page_title: Maraschino cherry
hierarchical_section_title: Maraschino cherry
caption_attribution_description: English: Maraschino cherries
context_page_description: A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. In their modern form, the cherries are first preserved in a brine solution usually containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach the fruit, then soaked in a suspension of food coloring, sugar syrup, and other components.
  Maraschino cherries are an ingredient in many cocktails, giving them the nickname "cocktail cherries". As a garnish, they often are used to decorate frozen yogurt, baked ham, cakes, pastry, parfaits, milkshakes, ice cream sundaes, and ice cream sodas. They are an integral part of an American ice cream sundae. The term "cherry on top" refers to the Maraschino cherries on top of the ice cream sundae. They are frequently included in canned fruit cocktail. Sometimes the cherries, along with some of the maraschino syrup, are put into a glass of Coca-Cola to make an old-fashioned or homemade "Cherry Coke".
context_section_description: A maraschino cherry (/mærəˈskiːnoʊ/ marr-ə-SKEE-noh or /mærəˈʃiːnoʊ/ marr-ə-SHEE-noh) is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. In their modern form, the cherries are first preserved in a brine solution usually containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach the fruit, then soaked in a suspension of food coloring (common red food dye is FD&C Red 40), sugar syrup, and other components.
  Maraschino cherries are an ingredient in many cocktails, giving them the nickname "cocktail cherries". As a garnish, they often are used to decorate frozen yogurt, baked ham, cakes, pastry, parfaits, milkshakes, ice cream sundaes, and ice cream sodas. They are an integral part of an American ice cream sundae. The term "cherry on top" refers to the Maraschino cherries on top of the ice cream sundae. They are frequently included in canned fruit cocktail. Sometimes the cherries, along with some of the maraschino syrup, are put into a glass of Coca-Cola to make an old-fashioned or homemade "Cherry Coke".
caption: Maraschino cherries
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