Chocolate Nut Fudge

By cwyorkiex3

Sometimes Grandma craved a combination of chocolate and fruit, so she made cherry fudge. Instead of the pecans, she added 2/3 cup well-drained chopped maraschino cherries, making sure they were fairly dry before stirring them into the fudge. If they were too moist, she patted them dry with a paper towel.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 16 large marshmallows, or 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Details

Adapted from mygreatrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.Butter an 8x8-inch glass dish.

2.Combine granulated sugar, evaporated milk, marshmallows, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring continually, until mixture comes to a boil.

3.Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring continually, for 6 minutes.

4.Remove mixture from the heat. Add chocolate chips and vanilla extract and stir until the chocolate is melted. Stir in pecans.

5.Spoon mixture into the prepared dish. Let stand until cool. Chill, covered, until set, about 2 hours. Cut into 1-inch squares.