Mamaw’s Old-Timey Fudge - Old Fashioned Recipe - Twelve Days of Christmas - Day #6
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- Mamaw’s Old-Timey Fudge
3 cups sugar
2/3 cups Hershey cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
12 ounce can evaporated milk
1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup pecan pieces, optional
Line an 8x8 inch dish (or smaller) with foil and butter the foil. Set aside.
In a large heavy - bottomed sauce pan (at least 3 quarts), whisk together the sugar, cocoa, and salt. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the evaporated milk and turn the heat on medium high.
Once the sugar and cocoa have dissolved, put a candy thermometer in the candy and begin boiling the mixture. Once it comes to a boil, stop stirring! Reduce the heat to medium and let it gently boil until it reaches 235°. This will take approximately 12 to 13 minutes. 
When it reaches 235°, add the better and vanilla without stirring and remove it from the heat. Do not stir! Allow it to sit undisturbed until the temperature drops to 115°. Then add nut if you were adding them. Beat the fudge with your wooden spoon for 2 to 3 minutes or until it loses its glossiness. As soon as the shine disappears, pour it immediately into your foil lined 8 x 8” dish (or smaller if you want thicker fudge) and gently spread it. Allow it to cool completely and harden. Cut with a sharp knife.

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I agree you definitely can mail this type of fudge. My husband was on Navy Wes Pac, which means their gone for 6 months or longer. He was gone for Christmas. I decided since he wasn't with us. I'd send Christmas to him. I baked all the cookies and candies I normally did every Christmas. I put all of the candies and cookies in ziploc bags and then into sealable containers. He got it all about a month later. He said everything was fresh tasting and yummy. The guys on the ship found out what he got in the mail, and to this day, I laugh. My husband traded those treats for guard duty shifts and chores! He told me he missed us, but what I sent him helped him get through not being with my sons and I for Christmas. Wanna laugh? Toilet paper was a hot commodity on ships. The ship always ran out. I sent him a 24 pack of TP, and he guarded that toilet paper big time! 🙂🦋
My mama never used a wooden . She used a regular spoon. No thermometer, just the water thing. The fudge was poured on a big serving platter to cool. It was the best grainy fudge I ever had. That pot and spoon never had a chance with me. Lol
Mom didn't have a candy thermometer for years, but she always made lots of candy for the holidays. She always used the soft ball stage method, dribbling a little of the chocolate mixture in some cool water to form a small soft ball
I still do the drop in the water because my mom did.
I do the same thing, my Aunt Dot’s recipe says cold water, I stick it in the freezer while cooking the fudge.
We made this as kids. Soft ball stage. Sometimes it turned out other times not. 😅😂🤣 When it didn't, we just ate it from the pan with spoons. 🥄
this is how I was taught by my grandmother and still use it today
My mom too!
I remember this recipe from my childhood. Evaporated milk was always called Pet milk in our family. I recently sent my grandson in the store to buy some Pet milk. He was looking in the aisle where they have pet (animal) food. He finally called me and asked me if I knew what aisle it was on. 😂
Someone gave me a recipe for fudge and she said use Pet milk and I looked and looked for it and finally found some😊
Yes, the recipe was on the can of cocoa, my brother-in-law made this for us. 60 years ago. He used a metal spoon we didn't know about wooden spoons then. LOL He didn't use a candy thermometer. He dropped little drops in cold water and tested it till it came to a softball stage. Oh and he used a large cast iron skillet that was all we had. Brings back memories of when we lived back in Kentucky.
Yes this recipe was on the can of cocoa from when I was a child. My mom always poured it on a buttered platter as well.
My mom made it every Friday night with popcorn.
What memories 😃 thank you 🙏
As a newlywed back in the late 60s, I tried making this fudge, and had no idea what I was doing. With no candy thermometer, I tried doing the "soft-ball stage". It ended up so rock hard, my husband drilled a small hole in it, and then proceeded to hang it on the wall, chuckling evilly the whole time. I may have to try this again, WITH a candy thermometer. Yours looks absolutely wonderful!
