{"id":1556923,"date":"2020-11-05T07:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1556923"},"modified":"2020-11-05T07:48:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T13:48:16","slug":"whats-really-inside-chocolate-covered-cherries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/whats-really-inside-chocolate-covered-cherries\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s What’s REALLY Inside Those Chocolate-Covered Cherries"},"content":{"rendered":"It's no secret that chocolate-covered cherries<\/a> are one of our favorite sweet treats. There's something about the sweetness of the chocolate combined with the tartness of the fruit that makes for the perfect dessert...or mid-afternoon snack.\r\n\r\nBut if you're anything like us, when you bite into one, you might wonder what's at the center of it all. Sure, there's a cherry, but there's also that glorious gooshy texture\u2014what's up with that? This is what's at the heart of each scrumptious candy.\r\n

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