Bite of the Best

I always cringe when someone serves me a drink or dessert topped with a maraschino cherry, as I dislike foods with artificial ingredients. I’ve always politely removed and put the bright red orb to the side.

So when I was offered a sample of Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino Cherries, said to be the only natural cherries available in the marketplace that are sweetened with pure cane sugar, made with natural ingredients and have no preservatives, artificial colors, artificial flavors nor sulfites, I said sure!

These Merry Maraschino Cherries  have a clean ingredient label containing only cherries, water, sugar, vegetable and fruit concentrate (color), natural flavor, which comes at a price: $6.99 for a 14-ounce jar. But a jar lasts a long time, that is unless you’re making lots of Manhattans, Shirley Temples or  ice cream sundaes.

- bonnie