Chocolate Fudge

Name: Chocolate Fudge
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 3 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet); 1 ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk (one 14-oz can); 3 tbsp butter; 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup walnuts (toasted, chopped)

Dessert · American

6 ingredients · 140 minutes · 16 servings

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305kcal4.4g protein17g fat34.4g carbs~$0.71/ serving*

Contains dairy, tree nut · sometimes contains soy — check the label

Restrictions

Containsdairy · tree nutIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Sometimes contains — check the labelsoy (chocolate chips)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.

Diets

VegetarianPescatarianNo porkNo alcohol · check

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

3 cup	chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
1 ¼ cup	sweetened condensed milk (one 14-oz can)
3 tbsp	butter
1 ½ tsp	vanilla extract
½ tsp	salt
1 cup	walnuts (toasted, chopped)

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

¼ tsp

flaky salt (over the top before it sets)

Steps

Temper6 min
low heat, chips + condensed milk + butter, stirred constantly
melted together gently until glossy and pulling from the pan's sides — low and stirred is the entire technique: chocolate scorches silently at the bottom of a sweet thick mixture, and burnt fudge announces itself only at the first bite
Mix2 min
off heat: vanilla + salt + walnuts
- walnuts
stirred through fast, because the fudge is already beginning to set — the half teaspoon of salt is carrying this dessert; unsalted fudge is the sweetest thing most people have ever quit eating after one piece
Rest125 min
pressed into a lined 8x8, chilled 2 hours
spread into a parchment-lined pan (the flaky salt lands now if using), refrigerated until firm — then lifted out by the parchment and cut into small squares with a hot knife wiped between cuts; small on purpose, because fudge is a candy, not a bar, and it keeps two weeks tinned, which is why it ships in December care packages