For your own house or to give as gifts, homemade candies are a special treat. I remember how my house would gain in the kitchen on cold winter evenings when I was a child to make candy. My mom's beloved was chocolate fudge, my dad's was peanut butter fudge, and mine was seafoam or divinity. We had a black walnut tree over from our home in Southern Indiana. We used them or hickory nuts in our fudge. For you who don't know what a hickory nut is, it is a lot like pecans and we used them in recipes that called for pecans. Like black walnut trees, we had an plenty of hickory trees. One of our activities every fall was picking up hickory nuts to use in our candies, etc. I later, as a mom living surface Indiana, started using mostly pecans. Since I live in Texas now, we have pecans instead of hickory nuts. And my children never cared much for walnuts. In my opinion, just about any nut would be good in this fudge. This chocolate fudge is made with marshmallow creme, chocolate chips, and evaporated milk. My mom all the time made her fudge with evaporated milk and I still like mine that way today. This method is a composition of how my mom made fudge and my own ideas for it. This fudge makes a great candy for yourself or to put in pretty minuscule boxes and give as gifts. Candy is a great gift but don't limit it to Christmas. It is also a great gift for birthdays, mother's day, father's day, etc.
Grandma'S Chocolate Fudge
4 cups sugar
2 cans (5-oz each) evaporated milk
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 pkg (12-oz) semisweet chocolate chips
1 jar (7-oz) marshmallow creme
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp vanilla
Line a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with foil and increase the foil over the edges. Butter the foil and set aside.
Butter the sides of a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Integrate the sugar, evaporated milk, and butter in the saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium-high heat to boiling. Continue to cook while stirring until the mixter reaches the soft-ball stage or 236 on a candy thermometer. This will take 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat. Add the chocolate chips, marshmallow creme, walnuts, and vanilla. Stir hard until the chocolate melts. Spread the composition into the ready pan. While still warm, score the candy into squares. When firm, cut all the way through the squares. Store in refrigerator or a cool place.
Yield: almost 3 1/2 lbs
Enjoy!
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