I want to make delicious fudge
But all I can make is fudge soup
I love fudge!
Creamy chocolate peanut butter is my absolute favorite! I have a recipe that makes it perfect. Not too sweet, not too chocolatey, just the ideal blending of flavors, and so smooth. Maybe you have the same one as I do, it is the recipe from the Hershey's cocoa can, then you add peanut butter with the regular butter.
I am almost 64 years old, so you know I have had this recipe for a very long time. Unfortunately, my success with it is not impressive. I swear the recipe was created by the devil himself. It is more touchy than a porcupine in a minefield. If not for the few times I have created this masterpiece, I would have chucked it and gone on with life. But, the victories are so delicious!
Usually, I end up with chocolate peanut butter soup
It tastes ok but somehow a spoon of fudge just doesn't fulfill my cravings. The cost of ingredients makes tossing it impossible so I have found ways to use this fail besides eating it by the spoonful. As an ice cream topping it is not bad and, if it's really soupy, adding oatmeal turns it into no-bake cookies. Tasty but not what my tastebuds want.
Chocolate peanut butter soup is not the only way this fudge defeats me. I have over-cooked or over-stirred it and created something that resembles freshly turned dirt.
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It is flaky and does not taste good, in my opinion. I usually end up with soup, but when I create this mess, it does go to the trash.
In all my years of making fudge, my record stands at 4 successes and 100+ failures. The jealousy in my eyes is evident when a friend boasts about how perfect theirs has turned out.
Do you have a favorite flavor of fudge?
Can you share your recipe?
If so, please know my green eyes are looking at you!
Written by Cindy J. Smith
Sorry, but your failure made me laugh. I'm not the best cook and my attempts at baking often end up in the garbage can, so I can also feel your frustration.
ReplyDeletePeanut butter is not my favorite so I never tried this no bake recipe that my daughter gave me, you might want to give it a try:
Melt sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips in the microwave
Add peanut butter.
Spread into a foil-lined 8×8 tray. Top with desired toppings (pecans, walnuts, peanut butter cups, more chocolate).
Refrigerate until set.
Lift out of the tray with foil and cut into squares.
Good luck with your next attempt!
thanks that sounds like it might be a success for me!
DeleteFudge soup sounds yum
ReplyDeleteIt is sometimes
DeleteFudge soup sounds yum
ReplyDeleteI never tried to make fudge, but it seems quite a challenge. The best way to learn something new is by trial and errors. The success of a recipe lies on quite many variables rather than just ingredients and proportions. It's a combination of temperature, humidity, and many other boundary conditions that can influence the result. I had once a book about the chemistry in the kitchen, and it was explaining how following a recipe might not be enough. You keep trying, and I am sure you will find the perfect conditions to make a great fudge. I had the same problem with bread. It took years of trial to get to the point of baking soft and spongy buns.
ReplyDeleteI love baking bread! Fudge is just a bit too picky for me.
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