Delicious, much better than using the standard maraschinos...

I've been playing around with all manner of Manhattan concoctions. I fell in love with Luxardo cherries, and have used them exclusively for a while. And then I started noticing people talking about and really liking these Fabbri cherries.

They aren't quite as dense as Luxardo, which is neither good nor bad. Just different.

I do like the aroma and the taste of the syrup in these cherries better than that of Luxardo. I find that the Luxardo syrup is slightly medicine in flavor -- akin to Robitussin, oddly enough, but it seems this only happens when I use a metal spoon to remove the cherries from the jar. I was given the gift of a dark, wooden spoon with a hole in the middle of the "bowl" by the kind husband of one of the doctors my wife works for. And I've discovered that, using this spoon, there isn't the same medicine flavor from the Luxardo syrup. However, using the metal spoon in these Amarena Fabbri cherries doesn't have that effect. Interesting.

These are also slightly smaller than Luxardos, and the container is smaller, and the price is smaller. So you'll have to do some math to figure out what the better bargain is. But we're not here for bargains, we're here for flavor. This is why we try out all of the gourmet cherries and compare them one to another.

Either brand is fantastic for pretty much anything you'd like to apply cherries to. I like two of 'em in my Manhattans.

I have tried a couple different brands of cherries and these are my favorite. I bought some cheaper brand, but was disappointed in them. These are my favorite so far. You can use them in your cocktails or my wife puts them in her yogurt. I'm sure that they would be good on ice cream as well, or on other dessert items.

This was definitely one of best I've ever had. It's a little expensive but I really wanted to try it and I was not disappointed.

Perfect blend of sweet & tart. Wonderful in a manhattan cocktail!