Perfect Chocolate Fudge

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate or 1/3 cup cocoa
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts, if desired

Recipe

• 1 butter loaf pan (9â€?x 5â€?x 3â€?).
• 2 combine sugar, milk, chocolate, corn syrup, and salt in 2-quart saucepan.
• 3 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved.
• 4 cook, stirring occasionally, to 234 on a candy thermometer (or until small amount dropped into cold water forms a soft ball which flattens when removed from water).
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 add butter.
• 7 cool mixture to 120 without stirring (or until bottom of pan is lukewarm).
• 8 add vanilla.
• 9 beat vigorously and continuously 5-10 minutes with a wooden spoon, until candy is thick and no longer glossy. (mixture will hold shape when dropped from the spoon.).
• 10 quickly stir in nuts if desired.
• 11 spread mixture evenly in buttered pan.
• 12 cool until firm. (then it is ready to cut and serve).