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

9 comments »

8 Responses to “Chocolate chip cookie bars”

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Ingrid — June 25, 2009 at 4:05 pm

I’m totally with you on liking bars over cookies! MUCH easier.
~ingrid
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Kerstin — June 25, 2009 at 10:03 pm

I’m a huge fan of bar cookies, in fact, I rarely make regular ones! They look great!
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Hanaâ — June 26, 2009 at 8:00 pm

I’m with you on the bar thing vs cookies. They look great. I’ve never tried these before. How would you say these choc chip bars are different from blondies?
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Joelen — June 26, 2009 at 8:07 pm

I’m a total sucker for chocolate chip cookies and these in bar form look awesome!
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Melissa — June 27, 2009 at 11:18 pm

Those look delicious! They would make the perfect midnight snack with a glass of milk. 🙂
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oneordinaryday — June 28, 2009 at 11:26 pm

Mmm. Looks good to me too!
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Mermaid Sweets — June 29, 2009 at 2:40 am

I love bars too, same reasons. Sorry I have been MIA, I have been so busy, but it has made me feel so bad not to have time to comment. Happy Birthday, hope the kitchen is going well.
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MunchkinMama — October 15, 2010 at 2:38 am

I found these while surfing around the other day. Made them and LOVED them. Then had a little panic attack when I couldnt find your site. (Do you realize just how many options you get from chocolate chip cookie bars?)
Anyways, thanks so much! 😀