12 Days of Cookies – Fudge

Thursday, December 11, 2008

12 Days of Cookies – Fudge

I know that fudge isn’t a cookie, but, it is a holiday treat, so I’m counting it towards my 12 Days of Cookies (plus I’m starting to panic about getting 12 cookies made by the end of the year).

I’ve never made fudge before and let me tell you, this was literally the easiest recipe ever. A well trained monkey could make this stuff. Heck, even a barely trained monkey could make this. I used the defrost setting on my microwave because I always do when melting chocolate in it. I also stirred it after each minute. I read the reviews on Allrecipes and decided to use some milk and some semi-sweet chips. Use the best chocolate you can find for this. I used Ghirardelli chips. The flavor turned out very good. Hubby doesn’t like nuts in his fudge, so I opted for just plain chocolate fudge.

Fudge – from Allrecipes.com – makes about 36 pieces
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips – I used 2 cups milk chocolate and 1 cup semisweet
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) – I omitted

Place chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter or margarine in large microwaveable bowl. Zap in microwave on medium until chips are melted, about 3-5 minute, stirring once or twice during cooking. Stir in nuts, if desired.

Pour into well-greased 8×8-inch glass baking dish. Refrigerate until set.

My 12 Days of Cookies:
Day 1: Lumberjacks
Day 2: Peppermint Sandies
Day 3: The great Sugar Cookie Debate

Candy and Fudge, Dessert

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13 Responses to “Best Dang Thing EVER Bars”

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HoneyB — September 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm

This is a great post and I love that you and your sister made these together! You know its a favorite when you can make a recipe from memory! Thanks for participating 🙂
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Laura — September 9, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Awesome bars! You and your sister sound like me and my sister, so I loved this post extra for that. Great submission, thanks for participating.
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Colleen — September 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Yum, these look SO good! And fairly easy – I will be making them soon!
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stephchows — September 9, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Love the story that goes with these 🙂 family recipes are the best!
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Katie — September 9, 2009 at 4:18 pm

OH YUM!! Those look so freakign gooooood!!
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The American Homemaker — September 9, 2009 at 5:12 pm

Those look great!!!!!!!!!! MMmmmmm
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Ingrid — September 9, 2009 at 8:01 pm

I suppose if you were fond of chocolate they would be the best dang thing. I’d like the blonde version of this instead. 🙂

You almost make me wish I had a sister instead of six brothers, almost. 🙂
~ingrid
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Sara @ Our Best Bites — September 10, 2009 at 3:46 am

oh my neighbor makes these and they are SO good! Mmmm I’m wishing I had one right about now, thanks for sharing the recipe!

(also glad you enjoyed the taquitos!)
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Justin — September 11, 2009 at 12:07 am

whoa, a whole pack of caramels? this sounds amazing
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madebymel — September 11, 2009 at 12:46 am

Oh.my.gosh! I bet these really are the best dang thing ever! I can’t wait to make these to bring to work!
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Karen - Mommy to four sweeties — September 18, 2009 at 7:09 pm

I wonder if these can be made with a plain chocolate cake mix since I don’t have a german chocolate one on hand.
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Jen — September 20, 2009 at 11:55 pm

I would think any chocolate cake mix would work
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fun size wife — February 25, 2015 at 4:06 pm

These are close to the Pioneer Woman’s Knock You Naked Brownies except for the frosting. Thank goodness chocolate and caramel are legal!