Easy Chocolate Fudge
Updated Dec. 4, 2020
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4tablespoons (½ stick) butter, plus extra for greasing the pan
- 1pound semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
- 1(14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- ⅛teaspoon salt (optional)
- ½cup chopped nuts (optional)
Nutritional analysis per serving (16 servings)
266 calories; 16 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 33 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 29 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 53 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Butter an 8-inch-square baking pan. Line with parchment or wax paper, letting edges of paper hang over sides of pan.
- Step 2
In top of a double boiler or a metal bowl set over (not resting in) simmering water, combine all ingredients except nuts. Mix just until melted and well combined. (Alternatively, use a microwave on low power to melt ingredients, stopping every 10 to 20 seconds to mix well.) The mixture should be heated as little as possible. Mix in nuts, if using.
- Step 3
Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours or overnight. Lift fudge on paper out of pan and use a large knife to cut into squares.
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People, this is the classic Eagle Brand Condensed Milk Magic Fudge recipe right off the can, although calling for semi sweet chocolate bits. I remember my mother making it when I was a grade schooler, and I'm 82, so you see it's a venerable recipe, and it's delicious. Frankly, I still regard it as defining fudge. A little respect, please, for an oldie but extremely goodie.
Have been making this for years, but with the addition of a teaspoon of vanilla. Sometimes I add some grated orange rind for something a little different.
for fans of fudge this bears as much resemblance as a chips ahoy cookie bears to home baked. If you're just looking for something appallingly sweet with a hint of chocolate this is for you.
Otherwise I'd steer clear because this is only fudge in the mind of someone who grew up in the last 30 years.
i made this last christmas for my grandsons who 'know candy' - they and their parents (my son & wife) declared that this was THE best fudge I've ever made (sent via mail/packed well) so....why bother with a bunch of this & that making fudge...simple and delicious. BTW - isn't fudge; ANY type just a bunch of sugar and chocolate anyhow....like a previous reviewer said: give the guy a break already!
I'm a fan, used half semi-sweet and half milk chocolate chips with toasted walnuts. It was the perfect easy, summer, sweet finish at last Sunday's Family Dinner!
Arggh! I have chocolate swimming in a pool of butter, despite much stirring and scraping. So simple, but really frustrating! I'll go make banana bread and fruitcake instead!
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