Cherry Mountain's are my Picky-Picky husbands all time favorite childhood candy and they are nearly impossible to find anymore. Some people call them Cherry Mash.
                         CHERRY MOUNTAIN

These finished candies can sit at room temperature for over a week (if they last that long) but hubby LOVES them COLD out of the fridge. The peanuts provide that wonderful sweet-salty taste and the 2 little drops of almond extract give the cherry flavor just the right boost.
There are several steps to this recipe, but they are all very easy. I hope you try them.

12 ounces of chocolate Almond Bark1/3 cup chopped up cocktail peanuts 2 Tbsp peanut butter1/4 cup butter, softened1 3/4 cup powdered sugar1/3 cup finely chopped maraschino cherries**2 DROPS of almond extract24 mini muffin paper liners Put 24 MINI cupcake papers in a mini muffin pan, then line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Set these 2 things aside.
The next ?do ahead? is chopping the **maraschino cherries. You will want a total of 1/3 cup. Chop them in the food processor until very fine.  Dump them out onto several layers of paper towels and press on them to extract any extra liquid (very important).
Beat 1/4 cup of room temperature butter with 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 2 drops of almond extract (beat until smooth).  Add the chopped (and patted dry) maraschino cherries and mix well. Drop by 1/2 tablepoon measures onto waxed paper a...