{{Short description|Confection; liquid filling in a chocolate shell}}
{{Infobox prepared food | name = Cordial | image = Cherry cordial (candy).JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Cherry cordial | alternate_name = | country = | region = |creator = | course = | type = Confectionery | served = | main_ingredient = Fruit, invertase, chocolate | variations = | calories = 150 (calories may vary depending on brand) | other = }} A '''cordial''' is a type of confection in which liquid filling is placed within a chocolate shell. A well known confectionery of this type is the cherry cordial (a type of chocolate-covered cherry).
== History == In Latin, “cor” means heart, and cordial refers to a medicine tonic that stimulates the heart and circulatory system. By the 1400s in England, cordial was used to improve digestion and soothe the stomach. In the 1700s, a French confection called “griottes” started appearing. These candies were made with “long-stalked sour cherries in chocolate with a little kirsch.”<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=A History of Cherry Cordials for Valentine's Day |url=https://www.candyfavorites.com/blogs/blog/a-history-of-cherry-cordials-for-valentines-day |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=CandyFavorites |language=en}}</ref> The cordial and griottes cherries made their way to America, where they were combined to create the cherry cordial.<ref name=":0" />
==Process== The liquid center found in some cordials is made using invertase to hydrolyze sucrose in the filling, a process that can take up to two weeks. This makes it a requirement to age the cordials in storage before consuming them to ensure the filling has become liquid. Some fillings include cherry, strawberry, raspberry and blueberry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chocolateuniversityonline.com/tag/invertase/|website=www.chocolateuniversityonline.com|title=invertase archives}}</ref><ref>LaBau, Elizabeth. [http://candy.about.com/od/candyglossary/g/What-Is-Invertase.htm What is Invertase?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406171447/http://candy.about.com/od/candyglossary/g/What-Is-Invertase.htm |date=2015-04-06 }} About.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.</ref>
==See also== * List of chocolate-covered foods * {{portal-inline|Food}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{commonscat}} Category:Confectionery Category:Chocolate-covered foods
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