Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge Food

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line 8 or 9 inch square pan with foil.
• Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in a heavy 4-quart saucepan.
• Stir in whole milk.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a full rolling boil.
• Boil without stirring until mixture reaches 234 degrees on a candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball.
• Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Do Not Stir. Cool at room temperature to 110 degrees.
• Stir in pecans.
• Beat with a wooden spoon until fudge thickens and just begins to loose some of its gloss.
• Quickly spread into prepared pan.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into square.
• Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Mix in a sauce pan the chocolate, brown and granulated sugars, milk and corn syrup.
• Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Cook, stirring occasionally (to prevent scorching) to the soft ball stage (234°-240°F on a candy thermometer), or until mixture forms a soft ball when a small amount is dropped into cold water.
• During cooking, occasionally wash down crystals from sides of pan.
• Remove from heat, add the butter and let stand until mixture is cool.
• Do not jar the pan or stir during cooling.
• When cool, beat until candy begins to lose its glossy appearance.
• Add the vanilla extract and nuts.
• Pour into a greased 8x8x2-inch pan and allow to cool completely.
• Cut into squares.
• Makes about 1 pound of candy.

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Completely mix sugar& cocoa together in large non-stick pan.
• Add milk and stir'til completely mixed in with cocoa mixture.
• Place over medium heat; stirring constantly bring to a boil and continue boiling and stirring until mixture reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• Stir in butter and vanilla.
• (If desired stir in nuts, now).
• Pour into greased 9x9x2-inch pan.
• Chill'til hardened, cut into desired size pieces.

OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease an 8 inch square pan, or line pan with heavy-duty foil and grease foil.
• In a mid-sized heavy saucepan over a low heat, melt the chocolate with the milk.
• Add in the sugar, corn syrup and salt.
• Stir continuously until mixture is boiling.
• Reduce heat and continue to cook - without stirring - until mixture reaches 230* F on a candy thermometer. (If you don't have a candy thermometer, you will know your mixture is done when a teaspoonful of the mixture forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water.).
• Remove from heat as soon as mixture has reached desired temperature.
• Add in the vanilla essence and the butter, but do not stir.
• Allow mixture to cool in saucepan until it reaches 110* F on your candy thermometer. (If you don't have a candy thermometer, cool mixture until it is lukewarm.).
• Once mixture has reached desired temperature, beat it with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to lose its gloss and starts to thicken (approximately 15 minutes).
• Pour into pan. Allow mixture to stand until cool and hard.
• Turn fudge out of the pan and onto a cutting board and cut into squares.

OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8 inch square baking pan. Set aside.
• Combine sugar, cocoa and milk in a medium saucepan. Stir to blend, then bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer. Do not stir again.
• Place candy thermometer in pan and cook until temperature reaches 238 degrees F(114 degrees C). If you are not using a thermometer, then cook until a drop of this mixture in a cup of cold water forms a soft ball. Feel the ball with your fingers to make sure it is the right consistency. It should flatten when pressed between your fingers.
• Remove from heat. Add butter or margarine and vanilla extract. Beat with a wooden spoon until the fudge loses its sheen. Do not under beat.
• Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Cut into about 60 squares.

OLD FASHIONED FUDGE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, stir together the cocoa powder, sugar and salt. Mix in corn syrup, and milk until well blended. Add butter, and heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Stir occasionally.
• Remove from heat, and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is thick and loses its gloss. Stir in vanilla, and pour into a buttered 9x9 inch baking dish. Let cool until set. Cut into small squares to serve.

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW FUDGE

Steps:

• Combine sugars, evaporated milk and butter in a saucepan.
• Cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil.
• Boil 15 minutes over moderate heat, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and add marshmallow creme and vanilla.
• Stir until the mixture is smooth.
• Add chocolate chips and chopped nuts and stir until chocolate is melted.
• Spread evenly in a buttered 9-inch square cake pan.
• Chill until firm.
• Cut into squares or rectangles, as desired.

CHOCOLATE FUDGE WITH BOURBON SUGAR

Steps:

• Bourbon sugar:
• Preheat oven to 150° or as low as yours will go. Scrape vanilla seeds into a small bowl; stir in demerara sugar and bourbon. Spread on a parchment-lined baking sheet and let dry out in oven overnight, leaving door slightly ajar. Mixture should feel like demerara sugar again in the morning.
• Fudge:
• Line an 8x8" baking dish with parchment paper, leaving a generous overhang on 2 sides; lightly coat with nonstick spray. Heat chocolates in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let bowl touch water), stirring occasionally, until almost completely melted. Set aside.
• Combine condensed milk, butter, bourbon, corn syrup, and kosher salt in a small saucepan; scrape in vanilla seeds and add pod. Heat over medium until barely hot (same as the chocolate).
• Gently stir one quarter of milk mixture into chocolate with a rubber spatula. Add another quarter of milk mixture, stirring to incorporate (it might look broken and greasy; don't worry, it will come back together). Continue with remaining milk mixture in 2 additions, stirring vigorously until fudge is very shiny and almost elastic, about 5 minutes. Scrape into prepared pan and smooth top. Sprinkle with bourbon sugar and sea salt. Let cool, then cover and chill at least 4 hours.
• Turn out fudge onto a cutting board and slice into 2x3/4" rectangles, 2" squares, or triangles.