Creamy Homemade Chocolate Fudge Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8 inch square baking pan. Set aside.
• Combine sugar, cocoa and milk in a medium saucepan. Stir to blend, then bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer. Do not stir again.
• Place candy thermometer in pan and cook until temperature reaches 238 degrees F(114 degrees C). If you are not using a thermometer, then cook until a drop of this mixture in a cup of cold water forms a soft ball. Feel the ball with your fingers to make sure it is the right consistency. It should flatten when pressed between your fingers.
• Remove from heat. Add butter or margarine and vanilla extract. Beat with a wooden spoon until the fudge loses its sheen. Do not under beat.
• Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Cut into about 60 squares.

AUNT TEEN'S CREAMY CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8x8 inch pan with aluminum foil. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine marshmallow cream, sugar, evaporated milk, butter and salt. Bring to a full boil, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and pour in semisweet chocolate chips and milk chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in nuts and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours, or until firm.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. pan with foil; grease foil with 1 teaspoon butter. Place chocolate chips, remaining butter and marshmallow creme in bowl of a stand mixer., In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar and milk. Bring to a rapid boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 8 minutes. Slowly add sugar mixture to chocolate mixture, beating on medium speed until fudge begins to hold its shape, 3-5 minutes. Beat in vanilla. If desired, stir in walnuts. Spread into prepared pan. Refrigerate, covered, until firm, 1-2 hours., Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Remove foil; cut fudge into 1-in. squares. Layer between waxed paper in an airtight container; refrigerate. , Freeze option: Freeze fudge in freezer containers, separating layers with waxed paper. To use, thaw in refrigerator before serving.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Butter two 8x8-inch or three 5x8-inch pans.
• In a large heavy pot (I use a dutch oven size pot), mix together sugar, milk, vanilla, and butter; stir to mix.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Then let boil for 2 minutes, not stirring.
• NOTE: You need to move quickly during the next couple of steps so have the marshmallows and chocolate squares cut up and cut open the bags of chocolate chips.
• Turn off heat but leave pot on the burner.
• Add marshmallows, quickly stirring until melted.
• Add each chocolate separately in the order listed in the recipe, quickly stirring until melted.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Let cool.
• Fudge tastes better each day --- if it lasts!

CREAMY HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8x8 inch pan with aluminum foil. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine marshmallow cream, sugar, evaporated milk, butter and salt. Bring to a full boil, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and pour in semisweet chocolate chips and milk chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in nuts and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours, or until firm.

CREAMY RICH CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan heat chocolate and milk on low, stirring until melted. Add sugar, syrup and salt and cook to 236 degrees F. Add butter and pour off into a bowl to cool. Add vanilla extract and beat with a paddle attachment until it starts to lighten, lose its gloss and thicken. Pour into a greased 8-by-8-inch pan and let cool. Cut into cubes.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MARBLE FUDGE

Steps:

• Butter rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, or line with aluminum foil, leaving 1 inch of foil overhanging at 2 opposite sides of pan. Heat sugar, milk, butter and cream cheese to boiling in 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat and cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, to 225° on candy thermometer; remove from heat.
• Quickly stir in marshmallow creme and vanilla. Pour 4 cups hot marshmallow mixture over white baking chips in large bowl; stir to mix. Stir milk chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate chips, cocoa and nuts into remaining marshmallow mixture.
• Pour one-third of the white mixture into pan, spreading evenly. Quickly pour one-third of the chocolate mixture over top, spreading evenly. Repeat twice. Swirl knife greased with butter through mixtures for marbled design. Cool until set.
• Refrigerate uncovered about 3 hours or until set. Cut into 12 rows by 8 rows with knife greased with butter. Store covered in refrigerator.

CREAMY DARK CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips and miniature marshmallows with sweetened condensed milk and salt. Remove from heat; stir in nuts and vanilla.
• Spread evenly into wax paper-lined 8 or 9-inch square pan.
• Chill for 2 hours or until firm.
• Turn fudge onto cutting board; peel off paper and cut into squares.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• In a 3-to4-quart heavy-bottomed pan over medium-low heat, stir sugar, cream, and corn syrup, continually scraping the bottom of the pan with a heatproof flexible spatula, until sugar is completely dissolved, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in unsweetened and bittersweet chocolate until melted.
• Increase heat to medium and bring mixture to a simmer.
• Cook, occasionally stirring mixture and brushing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush, until mixture reaches 235 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• Remove from heat and pour into the bowl of standing mixer or large bowl.
• Add butter and vanilla but DO NOT STIR; insert candy thermometer and let mixture stand undisturbed until cooled to 110 degrees, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Line 9-inch pan with foil; (Release foil works great) Lightly butter foil.
• With the paddle attachment of standing mixer or a sturdy wooden spoon beat the chocolate vigorously (on highspeed if using mixer; reduce speed if motor starts to labor) until mixture thickens and loses its glossy sheen, about 5 minutes with a mixer, about 10 minutes by hand.
• Scrap into pan, smooth top, and chill until firm to the touch,at least 2 hours,or up to 1 day.
• Lift foil to remove fudge from pan; cut fudge into 1 inch squares.
• Store cut fudge airtight in the refrigerator up to 1 week.
• To keep longer (up to 1 month) wrap uncut fudge airtight and chill; cut into squares as you want to use it.
• Serve at room temperature.

CREAMY RICH CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan heat chocolate and milk on low, stirring until melted.
• Add sugar, syrup and salt and cook to 234- 236 degrees F.
• Add butter and pour off into a bowl and then add vanilla.
• Allow to cool to approx.
• 120 to 125 degrees.
• After it has cooled, beat until it starts to lighten, lose its gloss and thicken.
• Pour into a greased 8 by 8 inch dish and let cool completely.
• Cut into cubes.

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FUDGE

Steps:

• Butter an 8 inch square baking dish, and set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, sour cream, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil; cover and cook one minute. Stir until well blended. Remove the lid, and without stirring, heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface.
• Remove from the heat, and add the chocolate and vanilla. Do not stir. Set the pan over a wire rack until the mixture cools to about 175 degrees F (80 degrees C). This should take about 15 minutes.
• Beat the fudge with a wooden spoon until it thickens and loses its gloss. Stir in walnuts, and pour into the buttered dish. Spread evenly, then set aside to cool. Cut into small squares.