Chocolate-Covered Cherry Bars - Vintage Dish & Tell

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 square unsweetened baking chocolate, (or 3 tablespoons of cocoa combined with 1 tablespoon of shortening)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 36 maraschino cherries, (dried well)