Our Family Chocolate Fudge Recipe
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Homemade Chocolate Fudge
The holy grail of candy at our house, chocolate fudge. The relatives knew they had been especially good that year, when my mother included some fudge in their cookie boxes.
And she'd been lucky, because this version is temperamental.
Just cocoa, sugar, milk and a few other ingredients. No condensed milk, marshmallow creme or corn syrup. That's what makes it so gratifying and challenging. Needs practice and even then is persnickety.
You'll develop a candy maker's art if you conquer this fudge.
And she'd been lucky, because this version is temperamental.
Just cocoa, sugar, milk and a few other ingredients. No condensed milk, marshmallow creme or corn syrup. That's what makes it so gratifying and challenging. Needs practice and even then is persnickety.
You'll develop a candy maker's art if you conquer this fudge.
Use a Good Candy Thermometer
This fudge needs to be cooked to the soft ball stage, 236 degrees.
Using a thermometer makes this much easier, though the old-time candy makers learned how to determine the temperature by putting a bit of the cooking candy into cold water.
Vintage Chocolate Fudge Recipe
From the Hershey's Cocoa Can
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups whole milk
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Butter the sides of a 3-quart, heavy bottom pan.
- Combine: cocoa, sugar and salt. Add milk gradually, mix thoroughly; bring mixture to a "bubbly" boil on high heat, stirring constantly.
- Lower heat to medium and continue to boil the mixture, without stirring, until it reaches a temperature of 236 F (soft ball stage).Be sure that the bulb of the thermometer is not resting on the bottom of the pan.
- Cooking time is approximately one hour.
- Remove saucepan from heat; add butter and vanilla to mixture. Do not stir.
- Set pan in cold water to hasten cooling. Cool to 110 F (Cooling time is approximately 20 to 25 minutes).
- Beat fudge by hand or with portable electric mixer until the fudge thickens and loses some of its gloss. Beating time is approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
- Quickly pour and spread fudge into a lightly greased 8x8x2-inch pan. Cool. Cut into squares.
Yield: about 3 dozen squares.
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This version has a small amount of corn syrup in it, to prevent formation of sugar crystals that would interfere with the quality of the finished product.
It also calls for half and half instead of whole milk. The fat content of the milk is important as the fudge won't set up if it's too low.
It also calls for half and half instead of whole milk. The fat content of the milk is important as the fudge won't set up if it's too low.
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What's Your Favorite Fudge?
Chocolate or Another?
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LadyCharlie
May 26, 2012 @ 2:04 pm | delete
- I have made this fudge but it's been decades. I will try it again! Bless you *wink*
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mel-kav
May 7, 2012 @ 10:01 pm | delete
- Definitely writing this recipe down. Yum - it sounds like the really sickening sweet kind of chocolate fudge - just the kind I love. I used to have a recipe for that kind of fudge - it sounds very similar to yours - except it called for condensed milk. Don't know what happened to that recipe. So I'm taking yours. Thanks. Can't wait to try it!
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tvyps
Apr 30, 2012 @ 2:20 am | delete
- I don't need the recipe, I'll just send you my address, heck, I'll even pay the postage! ha! Squid Angel blessed for making my mouth water!
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MarcoG
Apr 21, 2012 @ 10:25 am | delete
- Wow - I'm hungry now, lol
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AngryBaker
Apr 20, 2012 @ 1:12 am | delete
- Great Recipe... all that stirring can work off some fudge calories .. Grin
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Cari_Kay
Apr 1, 2012 @ 9:30 pm | delete
- I've tried to make similar fudge but always ends up crystally (is that a word???). As a result, I turn to the easier varieties when I make it but when made correctly, old-fashioned fudge is truly the best!
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Tipi
Jan 9, 2012 @ 9:00 pm | delete
- Returning with a little angel dust to add to your family chocolate fudge recipe...I still haven't attempted to make it but I have good intentions!
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krakensquid
Dec 28, 2011 @ 2:45 am | delete
- Looks delicious! Have got to give this one a try soon, thanks for sharing!
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bechand
Dec 27, 2011 @ 6:47 pm | delete
- yum !
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bloomingrose
Dec 26, 2011 @ 4:21 am | delete
- If your family's famous for their fudge, I want to visit your family. :)
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charlino Dec 24, 2011 @ 4:00 pm | delete
- I haven't had home made fudge in years, and look forward to trying this recipe.
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Pennyseeker
Dec 22, 2011 @ 3:23 am | delete
- Interestingly yummy lens!
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DessertLover
Dec 13, 2011 @ 9:00 am | delete
- Yum, this recipe looks great! My grandpa used to make fudge and it was delicious - I've never been able to recreate his recipe but it's sure worth trying every year :)
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rangiiria
Dec 12, 2011 @ 11:52 pm | delete
- I love the creant texture of fudge and all things chocolate.
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Wbisbill Dec 7, 2011 @ 11:47 am | delete
- I love this lens. I have included it my featured lens section of my site on peanut butter fudge..Thanks. Thumbs Up!
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Jolene_Belmain
Nov 21, 2011 @ 7:46 pm | delete
- Mmmmmm, fudge is delicious. Sounds so good. I am going to try to make some fudge this year for Christmas I think. ~~~~BLESSED~~~~
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nancycarol
Oct 23, 2011 @ 7:48 pm | delete
- The old-fashioned kind you have listed is the same one my family always used for as far back as I can remember. My kids just won't eat the other kind! Thanks for a great lens.
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Swisstoons
Oct 22, 2011 @ 11:08 pm | delete
- Tose are some mouthwatering chunks of delight up there! I think I am drooling on my keyboard. Hahaha
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tokyonights7
Oct 22, 2011 @ 9:51 am | delete
- Mm, I adore fudge! As a kid, I used to buy the maple flavour with my dad every weekend. Thanks for this!
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KarenKay Oct 21, 2011 @ 11:32 pm | delete
- Ooh this looks delicious! I've never made fudge before. It looks surprisingly do-able though, even for a non-cook type like me!
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