Ingredients (14 half-pints)

• 6 cups dark sweet cherries, roughly chopped
• ⅔ cups sifted cocoa powder
• 1 cup lemon juice
• ½ cup classis pectin (not low sugar)
• 13 cups sugar
• ½ cup Amaretto (optional)

Directions

1. Add the cherries, cocoa powder, lemon juice and pectin to a large pot.
2. Set temperature to highest possible and raise to a boil that cannot be stirred down.
3. Add sugar. Stir well. Raise again to a hard boil. Boil for 1 minute.
4. Turn the heat off, add the Amaretto and stir.
5. Fill your pint jars with ¼” headspace. Wipe, lid and ring.
6. Process in a waterbath for 10 minutes.