How to Make Chocolate Cherry Jam

This is one of our top 5 favorite jam recipes to make. It's got chocolate, which makes it awesome. It's a perfect blend of fruit and chocolate to add to your toast and other desserts and pastries. And yes, even eating off the spoon.
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Ingredients
6 cups chopped pitted dark sweet cherries
6 Tablespoons Pectin
1/4 cup lemon juice
6 cups sugar
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
Instructions
Fill the water bath canner with water (to give the jars water 1 inch above the jars. Start heating the water while you process the cherries.
Wash the cherries.
Remove the stems, pits and cut the cherries into small pieces (rough chop).
Place the cherries and lemon juice and pectin into the Dutch oven.
Stir to blend the pectin and lemon juice evenly through the cherries.
While the cherries comes up to temp, mix the cocoa and sugar into a bowl. This will make it easier when it's time to add and the cocoa will mix in to the cherries easier.
Bring the mix to a boil over medium heat.
Stir to keep the mix from burning.
Add the sugar/cocoa mix and stir until the sugar melts.
Bring to a rolling boil, stirring to keep from boiling.
Stir the mix for a minute while it boils (rolling boil is a boil you cannot stir down). Stir. Stir. Stir.
After a minute of hard boiling (and constant stirring), remove from heat.
If there is a foam on top, you can remove before ladling into jars.
Place the funnel on the jar and with the ladle, fill the jars, leaving 1/4" head space from the top.
Clean the top of the jar with a clean wet towel.
Place a seal on the jar and flinger tighten.
Place the jars in hot water in the water bath canner.
Repeat filling each jar and placing into the water bath canner, water should be 1" over top of jars.
Bring the water bath canner water to a boil and water bath jars for 10 minutes.
After the time is up, turn off the heat and allow the jars to sit for 5 minutes.
Remove the jars and place on a towel.
Cover the jars and allow them to cool for 12 hours.
Check to ensure they have sealed. Label and date the jars.

[@ReginaSober]

Get a printable recipe here: eattravellife.com/cherry-chocolate-jam/

[@thechiefcook.]

Wow I know that chocolate cherry jam taste delicious 😋

[@AndrewsSimplecooking]

Now this is my kind of Jam with chocolate what a brilliant idea and such an easy to follow recipe a must try for sure

[@ReginaSober]

Thanks Andrew. It is really delicious.

[@ikichannelhiburan]

Terima kasih untuk resepnya

[@ReginaSober]

You are very welcome