Chocolate - Coconut - Cherry Creme Fudge

Chocolate - Coconut - Cherry Creme Fudge

Ingredients:
milk, canned, condensed, sweetened
butter, without salt
vanilla extract
spartan, real semi-sweet chocolate baking chips,
cherries, sweet, raw
shortening confectionery, coconut (hydrogenated) and or palm kernel (hydrogenated)

Directions:
Line a 9 inch square pan with foil.
Stir milk& butter in medium saucepan over low heat until butter melts, turn off heat.
Measure 1/3 cup into a small bowl, add vanilla chips, stirring till melted.
Stir in cherries.
Add chocolate chips to mixture in saucepan, stirring till melted, returning to heat if necessary.
Using half the vanilla/ cherry mixture, drop small teaspoonfuls into foil lined pan, leaving spaces between each, Sprinkle with half the coconut.
Spread chocolate mixture evenly on top.
Spoon on remaining vanilla/ cherry mixture.
Sprinkle with remaining coconut.
Refrigerate at least 8 hours or until firm enough to cut into 1 inch pieces.