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Cook's Illustrated tackled the out-of-season cherry conundrum and decided that frozen cherries were an option.  Here are the results of their taste test:

Published July 1, 2010. From Cook's Illustrated.

RECOMMENDED
	Cascadian Farms Premium Organic Sweet Cherries These large, glossy, dark cherries were consistent in both size and appearance—and they tasted as good as they looked, with tasters describing them as “sweet, ripe, and fruity.” Baked in pie, these cherries maintained their texture better than other brands and yielded “pleasantly sweet” cherry flavor.	$3.50 for 10 ounces
NOT RECOMMENDED
	Dole Dark Sweet Cherries Though labeled “dark sweet,” these cherries were bright red, small, and less ripe-looking and sweet than we’d prefer. Above all, the inconsistency in quality from batch to batch was this brand’s fatal flaw.	$4.49 for 12 ounces
NOT RECOMMENDED
	Tree of Life Organic Dark Sweet Cherries Each bag of these cherries contained a selection of random colors and sizes—even the occasional pit. Besides harsh sour notes identified by some tasters, the fruit generally lacked deep cherry flavor, and its mushiness only got worse in a pie.