Maraschino Cherry
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- ✓You want sweet character in your drink.
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- ✗A substitute better matches your flavour goal.
What is Maraschino Cherry?
Maraschino cherries are cocktail garnishes used in classic drinks, sours, Collins-style drinks, tropical cocktails and dessert-like recipes. They add visual colour and a sweet cherry accent, especially in finished drinks.
What does Maraschino Cherry taste like?
Sweet, glossy and cherry-like, with a candied fruit profile. Maraschino cherries pair well with whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, citrus, cola, cream, chocolate and tropical fruit drinks.
Maraschino Cherry profile
Best used for: creamy cocktails, sours, refreshing drinks, tropical drinks
- Appears in 46 recipes
- Works in both cocktails and mocktails
- Has 3 common substitutes
Best For
Best With Maraschino Cherry
Drink Profile
Best for
- Mocktails
- Best with whiskey
- Best with brandy
- Best with rum
Substitutes & similar
Possible substitutes for Maraschino Cherry
Substitutes
How to swap Maraschino Cherry
When replacing Maraschino Cherry, match the role it plays in the recipe. Check whether it adds strength, acidity, sweetness, bitterness, aroma, garnish or texture before choosing a substitute.
When to choose it
When to choose Maraschino Cherry
Choose Maraschino Cherry when its role fits the recipe: base, modifier, sweetener, acid, garnish or texture. Check related drinks before swapping it with a similar ingredient.
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Do not choose Maraschino Cherry when...
Do not choose Maraschino Cherry only because it sounds similar to another ingredient. Check its sweetness, strength, texture and recipe role before substituting.
What it is
What does Maraschino Cherry do in drinks?
Maraschino Cherry is a Garnish used to adjust flavor, texture, aroma or balance. Its role depends on the recipe.
Drink counts and recipe data are based on published WhatDrink recipes. Figures may vary as new recipes are added.