Cherry Italian Ice or Chocolate Ice
rec.food.cooking/Tom Picciani (1998)

6 cups water
1 cup sugar (you may want to measure heavy on the sugar)
1 1/2 cups finely chopped Marachino cherrys with juice.

Mix and place in ice cream freezer.

You can also substitute 1/2 cup Hershey's chocolate syrup for the cherries.