*thud*
Big family tradition 'round here. One batch makes a 9x9 square cake pan...*full*. Weighs about five pounds to ship. I don't bother to cut it. I just put a square of wax paper over the top, slip the whole thing in a gallon zip-loc (with festive decorations, of course) and ship.
Five pounds.
Five pounds of fudge.
*thud*
I went to the local cake and candy crafts store the other day and got some dark chocolate for making the kids some candy for Christmas. I can't even eat Hershey's chocolate anymore, even the Special Dark stuff, because it just tastes waxy compared to the homemade stuff. If you can't find the candy melting wafers locally, I know you can get them online, because I was looking for the sugar free version once, and found a place that sells all of it; the candy, the molds, the rice krispy stuff you can put in the chocolate, the peppermint crunchies, all of it! I found some new peppermint crunch stuff the other day. It is white, and has the consistency of the inside of malted milk balls. The older version was red and green, and is festive looking, especially in the melted white candy, but that stuff was too hard on the teeth! Maybe the company that makes the white stuff will bring out a red/green version next year!
I think the smaller size jar of fluff I got makes two and a half pounds. Still a lot!
I got white chocolate chips and peppermint extract. May not be any good, but I figured I'd try something a little different. If I get ambitious (and can get to the post office when they're actually *open*), I'll ship. Otherwise, I can give it to Ben and Anne. ;-)