Grandma's Fudge Recipes

These are ranked in order of delicious-ness. They are recipes directly from Jason's Grandma Squires, who is one of the best candy makers I know. OK, she is also one of the ONLY candy makers I know- but she is still amazing. Aside from the last one, I haven't made these myself- but I do plan to one day, and they are certainly worthy of my list.

Old Fashioned Fudge (Cooked)
A little more iffy, but still the best according to Grandpa!

2/3 cup cocoa
3 cups sugar
1/8 t. salt
1 1/2 cups milk (half evaporated makes it creamier)
4 1/2 T BUTTER
1t vanilla.

Combine cocoa, sugar salt and milk; bring to boil stirring frequently, cook to 234 degrees on candy thermometer, or soft ball stage. Remove from heat, add butter, cool to about 110; add vanill, nuts if you want, beat until thickens. Pour into buttered pan and cut into squares. MUST USE BUTTER.

SEE'S Fudge

41/2 cups sugar
1 12oz can evap. milk
2 cups choc. chips
8oz marchmallow creme or 8oz mini marshmallows
1 cup of butter or margarine.

Bring sugar and milk to full boil and boil ten minutes. Turn heat down enough to contine hard boil, and use whisk to stir, because it scorches easily. Remove from heat and add chips, marg., marshmallows, and nuts if desired. Pour into buttered 9x13 pan.

Creamy Fudge
Not quite as good as SEE's, but lots easier and still yummy.

3 cups semi sweet choc. chips. (I use some milk choc. ones. not quite as chocolatey)
1 140z can sweetened condensed milk
dash of salt
1 1/2 t vanilla
1/2 cup nuts.

Melt choc. Add mild, salt, vanilla, and nuts. Stir until smooth. Spread in waxed paper line 8x8 pan, chill 2 hours. Turn out, cut into squares. Store tightly covered.

And here is one more that I made in Culinary Arts that is better than the sweetened condensed milk version but not as much work as a few of the others:

Microwave Fudge

1/2 C. butter
3/4 C. cocoa
4 C. powdered sugar (yes, it's a lot)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 C. evaporated milk
1 C. walnuts or whatever

Melt the butter in the microwave, add sugar, cocoa and milk, alternating and stirring. Then add in the vanilla, microwave one more minute, stir, fold in nuts.