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Well, my fabulous blog reading pals,
December is in full swing!
I hope you are enjoying life
and all that the holiday season brings with it.
If you feel like passing out cold on your bed because you are so overwhelmed with your TO-DO list…
I would venture to say, you are not alone.
A certain girl with a low singing voice, 5 children and a food blog is right there with you.
Just between you and I…I have yet to purchase a single present as of yet.
18 days and counting.
It will all get done, won’t it?
It seems to each year….so let’s talk about fudge!
If you like creamy fudge, this is it.
If you like dreamy fudge, this is it.
(what it is you dream about when you eat this fudge should be kept to yourself, please.)
If you like a sweet, milk chocolaty flavor in your fudge, this is it!
Oh, I sure do hope you like it.
Eat some when you wake up from your stress induced coma.
Bet you’ll feel better.
Then make some of this for dinner….
it has chicken, and vegetables.
and hardly any sugar,
sugar.
Creamy Dreamy Fudge
Time: 20 minutes + 1 hour to set up
Yield: one 9×13 pan (about 120 one inch pieces)
Recipe from my mom-in-law Jill Eskelson
4 C sugar
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
1 C butter
2 large (4.4 ounce) Hershey Chocolate Candy Bars
1 12 oz package milk chocolate chips
1 7 oz jar marshmallow cream
1. Put the sugar, milk and butter into a large sauce pan.
2. Stir it all together over medium high heat. Bring it to a boil while you continue stirring. Once the mixture has reached a “hard boil” (this means it keeps boiling, even while you are stirring) continue cooking for 5 minutes while you stir.
3. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the Hershey Chocolate Bars, Chocolate Chips and Marshmallow Cream. Mix it well so that all the ingredients are well combined.
4. Pour the fudge into a buttered 9×13 pan.
5. Let the fudge set and cool for about 1 hour. After it has cooled down you can cover the pan with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge. It also freezes really well.
See how creamy and dreamy it looks!
Just a word of caution here.
Fudge dries out pretty quickly, so if you are planning to give this yummy confection away as a gift I suggest you wrap it up tight.
Like this, in some tin foil would be perfect!
Ooh this looks like my kind of fudge–and I am PICKY!! I have made fudge like this and used the almond hershey bars and loved the addition of the nuts–MUCH better than those nasty walnuts lots of other people put in!:)Loves!
I made this fudge and it was amazing! There have been some requests for me to make it with some kind of nuts in it. What would u suggest to use and how much?
This really looks delicious. I wish I was the lucky recipient. By the way, I'm holding a giveaway on my blog for Orglamix Organic makeup and you're welcome to come by and enter. https://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/12/orglamix-organic-mineral-makeup-review.html
seriously one of the BEST fudge recipe i've seen! Kudos to your MIL for such a great recipe!!!
Love your wrapping job too! 🙂
I have yet to start my Holiday baking/candy making. Every day I have set aside to do it has been torpedoed by my delightful children's activities. At the rate I'm going, I'll be spreading peanut butter on saltines on Christmas Eve, and calling them appetizer's! Oh well, your fudge recipe looks delish! I am going to work in some time to whip up a batch! Good luck with your shopping…..I'll be cracking a Diet Coke for you!
Lovely!!!
So creamy!!! I'never made this kind of fusge! this recipe looks amazing! Must try it!
This looks delicious – question. I know this is really hard to quantify and is really subjective, but it sounds REALLY sweet with 4 C of sugar in addition to everything else. My “sweetness preference” is somewhere between a Hershey bar and dark chocolate, maybe a 7 if unsweetened chocolate was 0, dark chocolate 5, and Hershey's were 10. This sounds like it would be a 15! Would you say that's accurate?
And this is no way a criticism.
Unabbievlele how well-written and informative this was.
Hey there June,
Thanks for your question. This is quite a sweet tasting fudge. It isn't a whole lot sweeter than a Hershey Bar, just has a different texture. If you prefer more of a bitter taste you could go for the special dark Hershey, or maybe one regular Hershey bar, and one special dark. Let me know if you try it and how you like it!
~Jamie
Thanks Jamie,
Forgot to ask – how about cutting down on the added sugar? Or is 4C necessary for the texture?
June,
I think you would run in to some trouble if you added less sugar. Pretty sure you need all 4. However, if you try it let me know how it turns out! Good luck!
~Jamie
Thank you! It was wonderful to see you too. There’s no place like home. I think of quiona as about half way between brown rice and couscous. I’ve heard of lots of interesting things you can do with it, but this time I just cooked it in water and I thought it was delicious. Be sure to let me know what you think of it and send me any fun recipes! Love you too!
I like my fudge creamy and dreamy, so this must be the recipe for me! I'm adding this to my candy making plans. I might have to make one batch with some walnuts added (for me) and one without nuts for my hubby. Can't have too much creamy, dreamy fudge!