Miracle Fudge



 I have yet to see a tutorial on Pintrest like this.  I love this recipe for fudge, it is simple, quick and tasty.  At my house we lick the spatula, mixer paddle and bowl.  Warning: This fudge is addicting!  You will want to make several different batches and your friends and family will beg for you to make them more after you give them some as a gift.

 

Milk Chocolate Fudge with Walnuts

Miracle Fudge
Ingredients:
1/4 c Butter
2 1/2 c Sugar
2/3 c Evaporated Milk
10-12 oz Chocolate Chips
6-7oz Marshmallow Cream
1 tsp Vanilla
1 c Walnuts (opt)

For this batch of fudge I used Cream de Menthe chips I'll go over variations later.

1. Line a 9x9 pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
2. Pace Chocolate Chips, Vanilla, and Nuts(opt) in mixer bowl.
3. Put Butter and Evaporated Milk in pan.  Melt Butter.

4. Add sugar.  Make sure to stir constantly to avoid burning.  Bring to a rolling boil.

5. Add Marshmallow Cream, bring back to a rolling boil.  Boil 5 minutes.

This is the color that the marshmallow mix should look like.

If you get brown flecks, turn down the heat.

Do NOT scrape the sides and bottom.

This is what the bottom of the pan looks like, and why you don't scrape the pan ever!

And yes this will be left over after you dump out the marshmallow mix.

It looks like a waste, but will keep the fudge creamy.

6. Pour Marshmallow Mix over Chocolate Mix.  Stir just long enough to make sure everything is Incorporated and smooth.  I always stir the fudge with a spatula before I pour it into a pan.

7. Pour into prepared pan.  You can and I do suggest scraping the mixer bowl. 
8. Let sit a room temperature to cool.
9. Cut and enjoy!

 

 

Variations on a Theme

Replace the Chocolate Chips with different flavor chips such as:

Butterscotch

Peanut Butter

White Chocolate

Mint Chips

Cherry Chips

 

Kool-Aid Fudge

Use White Chips instead of Chocolate Chips and add Kool-Aid to the chips mix.

 

I hope you enjoy this recipe.  I know your friends and family will.  ~Elizabeth

Chocolate Sauce

Have you ever found a recipe that you just had to make?  Then have you lost that recipe?  I pinned a recipe a few months ago for Homemade Chocolate Sauce,  I went to make it today and the page was gone.  I was devastated.  I couldn't believe it was gone, on the brink of tears I started looking for it everywhere.  After some searching I found it on facebook.  Thank goodness I found it on a canning group.  Those ladies sure take care of me!  Well back to the Chocolate Sauce, instead of buying it with all sorts of chemicals I'm intent on making my own.  Here is the recipe.  I have yet to make it but have rave reviews. 

Chocolate Sauce
by Karen...recipe from sbcanning.com

1-1/2 cup water
3 cups sugar
1-1/2 cup cocoa
1 Tbl vanilla
1/4 tsp kosher salt
2 Tbl lite corn syrup

In a med size pot over med heat, bring water and sugar to a boil. Whisk in cocoa, vanilla, salt, corn syrup. Whisk until all of the solids have been dissolved. Reduce the sauce for another 15 minutes until slightly thickened. Fill jars to 1/4 inch head space. Process in water bath 20 min.
WARNING: make sure you do it in a big enough pot because as it is cooking down, it actually cooks up and really expands and bubbles and burns your hand if not careful.
1 batch makes about 4-1/2 pint jars. I made a double batch and got 6-1/2 to 7. I made it with both the dutch process (which the recipe calls for) as well as the regular cocoa. The dutch process gave me a bit more and it is a bit more dark chocolaty. The reg is a bit more milk chocolaty.



After looking at this I'm already looking at way to tweak this and make it my own.  Look for it in the future. =)  ~ Elizabeth