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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17 Responses to “The Power of Pink Challenge!”

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Katie — October 1, 2008 at 12:53 pm

OH MY GOSH JEN! This is SOOOOO perfect!!! I am making pink items for my fundraising giveaways! I’m so entering this. And if you want some free baked goods, feel free to check out my blog and email me about it! 🙂 🙂
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CB — October 1, 2008 at 1:11 pm

I think this is an awesome dedication to your mom and aunts. You know I’ll totally do something. I look forward to all the pinkness this month. 🙂
/Clara
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Kayla — October 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm

This is a great idea and an awesome tribute to the great women in your life. I’m totally going to do this one!
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Jen — October 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Thanks everyone – I can’t wait to see all the pink yumminess that will be coming this way. It’s going to be fun. And Katie – I’m emailing you right this second.
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Megan — October 1, 2008 at 4:19 pm

I had the girls photgraphed just last week! I hope to participate!!!
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Jen — October 1, 2008 at 7:35 pm

Good for you Megan! Hope you can participate.
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Yasmeen — October 9, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Thanks Jen for raising the awareness
I can’t imagine the suffering your mom and aunts had to go thro fighting the disease. Hats off for there courage and optimism.
I’ll sure try to send a recipe in pink.
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Jen — October 10, 2008 at 3:04 am

Thanks Yasmeen. Looking forward to the entry!
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raaji — October 10, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Hi Jen,
My firt time here….Came through yasmeen’s blog….This challenge is something that every women should be aware of and be a part of it……Good luck dear……
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superslush — October 10, 2008 at 7:12 pm

still trying to decide what i want to bake, but im gunna bake something!
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Sunshinemom — October 13, 2008 at 6:32 am

Kudos to your mom for such optimism! Since I do not use artificial food colouring you are really really challenging my skills!! Let me see whether I can come up with something:)
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Jen — October 14, 2008 at 2:59 am

Welcome to my blog Raaji!

Slush – I’m sure anything you make will be delish.

sunshinemom – there are some natural ingredients that are pink in color – goos luck finding something that you can make. I’m entering a salmon dish once I get it written up…
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Kitchen Flavours — October 14, 2008 at 11:41 am

I just you my entry. Please check out.
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Nazarina A — October 17, 2008 at 1:59 am

Even through all her pain, your Mom still had the humor to make others laugh. That just says a lot about her!!! Unselfish and a beautiful soul. Bless her heart!!
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Ivy — October 18, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Count me in. Just found a perfect recipe I made back in summer 😉
Thanks for raising awareness and no woman must suffer mastectomy if they know what to do.
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Bharti — October 27, 2008 at 2:41 am

Hi Jen
First time here. I would’ve been stumped otherwise but i just made something pink a few days ago. Will blog it soon and send it your way. I like how you are trying to raise awareness about this..every little bit helps, good for you.
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Carrie — October 27, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Thank you for the wonderful event! I made some yummy pink whoopie pies!!