I did similar when I first began making this fudge. It was either rocks or soup! Now I have it down. I do not have a candy thermometer....get to soft ball stage.
This was one of the first things I learned to cook as a child. I have never used a candy thermometer, I just always did the soft ball stage in cold water. It's been so many years since I made this, I'm scared to try it now without a candy thermometer 😬.
Never heard of a candy thermometer way back then and did the soft ball stage. As Soon as it came to that soft ball dropped in COLD water, I'd add the vanilla, remove it, and quickly beat it JUST as the gloss became SEMI - GLOSS AND IMMEDIATELY put in pan and spread. By the time the semi - gloss is gone AND GOES DULL, it's already too late and can start to harden in the pan. IT IS NOW A ROCK!! 😂 That is no fun to try and clean!. You need either an ice pick or hammer and chisel 😂 This is THEE ONLY fudge I like besides the Original Mackinac Island or Murdock's Fudge.😊😊 AND yes, I'm a Michigander😅
My mom and I used the same cocoa fudge recipe, it was great.
Your husband and mine would so get along!😊
This fudge holds up better than the new fudge recipes!
I love homemade fudge! My only problem is I love it too much!
My grandmother and mother made this. I was born in 1969, so they made it before that. My grandmother was born in 1905 and my mom in 1935. They cooked for years. I loved this fudge.
Tom, as my daughter would say, "You weren't spoiled, you were well loved"! Love your videos.
I remember making this fudge on my wood cook stove back in the 1980s in the woods of Maine. I got my recipe from a story in Guideposts magazine entitled "Mamaw's Peaceable Fudge".
The story was about a girl who was bullied at school and her Mamaw taught her how to make this fudge. The girl gifted it to the bully and he never was mean to her again. I loved the story and the fudge. Thanks for reviving that memory.
LOVE TOM'S STORIES. LOVE THAT HE OFFERS MELISSA THE FIRST BITE SUCH A LOVING COUPLE
I learned at my Aunt Pat's and Aunt Alma's side to make fudge. They put it out on 2 buttered plates. Sometimes we even called it plate candy. ☺ I'll bet your grandmother did the soft ball test in water since she didn't use a thermometer. My aunts did the water test, and I do, too. 😉 I think I'll try your method. Never hurts to compare and possibly learn something new, huh. 😊 Mother had yellow Formica counters, and when I was really little, she had the yellow Formica topped table with yellow plastic covered chairs. That must have been all the rage in the '50's and early '60's. 🥰
THE best fudge recipe around! Thank you for all of your recipes and videos.
My mom had the same table and chairs, but my aunt Orman had red chairs
Or late '50s.
We had those yellow chairs and table too - with chrome legs. My mom did the cold water test for soft ball stage.
That's the kind I like, a firm fudge. We would go visit grandma and grandpa in Michigan and have a fudge cook-off, every night someone different would make a batch. 😂
I have the original recipe off of the cocoa can. It calls for regular milk instead of evaporated milk. We add walnuts and about 1 cup of peanut butter. I also use my electric mixer to mix it then pour it out on a buttered platter. Never used a thermometer, just did the soft ball drip into cold water. It’s the best fudge ever.
Yes, that's what I remember!
This is the fudge my grandma made. We lived in WV also, Tom. She didn’t use a thermometer, she had a cup of cold water that she would drop a little of the candy mixture into the cold water until it formed a soft ball. And she too poured the fudge onto a plate and of course the edges of the candy were thinner than the middle pieces. Brings back great memories. Thank you!
The soft ball stage was putting a drop of the fudge in cold water and the drop would stay in the ball stage. If not ready the drop would flatten out in the water. My mom made this fudge, it is wonderful!( No marshmallows, just sugar, cocoa and milk.) My Mom didn't use a candy thermometer. Thanks for bring back so memories.
