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How to Make Old Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Fudge

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Take a bit of creamy dreamy homemade old fashioned chocolate fudge and you will be transported to your childhood. Maybe you first tasted chocolate fudge at the country fair or on a trip to Amish country, but why wait for a special trip when you can make the same delicious chocolate fudge right at home in minutes?

Inspired by the Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook

  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 24 squares 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2/3 cup of milk.
  • 2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate – 4 squares of Ghirardelli Bittersweet chocolate 60% Cacoa
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon corn syrup
  • dash of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons of butter for coating the saucepan and the 9×9 pan.
  • (chopped Walnuts optional)

Instructions

  1. Line the 9×9 pan with foil and have the end overlap the sides of the pan. Take some softened butter and butter the foil
  2. Butter the sides of the saucepan.
  3. Over low heat add the 2/3 cup of milk and 4 squares of Ghirardelli chocolate and slowly melt.
  4. Stir in the 2 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoon of corn syrup, and a dash of salt.
  5. Attach the candy thermometer to the side of the saucepan, do not let the tip touch the bottom of the pan.
  6. Cook on medium heat until the fudge reaches 236° F, or softball.
  7. Stir gently off and on until it reaches a soft boil.
  8. Remove from the heat.
  9. Add the 2 tablespoons of butter, and cool without stirring until the fudge is 110° F.
  10. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
  11. Stir fast until the fudged is thick and no longer glossy.
  12. Pour immediately into the prepared pan. Cool.
  13. When cool, remove from the pan and cut into squares. 

Find it online: https://www.craftingafamily.com/how-to-make-old-fashioned-homemade-chocolate-fudge/

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