The Real Flavor Behind Maraschino Cherries - Chowhound

Lizzyhayman/Getty Images You ate them as a kid in Shirley Temple drinks or fruit cocktails, and as an adult, they popped up in cocktails like Ina Garten's favorite whiskey sour or atop your dessert. Yet few know the story of the maraschino cherry or why it tastes the way it does. Simply put, Prohibition forced what were once fancy liqueur cherries to lose their liqueur. In Croatia, once part of Italy, uniquely…