Old Fashioned Fudge

Old fashioned fudge recipe made with fresh milk and no shortcuts!  This is the classic chocolate fudge of your dreams.

Old Fashioned Fudge

This fudge recipe will change your life.  It changed mine.  I thought I didn’t even like fudge.  Turns out, I’d just been eating the wrong fudge.  Fudge with shortcuts.  Until one day my mom brought over a batch of homemade fudge she’d made from some mysterious recipe.

After years of badgering, I finally got the recipe.  The recipe came from the 1963 McCall’s Cookbook and was called “Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge.”  I rushed to the store to gather the ingredients: sugar, salt, cocoa, milk, light corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and walnuts.  Plus a new digital candy thermometer, for good measure.

Original McCall’s Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge recipe

It’s not hard to make.  All you need to watch out for are the temperatures.  That’s why I picked up a new candy thermometer.  Other than that, it’s smooth sailing.  It cooks all in one pot, then you just turn it out into a prepared pan to set.  Easy!

See how wonderful fudge can be.  Perfect texture, so creamy, just the right amount of crunch from the nuts.  Make it for yourself and watch it disappear, or give it as a gift and make someone very happy.

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Old Fashioned Fudge

Old fashioned fudge recipe made with fresh milk and no shortcuts!  This is the classic chocolate fudge of your dreams.

Course Candy

Cuisine American, American Southern

Keyword candy, chocolate, nuts, walnuts

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Cooling Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes

Servings 14

Calories 269 kcal

Author Katie Moseman

Ingredients

• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans

Instructions

1. Lightly butter an 8 by 8 or 9 by 9 inch pan.

2. In a heavy 3-quart saucepan, combine sugar, salt, cocoa, milk, and corn syrup. Cook, stirring, over medium heat, until sugar dissolves.

3. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, to 234°F on a candy thermometer, or until a little in cold water forms a soft ball.

4. Remove from heat. Add butter, but do not stir. Let cool to 110°F on a candy thermometer, or until outside of pan feels lukewarm.

5. Add vanilla. With a wooden spoon, beat fudge until it becomes creamy and is no longer glossy. Quickly stir in nuts.

6. Turn evenly into prepared pan. Refrigerate, covered, until firm (about 2 hours). With a sharp knife, cut into squares.

Recipe Notes

Serving size equal to 1/8 pound.

Nutrition Facts

Old Fashioned Fudge

Amount Per Serving

Calories 269 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 8mg3%

Sodium 53mg2%

Potassium 107mg3%

Carbohydrates 49g16%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 46g51%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 103IU2%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 33mg3%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

See also this fudge recipe with marshmallow creme!