🍫 Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge
Old-fashioned chocolate fudge is a rich, dense, melt-in-your-mouth sweet made by cooking sugar, butter, and cocoa to a soft “fudge” stage, then beating it until creamy.
🧾 Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
👩🍳 Instructions:
1. Prepare pan
- Grease a small square tray or line it with parchment paper
2. Cook the mixture
- In a heavy pan, mix sugar, cocoa, milk, and salt
- Heat on medium, stirring until sugar dissolves
- Bring to a gentle boil
3. Reach soft-ball stage
- Let it boil without stirring too much
- Cook until it reaches about 112–115°C (soft-ball stage)
OR drop a bit in cold water—it should form a soft ball
4. Add butter & vanilla
- Remove from heat
- Add butter and vanilla, but don’t stir yet
5. Beat the fudge
- Let it cool slightly (10–15 minutes)
- Beat vigorously until it thickens and loses its shine
6. Set
- Pour into prepared pan
- Smooth the top and let it cool completely
- Cut into squares
🍬 Tips:
- Don’t overcook or it becomes grainy
- Beating is key for smooth texture
- Use a heavy pan to avoid burning
- Add nuts (walnuts or almonds) for extra crunch
🍫 Variations:
- Peanut butter fudge 🥜
- Marshmallow swirl fudge
- Dark chocolate fudge
- Nutty fudge with almonds or cashews
If you want, I can also give you a no-cook 5-minute fudge, a condensed milk fudge version, or a fudgy brownie hybrid recipe 😄