We love how food connects us to such sweet memories. Thank you so much for watching our channel and have a very Merry Christmas!
I have a Hershey's Cocoa cookbook, but the fudge recipe is nothing like yours. I need to try this recipe ASAP. Loving your 12 days of Christmas.
My most favorite sweet is fudge. As a child we lived in the country. No stores around for miles. Mother made hokey picky. Fudge. Popped corn. Toffee. Marshmallow biscuits. She could cook. An amazing mum. Raised nine children. We can all cook well. Granny and mum both cooked similar to you Tom. It brings back lovely memories. Thank you. 😊😊❤❤
What is hokey picky? I’ve never heard of it.😊
@@cperm1 I'm sorry. That was a miss spell. It's Hokey Pokey. 😆 My spell check sometimes goes on holiday.
@@alisonpovey1234 😂😂😂 I sooo understand! It happens to me all the time.
This is the fudge my Mom made us !!
My mom made this & poured it in a white oval shaped platter. The candy on each end of the buttered platter was really thin. My favorite pieces. Thanks for the memories ❤
My mother used to make a version of this fudge. She never used a candy thermometer just eyeballed it by dropping tiny amounts into cold water until it formed a soft ball. Then she would pour it onto a buttered plate to cool. It never lasted long in our house, but I remember it was wonderful.
Grandmas are special aren’t they ,I miss my grandma and mother very much so much more at the holidays.❤❤
My sister would make this fudge when we were young, and did not have a thermometer, she would boil for a while ,and then drop a spoonful into a glass of cold water. If it made a soft ball when dropped, she then added the butter and vanilla. Then proceeded with the cooling and beating steps. I had an aunt that would also make this for her family, and as a treat would pop popcorn and serve along with the fudge.
The good kind, old fashioned
We always call it Carnation milk too 😊 And I remember the metal cocoa can with round lid. Good memories! Thank you for sharing your yummy recipes and the great videos.
In those days it was always Coke, Kleenex, and Carnation, no matter what brand it was! I loved those days. Simpler, easier, more fun. No cell phones or computers, or microwaves. Real food, real people.
I made thing when a teen :) 65 now. Loved it. Years ago I looked will over for the recipe. Took over a year to find it . Talk about a step back in time.
In the olden days they dropped a small portion of the mixture into a cup of cold water, if it stayed together and could be formed into a ball, that was the soft ball stage. Worked every time!
My sister is 4 years older than me and she taught me how to make this fudge when I had to stand on a chair! Good times and great memories!
This brings me back to my Gram’s fudge. She would cook it on the stove, pour it on a granite countertop, and my grandfather would fold it with a paint scraper (only used for fudge) until the shine went away. It was delicious!
I can see that in my mind based on your description! Thanks for sharing your story! Have a very Merry Christmas!
Oh my goodness. Grandma buttered a plate, too. I had forgotten that. And she drop a little of it into cold water to check if it was soft ball. Thanks for the memories
This is how my Dad made the Hershey Cocoa Fudge when I was a kid. Friday nights, fudge, western tv shows, all the warm and fuzzy memories I so cherish when I think of the old time cooked fudge. Thanks for keeping this recipe alive and well. We and I still do, call it canned milk. No thermometer was ever used, just the soft ball test.
Carnation milk…that’s funny!! Our family, as long as I can remember, has always called evaporated milk “pet milk”!!🤭 and we’ve used Pet brand in all recipes!! Love long family traditions! ❤️🥰
My mother made this a lot when I was a child and she used a metal spoon and tested its temperature with a glass of water. It was delicious! She was 95 wren she passed and has been gone for eight years…I, too, would love to make it with her today❣️
Do you have a cookbook? I’ve been watching you for a bit now, and you have some amazing recipes.
