Black Chokeberries

[ElsieD]

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On a whim, I bought a 2 pound bag of frozen black chokeberries.  Never having eaten them much less cooked/baked with them, I'm at a loss as to what to do with them.  Any suggestions?  Recipes or links to proven recipes appreciated.

[MaryIsobel]

I;ve neverheard of or seen them around here. I'll be interested to see what you find out.

[Katie Meadow]

Research them on line before eating. They can have unpleasant side effects. 

[Tropicalsenior]

I'm not sure if what you have is the same thing that we had on our farm because we called them chokecherries. My mother always made jelly with them. I found this recipe online and by a fortunate coincidence, it calls for 2 lb of chokecherries. We never had them any other way and the ones that we had we're almost inedible fresh. They call them chokecherries for a good reason.

[Katie Meadow]

1 hour ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I'm not sure if what you have is the same thing that we had on our farm because we called them chokecherries. My mother always made jelly with them. I found this recipe online and by a fortunate coincidence, it calls for 2 lb of chokecherries. We never had them any other way and the ones that we had we're almost inedible fresh. They call them chokecherries for a good reason.

They are different species. 

[ElsieD]

@Tropicalsenior Thank you for posting the link, but after some googling, @Katie Meadow is right - they are different from chokeberries.