers.
It’s all a lie
Haha cute : )
I can remember 65 years ago I used to watch the candy makers at Knott’s Berry Farm, in Buena Park, California. We would stand at that window for hours. Thanks for the sweet memories.
He's so patient. I'd dump all the cherries in a strainer then in the sugar all at once.
Peggy Hayden I would have done the same lol
I was thinking the same thing. Honestly I dont know why he doesn't do that seems like a waste of time to do it one scoop at a time
he explains why he doesn't like that. It still needs to retain some juice. Otherwise the sugar won't liquify properly and it will be more of a cream.
straining the cherries ahead of time all of the juice will drain out and it won't liquify.
Yeah me too!
@@Betchawonder22 Yes he did say that.....thanks for letting them know.....
my mom made these cherries as well as several other chocolate covered candies every Christmas when I was a child. I remember that the cherries could not be eaten straight away........they needed about a week or so to ferment, that is to say they needed time for the sugar to liquefy to the proper clear consistency. They were always so delicious, as were her peanut butter cups, peppermint patties and old fashioned chocolate fudge. We only ever had them at Christmas but they were worth waiting the whole year for to be sure!!!!!
I love how generous your family is with their recipes ♥️
This brings back a recollection of my childhood and another “mom and pop” basement operation in Pitsford near Rochester, NY. Aunt Lizzie’s, Long long gone, but fondly remembered.
The song is about a cockroach that can’t walk because it doesn’t have his back legs. it’s a fun song!
It also is a reference to Pancho Villa. A political song disguised.
I thought it meant chocolate covered cockroaches!! lol
I have worked around lots of robotics, automated machines,, entire departments dedicated to a group of parts and that's how I imagined these were produced. I respect what you are doing,, it keeps a trade,, a talent, a pride and way of life to hand down to you children. I will look for your products and when I can I will email you and place a order. Thanks for sharing this with us and God bless you and your family.
Was your dad perhaps referencing an old movie where a lady is shaking maracas and singing la cucaracha? That’s what I thought of when he started to sing that. The sound of the cherries shaking in the bowl.
Thanks for sharing your candy making with the world. It must all taste so amazing!
That's Charo! Yes... I was thinking the same thing! It's only recently that I learned it meant cockroaches. Lol... Still a catchy tune.
Here we are back in yesteryear. Good times!
I’m impressed how neat the rows are. My dipped cherries would be all over the place!
This was the best demo I’ve seen yet. I learned techniques I never thought I would in a very shout amount of time. Thanks!!
I'm really enjoying your videos! And the creamy center of the chocolate covered maraschino cherries super secret now explained! Not that I thought much about it, except now I've had an "AHA!" Moment, while thinking, isn't that clever! You guys are a lovely family! Thanks for the videos, entertainment and "wink, wink" uncovered candy secrets 😜
This is the first video of Hercules which I watched when it first was posted. I’m watching it again today in February, 2022, thinking of my Daddy. It was our custom on Christmas morning to have a glass of champagne in my grandmother’s glasses, & eat chocolate covered cherries‼️I knew these cherries must be the best…..
Oh my goodness...... I never knew the liquid inside was powdered sugar..... they are my favorite. What an awesome family.
Love the parent stories to the kids. My three little boys used to go to bed easily because I told them they needed to so I could take out their batteries to recharge while they slept so they could play the next day.
😂 that'll get them to go to sleep
Another fun time video at the candy shop. Very enjoyable and interesting.
Thanks James!
I had somewhat of a rough day today. I needed to see an old time video from y’all. Just to brighten my heart up a bit. ❤️
I love chocolate covered cherries, they were my mom’s favorite and I would buy them for her every Christmas. I love watching your family too! You guys are awesome, thanks for the great videos.
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That's A LOT of work! I think it's awesome that you are making these videos. Your family is amazing and should be recognized for all the work and love they put into what they do!
I would love to see one chocolate covered cherry cut in half once done and some low music in the backround would make all your videos perfect🤗
haha well we do have a cherry cut in half video on our instagram that you might be interested in
Nooooo...these videos are already perfect! Although I would also like to see the choccy cherry cut in half.
Cynthia4given Ugh, no music. The whole point, is to listen to the family chit-chat.
This is my favorite Christmas Tradition my grandpa would always have them hidden and pull them out while we open gifts he passed away a few years back so now I have to carry on the tradition with my 4boys
So this video warms my heart ♥️ thank you
Amanda Luv 🙂🍒🎄
OMG, I have always wondered how the heck the cherry juice got inside !!! I would have never guessed this..Thanks so much! This is my second favorite candy ever...I will think of you guy's every time I go to buy a box..I love ya all xo
haha glad we could teach you and entertain you Mary
I made these. They work LIKE ACTUAL MAGIC. well, my chocolate bloomed cuz I'm a lazy dolt, but the magic sauce around the cherry inside? ACTUAL MAGIC.
i hope y'all list "love" as one of the ingredients on these cherries (which are my favorite, btw).
It is 2019 and I made these last year. They did not turn out as pretty as yours but people just loved them!! So I am going to make them again this year because people have asked me to! I love these, so good! Thank you!,,
You guys are so cute! MMMMM chocolate!
Olive
I love this candy! I now have a new appreciation for all the work that goes into making one of my favorite confections.Thanks for sharing.
So glad I found u guys. I love ur family. Coolest video. So glad u didn’t skip through it, I loved the stories. 😀
Thanks Jessica!
I used to make these when my children were young. My son loved these! I made so many goodies at Christmas and gave as gifts to neighbors and friends.
I love family businesses! This is awesome! There is a tiny confectioners here downtown, family owned for over 100 years in same place. We have been going there for years. In my neck of the woods it’s “Bourbon Balls”. Dark Choc covered cherry’s are my favorite.
We love supporting small family businesses too
I just came across your TH-cam video. Chocolate covered cherries were my grandfather’s favorite candy. This brings back fond memories of him and how I enjoyed them then and now. I had no idea that the liquid inside was a result of the cherry juice and powdered sugar. Thank you for your video.
Ok as a Mexican/Italian, I've heard so many versions of La Cucaracha. The one part that's always the same is that the cockroach can't walk anymore. One version is because he no longer has a leg to walk on. Another version is because he's too high from smoking too much weed. The last one is he can't walk anymore because he needs weed.
Alicia Sambrano: That is so funny. Thanks for sharing that.
I'm going to make chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles this Christmas as a gift for everyone to enjoy. I always make about 20 pounds of fudge every Christmas too. Thanks for inspiring me to start making different candies for everyone to enjoy, instead of just cookies and breads!! Chocolate covered cherries are my favorite! Our Dayton, Ohio candy company stopped making their white chocolate covered cherries for some reason. Thanks to your video, I can try and make my own ones!!
Oh my goodness such patience, that is the difference between factory made and hand made chocolates!
Pops was so cute, So is Mum.Thank you for sharing .Your all American family. They are awesome. It did remind me of I 💘 Lucy! I really respect all the effort and the time you put into every cherry .I make molds too.love you guys
Fascinating and thumbs up - thanks for another great video. Keep 'em coming!! :)