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Default I did a bad bad thing! I messed with tradition and perfection!!

On Dec 17, 11:50*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> I just dipped 199 of the 200 cherries I had soaking, but instead of
> the usual 57% dark chocolate I've always used, I used 65% dark
> chocolate from Chocoley.com.I got all excited about this new (to me)
> 65% Fair Trade Organic dark chocolate (it's my new favorite chocolate)
> and decided to make truffles AND dip my cherries in it. Probably a
> mistake. As I was dipping the cherries I was knowing this was probably
> not a good change to have made. Now I have 199 Chocolate Covered
> Cherries sitting out waiting to be wrapped in 4x4 foils, and they do
> NOT smell the same!! They smell good, but this 65% chocolate gives
> them a completely different character.
>
> I'm almost tempted to scrap them all and remake *my* Chocolate Covered
> Cherries. *Why did I mess with perfection?:-(
>
> John Kuthe...


Why in the world didn't you test drive just a few of 'em? If they
taste passable, I'd just wrap em and gift em. Kinda late to re-do, no?