This is the best Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge recipe you are going to find! The perfect balance of chocolate with the creamy melt in your mouth texture you want from homemade chocolate fudge.
Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge
Every year for Christmas my grandmother would make chocolate fudge. It was unlike any other fudge I have even hard. If smooth and cream with this slight grittiness to it, it was always a hit with everyone. Now that my grandmother has gotten older she doesn’t make her fudge so I have taken on the task to try and recreate it.
It failed over and over again because my grandma never has a recipe for anything she makes she just wings it which makes recreating it quite the challenge. Last year my mom and I tried to make three batches of her fudge but not one of them ended up right so I just gave up on making her fudge. I was not going to give up, eventually, I had to get it right!
One day I decided to try and make some fudge-like the kind you find at the base pro shop. Well much to my surprise it tasted nothing like that fudge but it was close to my grandmother’s fudge.
The BEST Chocolate Fudge
Now it still isn’t the same but it is the closest I have ever gotten and the recipe I continue to make. If you are looking for the fudge you get at a fair or bass pro shop then this isn’t the recipe you are looking for. But if you are looking for Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge like you would have found in an old school candy shop this is it!
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How to Store Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge
After making this chocolate fudge, store it in an airtight container in the fridge.
Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge Ingredients
- 20 ounces milk chocolate melts
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge Directions
Grease an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan. Set aside.
In a large heat-safe bowl combine all the ingredients. Place the bowl over a pot of water to make a double boiler.
Bring the water up to a boil, while it comes to a boil keep stirring the chocolate mixture until all of the chocolate is melted.
Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Place it in the fridge for at least an hour. Cut into 1-inch squares.
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Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients
- 20 ounces milk chocolate melts
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons butter room temperature
Instructions
- Grease an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan. Set aside.
- In a large heat-safe bowl combine all the ingredients. Place the bowl over a pot of water to make a double boiler.
- Bring the water up to a boil, while it comes to a boil keep stirring the chocolate mixture until all of the chocolate is melted.
- Pour into prepared pan and let cool. Place it in the fridge for at least an hour. Cut into 1-inch squares.
Comments & Reviews
dee plante says
Thanks for posting this.Ive been looking for a great fudge to make for awhile.Gonna give it a shot.
Phyllis says
My Grandmother always made this type of fudge for Christmas. When finished cooking, set pan of fudge aside on a rack to cool until you can sit the pan in your palm without burning yourself. Beat with spoon until thickens and looses gloss. Have prepared parchment paper that is buttered. Drop fudge out by spoonfuls. Then place a pecan half onto the fudge patty while still soft. Soo good!!!
Carolina says
In the recipe section you have a cup of half and half – what is this?
Stephanie says
it is in the dairy section next to the cream
Juju Jackson says
My mother could make this fudge, my husband could make this fudge, neither used a candy thermometer. For the life of me I have never been able to make this fudge, with or without a thermometer. It’s either hard enough to kill someone with or it becomes an ice cream syrup! 🙁