Well Fudge it.

As a little break from making cookies today, I made some fudge…. Cause why not?

So… here’s what you need to make some awesome fudge.:

• 3 Cups sugar
• 3/4 cup margarine (1-1/2 Sticks)
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1 – 12oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 – 7oz jar marshmallow fluff
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

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and put them into a 2-1/2 quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until it comes to a rolling boil, then continue to stir for another 5 minutes while it boils furiously.

Meanwhile, you should have your sous chef prep everything else….

Toss this stuff into a mixing bowl.

Chop up some nuts…

toss those in the mixing bowl also.

Go ahead and toss your vanilla in there as well…. now, you just wait on the stuff on the stove…. by the way.. let’s see how that’s going….

Note, while it’s boiling, and you’re stirring, it’s going to grow… it might be a little foamy on top… and it might try to jump out of the saucepan… so.. you might have to turn the heat down a little bit, while still maintaining a boil.

After it’s been boiling for 5 minutes, pull it off of the heat, add your bag of chocolate chips, and continue to stir for a while longer, until they’re all melted and mixed in…

Note: They won’t want to mix in at first… it seems like step one is for them all to melt and form a blob on the bottom of the saucepan. This blob will have the consistency of a thick drywall mud. The melted margarine won’t want to play nice until the chocolate gets a bit hotter and meltier. (<—not a word, don’t care)

At this point, you can dump the hot stuff in with the cold stuff, and turn the mixer on.

Let it mix for a little while, but be aware.. as you mix, you’ll be losing heat, and making it harder to work with.

After it’s all mixed up, put it in a greased 9x13 pan and try to spread it around semi-evenly.

Now… just let it sit there…. and try to keep your dirty little fingers out of it…. It'll probably take about an hour or so, depending on how cool you keep your house.

Here’s your finished fudge….it’s… awesome.

 

Here’s the deal. You can do whatever you want with this recipe for the most part… don’t like nuts? Don’t use them… Want to add Marshmallows? go ahead. Do it. See if I care. …. Don’t like this kind of chocolate? Use white chocolate. Use orange chocolate. Use dark chocolate. Use bacon grease…well.. bacon grease might not work too well…. but you get the idea.