Old-Time Chocolate Fudge

By JJCR

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 4 heaping tbsp. cocoa
• 3 tbsp. light corn syrup
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 6 tbsp. butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Mix sugar and cocoa; add syrup and milk. Cook in saucepan over medium heat until a small drop forms a soft ball in cold water(234-240 degrees on a candy thermometer). Remove from heat. Add butter, pecans, and vanilla. Beat with mixer or by hand. Pour into a slightly buttered oblong glass dish and cut into squares. Work fast, as mixture thickens quickly.

Don't mix very long. Cook UNDER soft ball stage.


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