Chocolate Fudge

Name: Chocolate Fudge
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 64
Ingredients: 4 cups sugar; 1 1/3 cups milk or half-and-half; 1/4 cup corn syrup; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate or 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa; 1/4 cup butter or margarine; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts, if desired

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Prep 25 min
Total 1 hr 25 min
Servings 64

Good old-fashioned fudge! It'll take care of your sweet tooth and chocolate cravings all at once.

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated October 27, 2009

Ingredients

4 cups sugar
1 1/3 cups milk or half-and-half
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate or 2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts, if desired

Steps

1

Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with butter.
2

In 3-quart saucepan, cook sugar, milk, corn syrup, salt and chocolate over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved. Cook, stirring occasionally, to 234°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water; remove from heat. Stir in butter.
3

Cool mixture without stirring to 120°F, about 1 hour. (Bottom of saucepan will be lukewarm.) Add vanilla. Beat vigorously and continuously 5 to 10 minutes, using wooden spoon, until mixture is thick and no longer glossy. (Mixture will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon.)
4

Quickly stir in nuts. Spread in pan. Let stand about 1 hour or until firm. Cut into 1-inch squares.