Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 2/3 dark unsweetened cocoa, i like hershey's cocoa powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 line 8 or 9 inch square pan with foil.
• 2 mix sugar, cocoa and salt in a heavy 4-quart saucepan.
• 3 stir in whole milk.
• 4 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a full rolling boil.
• 5 boil without stirring until mixture reaches 234 degrees on a candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball.
• 6 remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. do not stir. cool at room temperature to 110 degrees.
• 7 stir in pecans.
• 8 beat with a wooden spoon until fudge thickens and just begins to loose some of its gloss.
• 9 quickly spread into prepared pan.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 cut into square.
• 12 store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.