What can I do with...

[spinbaby]

…a jar of sour cherries in syrup? They seemed like a good idea at the time, but I can’t really figure out how to use them. I thought at first they’d go well on ice cream, but they’re too, well, liquid—the syrup is more like juice.

[lillypaddle]

1. Over cheesecake or a custard?

They do sound good. Drizzled on chocolate cake?

[Phoenix61]

2. Drain them. Thicken the syrup with corn starch

and put the cherries back in.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Thicken them up and then use warm over ice cream.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Whole wheat cherry pancakes

replace the milk and sugar with the cherry syrup

[Best_man23]

5. Make a Cherry Pie?

[BigmanPigman]

8. I agree...pie is the way to go.

If there are more than one cans.

[spinbaby]

11. That might be the way to go

I think there are enough for pie.

[niyad]

6. Sour cherry fruit soup (a Hungarian favourite). Also a Jewish version.

[PJMcK]

7. Toss 'em?

Just kidding. All of the ideas above will work. Personally, I’d go for the cheesecake!

[OxQQme]

9. Perfect on a banana split..

Just looking at you from the top of that mountain of whipped cream.

[Kali]

10. SEND THEM TO ME!!!!

they are good on ice cream, or just eat them with a spoon.

[northoftheborder]

12. That's what I've always used for cherry pie.

Drain the cherries, add some tapioca, sugar, and almond flavoring to juice, combine with cherries. Fill pie crust, dot cherries with butter, add top crust, sprinkle top with sugar, and bake.

[spinbaby]

13. I'm leaning in that direction

Cherry pie coming up tomorrow morning.

[northoftheborder]

14. Sometimes you can't even find sour cherries in water. Usually around Thanksgiving and Christmas...

...when the old time cooks still make pies.....

[Retrograde]

15. Mix them with an inexpensive vodka

and let sit for a month or so to make an Eastern European style cherry brandy. Or cook them with a cinnamon stick, run through a food mill and add milk or cream or yogurt to make a sour cherry soup. Or use as a glaze for roast duck or pork roast. Or mix with soda water to make a sort of "Shirley Temple" - one of my favorite summer non-alcoholic drinks.

You can thicken the syrup either by reducing it or adding a thickener like corn starch, and use it on cakes, ice cream, pancakes, etc.