Friday, December 19, 2008

Christmas Fudge

If I could, I would show up at your front door with this:

But alas, most of you live too far away, and they haven't invented "beam me up, Scottie" transportation yet. So I suppose you'll just have to settle for the recipe.

Chocolate Fudge
-3 cups sugar
-3/4 cup margarine
-2/3 cup evaporated milk
-1 package/12 oz./2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
-1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow creme (it works best with Kraft brand)
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1. Stir together margarine, sugar, and milk in heavy 2 1/2-3 qt. saucepan. Bring to a full boil, stirring constantly. Boil 5-7 minutes over medium heat, or until candy thermometer reaches 234*, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat.
2. Gradually stir in chocolate until melted. Add remaining ingredients, mix until well-blended.
3. Pour into greased 13x9 pan. Cool at room temperature.

This recipe is hands-on for a good 15 minutes, and it's a bit of an arm workout with all the stirring, but it's totally worth it.

10 comments:

  1. mmmm, looks delicious.
    thanks for the recipe. i'm definitely making them.
    merry christmas!

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  2. Looks so good! I see you made the Mint Chocolate Cookies - we've made a couple batches all ready!

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  3. You are AMAZING!!! Kaia says the pink ones look the best; I would take any of them. =)

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  4. Looks yummy Jess! I wish we could have shared treats with you this year also. We miss you guys!

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  5. You do make the best treat plates. I love the seven layer cookies the best. It's a good thing you can't really deliver those because I would probably end up cheating on my diet.

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  6. This almost makes me want to move to Texas. Almmmoooost. AND congrats on the girl. I like us females... :)

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  7. That looks so YUMMY!!! But your Christmas card was certainly a nice substitute!!!!

    ((hugs))

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  8. Looks delicious. Our house has already gone through two double batches of fudge. The other ones look good too!!

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  9. Mmmm. Come back East with that! ;)

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