I mentioned the other day I was busy making candy for Christmas and one of the things I made was candy mash. I thought everyone knew what cherry mash was, the recipe is based on an old fashioned candybar (if you can call it a bar) that is popular here in the midwest. Cherry mash has been around for decades and it consists of a cherry flavored center covered in chocolate and peanuts. The candy is shaped like a "mound" and is sold individually. To make the homemade recipe version it is made in a 9 x 13 inch pan and cut into squares when the candy has set up....
.... For Bonnie, and Mac, and anyone else who has never had cherry mash......
CHERRY MASH
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
12 large marshmallows
1/2 cup butter
dash of salt
6 oz.package of cherry flavored chips (about 1 cup)
1 teaspoon vanilla
12oz. package chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanut butter
12 oz. crushed salted peanuts
Boil sugar, milk, marshmallows, butter and salt together five minutes (do not start timing till the surface bubbles all over). Add cherry chips and vanilla, and stir till chips are melted. Pour into a buttered 9 x 13 inch pan. Melt chocolate chips and add peanut butter and peanuts. Mix well and top cherry mixture with the chocolate mixture.( Cherry mixture will have started to set up but will be soft in the middle so spoon it over carefully). Let set until firm, and cut into small squares.
Bon appetite!
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