If you will rub butter around the top of your pan the fudge will not boil over
I’m 73 years young 😂 we got the recipe off the coco box we didn’t have a wooden spoon, candy thermometer we did put lots of butter on the plates we poured it on the best candy ever my daughter ask me recently to make her some mom always used Pet milk not sure they even had Carnations milk back then brings back lots of good memories yummy ❤
My grandma never used a candy thermometer. She dropped a little in ice cold water. Until it was the soft ball stage. It always worked out great. She also made the best divinity.
We didn't have candy thermometers. We used a cup of ice water. Drop in about a 1/2 tsp of the fudge mixture and use your fingers to form into a soft ball if it has cooked enough. Still do it that way.
So excited! I remember my grandmothers making fudge. They cooked the one with marshmallow cream. This one looks like that old fashioned fudge everyone made back in the day, and you made it seem so easy. I agree, about the wooden utensil. This is a guess, but sometimes I feel some metals react with foods. I guess when they say food is a science, that may be just one of the reasons. Plus, using metal will retain or change heat temp. All I know is what grandma did and said, you don’t question. 😊 same here. I grew up with one grandma referring to evap milk as carnation, the other as Milnot.
Y’all are amazing. The only problem is ..we’re unable to reach in the tv to taste test. 😂lol. I mean…being unable to lick that pan, brutal. 🙇🏻♀️😂
Have a blessed day.
My mom always used a buttered platter. She also use cold water to drop candy in to see if it was softball stage.
My mom made this recipe from the Hershey can too. She used the soft ball method too. Delicious. Thanks for the memory.
My Memaw used a big old heavy platter for her fudge too. I'm an old Gamma now and the plate is one of my most treasured pieces.
grandmas just know when it looks right!!!
When I would mess up our pan of fudge, the kids and I would just get a small spice bowl, scoop some into it and heat it in the microwave for a short time to semi-melt it and then enjoy! Like my mother before me, I do the softball method. Oh, and having lost track of the old metal Hershey's Cocoa tin that my mother always had throughout my childhood, I got on ebay and purchased two vintage tins - one still was almost full. Both tins have the fudge recipe and the hot cocoa recipe on them. I'll be passing one on to our daughter and the other to our son, so they can enjoy childhood memories of our time in the kitchen.
Just want you both to know that I feel very blessed by watching your videos. It’s evident that you are both a wonderful Christian couple and I see the Holy Spirit using y’all in your cooking videos. Thank you!!
This fudge has always been to me what the No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies were to you. No matter how many times I tried it, I could not get it to turn out. After watching you make it, I'm going to try again for the 1st time in years.😊
My sweet mama made this fudge. She just 'knew' when it was ready. She'd tear off a large piece of foil and put it right on the counter with butter smeared on it, then she'd just pour the fudge out onto the foil. I've been doing it this same way for nearly 50 years. Her advice back then was bring to a boil, lower the temp and time it exactly 5 min. Works every single time. Thank you ..great Christmas memories.🥰
I am from Kentucky, but my mom was raised 37 miles from your grandmother. In Quick,WV. I love watching your shows.Also you were talking about how your grandmother used to eyeball it. My momma used to have a glass of cold water by those sort of things and she would drop a drop in the glass and if it formed a ball when you dropped it in ot was ready but it it turned into like a dust or scattered everywhere in the water it wasn't ready yet and that's how I test mine
I believe the recipe was on the metal Hershey's can. I vaguely remember it. Best fudge ever! Yummy!
Your memory of your grandma took me back to my grandparents. They lived next to each other next door to our house. One Friday night was with one grandma and the next with the other grandma. My grandpa lived next door to both grandmas. So on our property was 4 houses. They each taught me their strengths. My grandpa was an amazing story teller. Their trip from Kentucky to Colorado during the depression.
You are so good for new baker and cooks. Explaining WHY you do certain things. I'm old and agree with both of you!
We are so happy to have you watching our channel. Thanks so much for your encouragement. Have a very Merry Christmas!
Yes, I remember those tins and this recipe! Thank you for the memories! My great grandma lived in Nebraska and she really spoiled my brother and my Dad. She was very partial to "boys".
