Favorite Fudge???!
Favorite Fudge???
I LOVE baking and I just went to Mackinac Island (they're famous for their fudge if you didn't know) and it inspired me to want to make different kinds of fudge. I've been making chocolate peanutbutter fudge each time I make fudge. Everybody in my family who eats fudge loves it but I want to try a different kind. I figured I should do a survey on what people who ate it liked the best because I don't usually eat it because it's fatty and all that. But what's your favorite kind? Recipes would be nice but if you don't have them that's ok :-) God bless! And thanx so much!!!!
Answers: These are some of my favs!
Million Dollar Fudge
INGREDIENTS
4 1/2 cups white sugar
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
2 cups chopped nuts
1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
12 (1 ounce) squares German sweet chocolate
2 cups marshmallow creme
DIRECTIONS
Butter two 9x9 inch baking pans and set aside.
Place chocolate chips, German chocolate, marshmallow creme, and nuts into a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
In a 4 quart saucepan, combine sugar, salt, butter, and evaporated milk. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, and cook for 6 minutes.
Pour boiling syrup over ingredients in bowl, beat until all chocolate is melted. Pour into prepared pans. Let stand a few hours before cutting.
Best Ever Cheese Fudge
INGREDIENTS
2 cups butter
1 pound processed cheese food, cubed
4 (16 ounce) packages confectioners' sugar
1 cup cocoa
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
DIRECTIONS
Melt together butter and cheese.
Mix in confectioner's sugar and cocoa into the butter mixture. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Spread on two big cookie sheets. Cool. Cut. Store in refrigerator.
Cherry Blossom Fudge
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup evaporated milk
1 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1 (3 ounce) package cherry flavored gelatin
1 cup butter
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup maraschino cherries, halved
DIRECTIONS
Butter an 8x8 inch dish.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine milk, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil and stir in gelatin. Boil 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter, chocolate chips, vanilla and cherries. Pour into prepared pan. Chill 2 hours before serving.
Irish Cream Truffle Fudge
INGREDIENTS
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup Irish cream liqueur
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
4 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur
2 tablespoons butter
DIRECTIONS
Butter a 8x8 inch pan.
In the top half of a double boiler melt the 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 1 cup white chocolate chips and 1/4 cup butter until soft enough to stir.
Stir in the confectioner's sugar and Irish cream until mixture is smooth. Stir in nuts. Place mixture in the prepared pan and lay a sheet of plastic wrap over top; press and smooth top down.
In the top half of a double boiler melt remaining chocolates until soft. Remove from heat and with a fork beat in the butter and Irish cream until smooth. Spread topping over cooled fudge with a knife. If a smooth top is important place plastic wrap over the top. Refrigerate until firm, 1 to 2 hours at least. This fudge can be easily frozen. I like the Fantasy Fudge on the back of the Marshmellow container. I LIKE THE DOUBLE CHOCOLATE FUDGE WIT SOME GUMMY WORMS IN IT!!! chocolate mint NEVER FAIL FUDGE:
2cups sugar
16 lg. marshmallows
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup evaporated milk
1 cup chipits
nuts-cherries etc.
Mix ingredients except for chipits,vanilla and nuts in a 2 quart pan
Cook stirring constantly over med. heat till mixture comes to a boil.
Boil and stir exactly 5 mins. more
Take off heat and stir in chipits till melted
Add vanilla and nuts
Spread in buttered 8x8 pan and cool
Cut into squares
You can use any kind of chipits such as chocolate,butterscotch,peanut butter etc. My kids always loved my peanut butter fudge. It is only five ingredients and is really simple to make.
3 C. Sugar
1 can Evaporated milk(NOT condensed)
1 1/4 C. Peanut Butter
1/4 C. Unsalted Butter
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
In a heavy 3 quart sauce pan heat sugar and milk to a rolling boil stirring constantly, reduce heat to low med and continue to cook to the soft ball stage, stirring occasionally*. Remove from heat and add peanut butter, butter and vanilla. Allow to cool about 5 minutes. Stir the fudge until it begins to thicken.
Pour into a deep dish sprayed with cooking spray(not the floured kind) cut into squares and serve or store. I store mine in an air tight container in the fridge.
* I always use a wooden spoon and never scrap down the sides of the pot. The Million Dollar fudge is awesome and it turns out every time. Fudge can be tempermental so I like a no fail recipe. Since the recipe is already posted I won't do it again. Oreo fudge
vanilla with oreo pieces Since you know how to make fudge, let me suggest only the following flavors:
1) add rum essence
2) whiskey essence
3) chopped glazed cherries
4) cheese cake food flavoring My favorite is the original Mackinac Island Fudge. The following is a recipe straight from "Lee Benning's Oh Fudge: A Celebration of America's Favorite Candy"
MACKINAC ISLAND FUDGE
1/2 C. milk
1/2 C. butter
1/2 C. brown sugar
1/2 C. granulated sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 C. confectioners’ sugar
1/2 C. nuts (optional)
Mix milk, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt in heavy pan.
Cook at medium heat until boiling. Boil exactly 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract and confectioners’ sugar. Beat with mixer until smooth and thick. Add nuts, if desired. Pour into a buttered pan and freeze 20 minutes. Cut into pieces. Makes approximately 1 pound of fudge.
Peanut Butter Mackinac Island Fudge Reduce butter to 1/4 cup and add 1/2 cup peanut butter.
Chocolate Mackinac Island Fudge Use basic recipe, adding 1/2 cup cocoa with the confectioners’ sugar.
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