6 delicious recipes to try with Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries
Maraschino Cherries originated in Croatia in the 1800s. They have since been used as a popular topping for ice cream sundaes and garnish for cocktails and desserts. Here are some ingenious ways to use these scrumptious Maraschino Cherries in your recipes.
Cinnamon Tortilla Surprise
This sweet Mexican dessert is a much lighter version of the deep-fried tortilla. These adorable treats can be served with ice cream and garnished with Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries.
What You Need:
- Cooking spray
- White sugar (1 cup)
- Ground cinnamon (1 ½ tbsp.)
- Flour tortillas (10 large)
- Melted butter (¼ cup)
- Milk (1 cup)
- Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries. (1 jar)
- Package cream cheese (8 ounces)
- Instant vanilla pudding mix (2 packages)
- Frozen whipped topping (16 ounces)
- Chocolate syrup (2 tbsp)
Directions
- Start by spraying muffin cups with cooking spray.
- Take a small bowl and combine sugar and cinnamon.
- Use melted butter to brush each side of flour tortillas cut into quarters.
- Adjust each tortilla piece into a prepared muffin cup after sprinkling the tortillas with a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Bake in an oven that is preheated to 350 degrees F.
- Tortilla shells will take about 10 minutes to turn golden brown.
- Use an electric mixture to beat milk, cream cheese, and pudding mix in a bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Now take 1 tablespoon of cream cheese mixture and fill each tortilla shell.
- Go on like this until all the tortilla shells are filled.
- Top each with tortilla shell with Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
Banana Split Cake Bars
These crushed pineapple and maraschino cherry cake bars make a perfectly healthy and mouthwatering snack for your loved ones.
What You Need:
- All-purpose flour (2 cups)
- White sugar (1 cup)
- Baking soda (¾ tsp)
- Salt (½ tsp)
- Ground cinnamon (½ tsp)
- Crushed pineapple (8 ounces)
- Eggs (2)
- Vegetable oil (½ cup)
- Ripe bananas (2)
- Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
- Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries (¼ cup)
- Butter (¼ cup)
- Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
- Confectioners’ sugar (3 cups)
- Milk (4 tbsp)
Directions
- Take a 9×13 inch pan and grease it.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
- Pour in the crushed pineapple, eggs, oil, bananas, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- After stirring in the Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries mix well and pour the contents in a prepared pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and bake for about 30 minutes.
- Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake if it comes out clean your cake is ready.
- Apply the frosting while the cake is still warm.
- For making the frosting combine melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and confectioners’ sugar in a medium bowl.
- Add one tablespoon milk and beat continue like this until smooth. Combine melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and confectioners’ sugar.
- Cut the cake into small bars after applying the frosting.
- Your amazing banana cake bars are ready to be consumed.
Maraschino Cherry Walnut Bars
Packed with rich flavor, topped with frosting and coconut these Cherry Walnut Bars will be your new favorite.
What You Need:
- All-purpose flour (2 ¼ cups)
- White sugar (½ cup)
- Butter (1 cup)
- Eggs (2)
- Packed brown sugar (1 cup)
- Salt (½)
- Baking powder (½ tsp)
- Vanilla extract (1 tsp)
- Chopped walnuts (½ cup)
- Flaked coconut (½ cup)
- Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries (4 ounces)
- Confectioners’ sugar (1 cup)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl mix flour, white sugar, and butter.
- Press this crumbly mixture into a 9 x 13-inch pan.
- Bake until light brown.
- In a large bowl beat eggs, sugar, salt, baking powder, and vanilla.
- Add Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries, nuts, and coconut into the egg mixture.
- Pour it on top of the crust.
- Bake again for 25 minutes.
- Cool and cut into bars.
- Frost and sprinkle with coconut.
Transform your food by using Mike’s Amazing Maraschino Cherries. Visit our website to place your order or call us at 201-596-3717. We are located in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.