My husband and I made this fudge tonight. We are in the cooling stage now. Waiting to add pecans! I have already made the no bake chocolate cookies and the peppermint bark with our 8 year old granddaughter. It was a big hit with her! 🥰 Love the series!
I grew up with the same fudge recipe on the back of the Hershey's Cocoa can. I never thought to write down the recipe, so I'm very happy to get this. They also had an awesome hot cocoa recipe. I also grew up using evaporated milk (we used Pet and Carnation). My mother used it in many recipes. Try it when making the hot cocoa, and even mac and cheese and creamed potatoes -- it gives foods, both sweet and salty, an unbelievable taste. So good! I still use it in many dishes. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I grew up with this Hershey's fudge! My mother always buttered a platter, and poured the fudge onto it, after stirring the gloss out, after letting it sit in the sink with cool water to help take the temp down. It was ALWAYS the best! She added nuts to it, and taught me how to make this, too! Thank you for taking the time to make this great recipe! I can taste it already!
Oh my word. I would be in heaven if I was at your house in your kitchen! Sweets are my downfall 😋😋
Well, my husband is going to get some ingredients for me to make this. It looks wonderful! I'll be making the Butter Pecan Fudge as well. Can't wait to see how these turn out!
This is the kind of fudge I like. Not to fond of the softer ones. Thank you so much for posting this, will be adding this to my recipes. Love watching your videos.
Iam 74 remember the women make this I was kid they never used woden spoon and tested with water in a glass and didn't let it cool just started beating it long time and poured onto big plate or platter I make mine like you did except cool to 115 will try it makes me want some haven't had any since my husband passed five yrs ago he sure loved his fudge we were married 52 years just teens miss him so much this fudge makes me think about times gone by I can understand your mamaw. Wanting to move happy you had her to remember God Bless you both ty for sharing❤
This is the ONLY true fudge for our family!! I have made this recipe for years with my tweaks. My mother taught this recipe to me and YES, your mamaw got that recipe off the back of a metal can with a pop off lid. I make so much of this fudge that I have zip lock bags with the sugar, cocoa and salt already measured out. Massaging these bags will break down the cocoa and blend it right into the sugar. Merry Christmas! I also pour mine onto a buttered platter.
Wow!! I have actually never made fudge in my life but have eaten what others have made. I had no idea it was quite that much to it. The cooking of it and getting it up to a certain temperature and down again. I do appreciate now knowing how fudge is done! And Melissa, I think I'm with you in having the opinion that the goody in scraping the bowl or pot or whatever is a fabulous first bite 😊
This is how my mom made her fudge, and I learned when I was 20. No thermometer, mom taught me how to do the soft ball test. I do remember the recipe on the Hershey cocoa container, and it actually said to use a wooden spoon. I did try using metal and it wasn't right, so I'll never do it again 😂
This is how my Mommy would make candy waaay back when!! Thanks for sharing and love to you, Tom and Melissa! God bless! 💕🤗🙏🏻
You said you can get a candy thermometer pretty cheap. You were not kidding. I donated at 2 Thrift stores that give to people if they cannot afford to buy. I spotted a candy thermometer, brand new for $1. Yippee!!! I can make fudge now!!😀 Thank you for the recipes and humor. May God bless you 🙏🙂❤️
Thank you for sharing this old fashioned recipe. I’m loving this 12 days of Christmas series. You two are the best !! 🎄❤️🕊
Im 76 year old Scottish lady who has always called evaporated milk, Carnation Milk, thought it was funny you do same. Love your programme.
Thank you so much. We appreciate that you are watching. Have a lovely holiday season!
I like that. Youuse every drop of product. You waste nothing. So many people are wasteful.
It does make a difference what utensils you use. a metal spoon can cause the fudge to seize up. Not always, but that's been my experience with it. My mother always used a wooden spoon. And prior to putting the heat to it she whisked it just like you did.
This looks DELICIOUS!!!! Yum-o!!!! I’m not good at fudge making but I think I’m going to give it a whirl!!! Thank you, Tom & Melissa!!
