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Recipes for Fudge

Dreamsicle Fudge

May 12th, 2007

3 cups sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
2/3 cup cream
7 oz. marshmallow creme
1 pkg. (12 oz.) vanilla chips
3 tsp. orange flavoring
12 drops yellow food color
9 drops red food color

Mix sugar, cream and butter into heavy pan and boil until it reaches the soft ball stage on candy thermometer, about 5 minutes. Add marshmallow creme and chips. Mix well. Remove 1 cup of mixture and set aside. Add orange flavoring and food colors to mixture in pot. Stir well and pour into greased 11 x 13 or 9 inch dish. Stir in white mixture and pour on top, then swirl with knife. Chill to cool.

Funky Monk’s Fudge

April 15th, 2007

4 1/2 cups sugar
13 ounces evaporated milk
9 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
9 ounces unsweetened chocolate chips
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
7 ounces marshmallow creme
2 cups chopped walnuts

Bring sugar and milk to a boil. Over medium heat, cook exactly six minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in semisweet and unsweetened chocolate chips, butter, vanilla extract, marshmallow creme and walnuts. Beat mixture until it feels firm. Pour into a nonstick (or lightly buttered or sprayed) 9-inch by 13-inch baking pan. Cool to room temperature.

Refrigerate overnight. To serve, cut into squares slightly bigger than 1 inch (8 rows by 12 rows). Makes 96 pieces.

See’s Fudge

April 15th, 2007

4 1/2 c Sugar
3 pk Chocolate chips (12 oz ea)
1/2 lb Margarine
1 ts Vanilla
1 cn Evaporated milk
7 oz Marshmallow cream
2 c Nuts

Instructions
Mix 4 1/2 cups sugar with one (1) can evaporated milk. Boil 7 to 8 minutes, stirring often. (rolling boil)
Mix together in a large bowl; 3 packages chocolate chips, 7 oz. jar marshmallow cream, 1/2 lb. melted margarine.
Cream margarine and marshmallow together and add chocolate chips.
Pour hot mixture over chocolate mixture.

After chocolate has melted, add 2 cups of nuts and 1 tsp. of vanilla,
blend well, pour into buttered pans and chill in refrigerator. Cut into
squares before firm.

This recipe makes about 5 lbs of fudge.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Given to Amy DeVore by Emma Julian c. 1930, this is “supposedly” the original recipe for See’s Fudge, produced by the See’s Candy Company, Los Angeles. Emma allegedly worked for See’s and later owned her own candy store.

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