A Week Of Candy: Fudge

As a cook, I love this recipe. It is easy to fix and is so versatile that you can make any kind of fudge you want. We especially like the chocolate or peanut butter fudge. 

Here is what you will need to make this fudge.

Fudge

• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 stick of butter
• 12 regular size marshmallows
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
• 1 cup of candy chips (chocolate, peanut butter)

Place sugar, butter (cut into pieces), marshmallows (I usually tear them into 4 piece), evaporated milk, and pinch of salt  into a large pot.

 

Place all the ingredients into a pot and stir.

I use organic sugar that is why the mixture looks brown.

Cutting the butter into small pieces and tearing the marshmallows melt quicker.

The butter has melted. Just waiting for the marshmallow.

Almost there.

Starting to come to a boil

Now at a boil

 

When the butter and marshmallows have melted and the mixture has come to a boil, cook for 5 minutes stirring constantly. 

 

While you are waiting for the mixture to boil, pour the peanut butter chips into a glass measuring cup. When you have about 2 minutes left on the boiling time, pop the peanut butter chip into the microwave for about 30 seconds. This will help them melt better when you add them to the mixture after it has boiled for 5 minutes. 

 

When the mixture has boiled for 5 minutes, remove from heat and add the slightly melted chips and vanilla extract then stir. I usually put the pot back over the burner I just turned off to use the residual heat to help combine everything well while stirring. 

 

Melt candy chips in microwave for about 30 seconds to begin the melting process.

After 5 minutes of boiling remove from heat, add the candy chips and vanilla. 

Stir until combined.

The look of the finished product.

Pour the fudge into a smaller size pan or casserole dish, greased with butter or lined with non-stick aluminum foil. 

 

I use a 8" X 11" pan lined with non-stick aluminum foil to pour my fudge into.

The fudge is ready to put in the frig for a few hours.

Set the pan of fudge in the frig to chill for several hours. Remove from pan or foil, cut into bite size pieces. 

 

The fudge removed from pan and foil ready to cut into small pieces.

Cut and ready to eat.

I store the fudge in the frig in the summer, but in the winter I leave a container of it sitting on the counter in the kitchen. It doesn't last long.

 

When I make chocolate fudge, I use 2/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of milk chocolate chips. I'm not a big fan of dark chocolate so I like adding some milk chocolate chips. If you like dark chocolate, just use all semi-sweet. I have made white chocolate fudge by using 1 cups of vanilla chips, which was yummy. You could add nuts to any mixture you wanted. Just add the nuts when you add the candy chips and vanilla. 

 

If you use this recipe, I will promise you will use it again and again. 

 

Enjoying the simple pleasure of the sweet things in life!