I love watching your team effort in the kitchen and life I’m sure❤. I love that people share what they know with others and reach people all over the world. Please keep inspiring your audience 👏
I also remember the recipe on the coco tin.
I haven’t been subscribed very long on your channel but I am really enjoying it. I love that your pronunciation is exactly what I
desire. I also love that you call your wife “Babe”. We are really enjoying your 12 days of Christmas. I’m already planning on making some of your recipes, especially your Mamaw’s fudge. I can remember my mother putting her fudge in a plate too. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Just discovered your channel! I love the recipes that you present. I have been looking for these old time recipes that I remember from my childhood. Thank you so much.
Metal spoons can make a difference.
You don't use metal spoons when making jams or chutneys and relish for instance.
It might react to the high sugar content.
I love that you're sensitive Tom
Im 60 and remember my grandma making homemade fudge on her farm and she never used a candy thermometer. I don't even know if they had them back then. She would take a glass cup of water and drop a little in the cup of water and if it balled up then it was at the right temperature. I remember it so well as she would always let me eat the little ball of fudge after she tested it 😋.
I have a special fudge recipe that I’ve made every year since 1986, it’s always been soft. I’m in my 60’s and I have never owned a candy thermometer.
Thanks for sharing your yummy recipes with us.
I've been making this wrong for...well...ever since I started making it. Thank you for your very helpful instructions and wonderful video. You're as addicting as the candies you've been making! 😂
Fudge, my favorite Christmas candy. This recipe looks so good!
As a 14-year-old, this was the first candy I made, and it was from the back of the Cocoa can. I was a farm kid and learned to help in the kitchen from an early age. I did not have canned milk and used our Dairy farm cream from the top of the pitcher of milk. I did not have measuring cups or spoons. Used a teacup and a teaspoon and real home churned butter & Watkins vanilla from the "Watkins man" who came around on a regular basis. I also used the cup of cold water to test it since no thermometer in 1957. My mom walked me thru the first time and turned out fine, delicious. I made it many times after that thru the year, not just Christmas. I got the proper equipment in the 1960s but never made a difference in the outcome. Love hearing about your grandmother and that she lived in W. Virginia. I started watching you because you were from Kentucky and had that delightful accent. My Dad was born in W. Virginia when he came a little early while grandmother was visiting her sister. He was raised in Louisa, Ky but moved with his family to Central Oho farm at 16 years old. Love and miss my Kentucky relatives. I still love your accent, not as pronounced as my relatives, but watch for those delicious recipes.
I had a MAMAW too!
Just warms my heart to hear you did too. Mine was from Arkansas
Love watching both of you
This was my Moms go to recipe. Best tasting fudge bar none I ever have had in my life. Mom use the soft ball water test. 💕
Can't wait to try this, this is how my Mom made fudge, but with a cold cup of water to check for soft ball stage. I use a candy thermometer.
Awesomeness Truespeak Thank You For All You Do 🔥🇺🇸🆙
Ooohhhh thank you for the memory. Yes!! We all followed that recipe on the Hershey’s can. They would put it on a buttered platter and I couldn’t wait to get the corner, which cooled first. I love your videos.
I agree about the wooden spoon. I don't make divinity unless the sun has been shining for a couple of days.
This was my mom’s fudge recipe too! I’ve never made it in my life, but you’ve inspired me. I’m going out to get a candy thermometer now! Of course she didn’t use one, but I’ll never be able to judge and end up with a pot full of Freeform fudge 😂. I love your channel. So homey, it feels like I’m back in her kitchen watching her cook. Thank you for that! ❤️
My aunt Mary made this fudge in 50’s. I could never make. FIRST THING!! You need a STRONG right arm to beat this as cools. I was never strong enough.
She made marvelous cake & iced with fudge. Sealed cake! WOW!
