Old Fashioned Fudge
Grab your Christmas jammies and red wine - This perfect old fashioned fudge recipe that is as much fun to make as it is to eat!
Ingredients
- 3 C Sugar
- 3/4 C Cocoa Powder
- 1 1/4 C Milk
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Pour sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and salt into a medium sized pot. Set to medium/high heat and stir frequently as you bring the mixture to a slow boil.
- Once a slow boil is reached, ensure that it is a slow, consistent boil and stop stirring (let it sit and cook). Keep an eye on it so that the boil does not become too rapid! Adjust temperature as needed while this boils to ensure that it maintains it's steady boiling pace - this is key! You will allow it to boil for about 20-35 minutes - keep reading to see how to tell if it's done!
- While this boils, measure & set out vanilla and butter so they are prepared to be added later when seconds matter! Also prepare the "pour pan" - grease a large plate or cookie sheet with butter and set aside!
- After about 10 minutes of boiling, periodically begin to check for completion! I use the "soft ball method" - spoon a few drops of the mixture into a cup of cool water and see if you are able to form it into a "soft ball" between your fingers in the water without it easily disintegrating (see picture below). You should test every few minutes until this test is passed. When it is, remove from heat and immediately begin the next step.
- Remove fudge from heat, add butter, and begin beating continuously. Rapidly beat the fudge until it begins to thicken from a liquid to more of a thick fudge (you know this is achieved when you are able to swipe the bottom of the pan and count to 3 before the fudge fills in the space). You may beat the fudge for 10 minutes before it's ready - and it's a bit of an arm workout! if you think it's ready, wait a little bit longer! Better to beat it longer than not long enough!
- When you've determined that the fudge is ready, swiftly beat in the vanilla and immediately pour the mixture onto your greased pan to set (you want to pour it quickly after adding the vanilla so it doesn't lose it's shine)!
- Allow your fudge to set - if it has been adequately executed, it will set within an hour. Use a buttered knife to slice into squares and store in an airtight container!
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal
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