🍽️ Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Prep Your Cherry Stars Wash the fresh cherries under cool running water, removing any stems or debris. Pat them completely dry with clean paper towels—this ensures your syrup won’t get watered down.

Step 2: The Pitting Process Carefully pit each cherry using a cherry pitter or sharp knife. Take your time here—removing the pit cleanly keeps your cherries looking picture-perfect and prevents any unwanted crunch later.

Step 3: Create Your Cinnamon Simple Syrup In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, and ground cinnamon over medium heat. Stir constantly until the sugar completely dissolves and the mixture becomes crystal clear, about 3-4 minutes.

Step 4: Build the Flavor Base Once the sugar dissolves, bring the mixture to a gentle boil. Let it simmer without stirring for exactly 5 minutes. This creates the perfect syrup consistency that will cling beautifully to your cherries.

Step 5: Cool and Prepare Remove the saucepan from heat and let the syrup cool for about 5 minutes. You want it warm but not scalding hot when you add the cherries to prevent them from cooking.

Step 6: Cherry Integration Add your pitted cherries to the warm syrup, stirring gently to ensure each one gets completely coated. The cherries should be fully submerged in that gorgeous cinnamon syrup.

Step 7: The Fireball Moment Pour the Fireball Cinnamon Whisky over the cherry and syrup mixture. Add vanilla extract and salt, then stir everything together with a gentle hand to avoid bruising the fruit.

Step 8: Container and Seal Transfer the entire mixture into a clean glass jar or airtight container. Make sure your container is large enough that the liquid covers all the cherries completely.

Step 9: The Waiting Game Seal your container tightly and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. For the most intense flavor development, let them marinate for a full 48 hours. Trust the process—this waiting period is what transforms good cherries into legendary ones.

Step 10: Serve and Savor Remove from the refrigerator and serve chilled. These are perfect on their own, but a dollop of fresh whipped cream takes them to dessert-level decadence.