I will try your method with stirring. My mom & aunts turned pan on side & beat
Oh my that looks delicious!!! It’s been years since I’ve eaten fudge like this! Talked my sister into helping me make this!!
I have made this for 50 yrs. Never used a candy thermometer still don’t. Used the soft ball stage that on the Hershey tin can that it told how to do it. On the tin can it recommended that you use a wooden spoon. The best fudge. I have made as much as 15 batches a Christmas season.
I remember those Hershey’s boxes well. I make chocolate and peanut butter fudge every year for the holidays. I never use a wooden spoon or a thermometer. I don’t test my peanut butter fudge. I cook it 16 minutes ( stirring 3-4 times) from the time it starts it’s rolling boil. The chocolate fudge I boil 18-19 minutes without stirring once it reaches a full rolling boil. And I test it by dropping a lil bit in very cold water. It gets firm but flattens out on your finger when you pick it up. I also add a couple dashes of ground red pepper to my chocolate fudge. I do not used canned (evaporated milk) I use whole milk and I use 1 cup. It works for me and has worked for me for 55 years. The recipe on the Hershey’s can says to stir until the sugar is completely dissolved then don’t stir once it reaches a full rolling boil. This is the old time instructions I have from my momma. She was an amazing cook and mom. ❤ This recipe looks amazing and I will try it. 🤫I love watching you two. 🙏🏻
My mom made the same fudge. She did not have a candy thermometer. She used a mixing cup full of cold water. Periodically she would take a drop of the cooking mixture and drop into the water. As soon as it made a little ball she would turn the fudge off. And it was delicious.
This brought back such sweet memories of sitting in the kitchen watching my precious Mother make this fudge. My Mother put her in a platter also. We are from West Virginia also.
Your grandmother would test it by dropping a tiny bit into a cup of cool water and could tell when it reached a soft or hard bball stage depending on what a recipe called for. My mother did the same way testing while making jelly. She even put the bowl or saucer in the fridge or freezer to cool it down. She used no pectin. Happy memories.❤️
Made this as part of my Christmas gift treat bags. It came out great and I recommend. I followed directions with no changes. This is much better than the quick marshmallow fantasy fudge recipes you find. Thank you. ❤ Christmas Blessings!
Melissa, hope you appreciate that husband of yours. I’ve been married 21 years and my husband has never cooked anything in that time for me. And only once, just this week he dried a few dishes! And I’m in so much pain daily I can barely stand. That guy of yours is a real gem.
My mamma made a similar fudge to this. She never used a candy thermometer either. Her fudge always came out perfect! Sometimes after school, she would surprise me with a batch of her fudge. I was always so excited! There was no better after-school treat than her surprise fudge lol. Thanks for the memories 🍫
What a great story! I love it when food brings us back to a sweet memory! Have a very Merry Christmas!
My Mother’s table was green and chrome, with green plastic covered chairs. I’ve always used this recipe. My Mother made white fudge! No cocoa same recipe. Oh so delicious!
I Love the Fudge when it’s still warm -right out of the pot!! Oh Yum!!🥰💓🙌😋😋😋😋
My Mom never made chocolate fudge. She always made peanut butter fudge which we called peanut butter candy. She always poured hers into a well buttered plate. The thin edge pieces were my favorite.
I still make this every Christmas. Yes I use a wooden spoon and I don't use a thermometer. If you drop a couple drops of boiling mixture onto a saucer of cool water the drops will form a clean soft ball in the water..
My mom never had a thermometer,she kept a coffee cup next to the stove with it about half full of. water and would drop a little bit of the fudge
(she thought it was ready) if it formed a soft ball in the water,get ready to start beating it,you are almost there.When ready she dropped it on wax paper and let it set( like a praline).She always put a dish towel underneath the paper because the hot fudge would slightly melt the wax on the paper and leave spots on the counter top or table...Yours looks delicious.
My momma made chocolate and peanut butter this way and she, too, used a big buttered plate ! She never used a thermometer . She used the soft ball stage ! It was delicious ! And yours looks delicious !