Does anyone know what sort of dried cherries are used in Black Forest chocolate?
I haven't seen anything available that looks remotely like these but would like to.

I don't think they are actually dried cherries, more cherry flavoured gel lollies aren't they?

Could it be morello cherries, I have seen jars of them in the supermarket.

Yes, I think they're Morello cherries; they have a slightly liquid centre and are delicious.

Griz that is so funny as you may well be right.
I didn't stop to question their authenticity but just wondered I would make a black forest slice...
haha.

I was thinking of cherries for Black Forest cake not slice so the Morellos may not suit.

I think they may be too soft Bev but I haven't seen anything dried that has the right flavour.

I've just checked Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Gateaux) on German sites and the recipes I found all use Morello cherries out of jars, well drained. As Bev said, you can find them in supermarkets.

That's a cake though isn't it? can stand the moist texture better than a slice recipe.

Helen asks: Does anyone know what sort of dried cherries are used in Black Forest chocolate?

Griz says: I don't think they are actually dried cherries, more cherry flavoured gel lollies aren't they?

Cadbury says: Cadbury Dairy Milk Black Forest chocolate. Legal Description: Cadbury Dairy Milk Milk Chocolate With Cherry Flavoured Jellies And Biscuit Pieces. Ingredients: Full Cream Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Milk Solids, Cocoa Biscuit (wheat Flour, Sugar,vegetable Fat, Cocoa Powder, Invert Sugar, Goldensyrup, Glucose Syrup, Milk Solids, Salt, Emulsifier(soy Lecithin), Raising Agents (500, 503), Stabiliser (450),corn Flour), Wheat Glucose Syrup, Invert Sugar, Thickener(1422 From Wheat), Emulsifiers (soy Lecithin, 476),glazing Agent (vegetable Oil, 903), Flavours, Food Acid(33), Colour (163), Milk Solids 28%. Milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 26%, milk solids minimum 24%

Whittaker's says: Whittaker's Berry & Biscuit chocolate. Ingredients: Milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa solids 33%* (cocoa mass & cocoa butter), milk powder 30%*, emulsifier (soya lecithin), vanilla flavour], berry pieces 16% [mixed berries 36% (strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant purees), concentrated apple puree, invert sugar, humectant (glycerol), wheat fibre, sugar, gelling agent (pectin), thickener (locust bean gum), acidity regulator (citric acid), flavour, black carrot & blackcurrant concentrates], biscuit pieces 7% [wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, cocoa powder, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt]. *minimum percentage.

Ahh thanks J1, yes I could have gone and looked at the wrapper couldn't I?
I was thinking of creating a black forest slice with chocolate, shortbread chunks and chunks of cherry but I don't know how to get the black forest cherry flavour.
There are dried mixed cherries, cranberries and something else at the supermarket but I don't want the something elses, just cherries and black forest flavoured ones....

Are you looking for a texture like a dried apricot (only cherry flavoured), Helen?

Yes I guess so Griz but not as chewy as dried apricots, more cherry softish.
I love black forest flavour but haven't ever seen semi dried Morel cherries which is ideally what I think I would like.

I haven't seen them in NZ, but dried sour cherries from Middle Eastern food markets have the Morello cherry flavour. I've bought them from BAS in Brunswick, Melbourne, , and you could possibly buy them online from BAS or from iHerb. Make sure you get the stoneless ones.

I don't suppose you'd want to go near those glace cherries, if they'd be suitable? I'm thinking Tasti brand, but I see there's a Homebrand too which is possibly better than Tasti... [www.nzherald.co.nz]

Dried sour cherries such as these? Or are you meaning a very specific kind, TPANDAV?

[www.ceres.co.nz]

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