You should REALLY consider trying to make them at home. About once a year, when the good stuff is in season (Bings, Black, Flatheads, etc - NOT Rainiers), we buy a flat or two from our favorite local produce wholesale distributor. Dirt cheap that way. There's a ton of good recipes online so find one that suits your taste the most and go with it. The key ingredient of course is Luxardo. Then we jar/seal 'em the old fashioned way, and we're stocked up on Christmas gifts and our own bar for the next year. I picked up a (not cheap) jar of the Luxardo™ cherries and ended up not liking them NEARLY as much. Too candied and sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
If you don't like syrupy sweet stuff, then rolling your own is absolutely the way to go and vastly cheaper per lb. I think our total spend ends up being about $50 and that yields like 10-20 lbs of "Luxardo Cherries." Not sure exactly, but it's a butt ton. Compare that to the $20+ you'll spend on a tiny jar of candied cherries that suck compared to your own. Trust me on this one. Once you've made 'em at home, you won't want anything else.
