Good old-fashioned fudge! It'll take care of your sweet tooth and chocolate cravings all at once.
Chocolate Fudge
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 64
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 1/3 cups milk or half-and-half
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate or 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with butter.
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Step2In 3-quart saucepan, cook sugar, milk, corn syrup, salt and chocolate over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved. Cook, stirring occasionally, to 234°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water; remove from heat. Stir in butter.
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Step3Cool mixture without stirring to 120°F, about 1 hour. (Bottom of saucepan will be lukewarm.) Add vanilla. Beat vigorously and continuously 5 to 10 minutes, using wooden spoon, until mixture is thick and no longer glossy. (Mixture will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon.)
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Step4Quickly stir in nuts. Spread in pan. Let stand about 1 hour or until firm. Cut into 1-inch squares.
Nutrition
70
Calories
2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 15
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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