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MICROWAVE FUDGE
3 c. sugar
3/4 c. butter [1.5 sticks*]
2/3 c. evaporated milk [one of those little 5 oz. cans]
1 (12 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips**
1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow creme
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts, (optional)
Microwave butter in 4 quart bowl or casserole on High 1 minute or until melted.
Add sugar and milk; mix well.
Microwave on High 3 minutes then stir.
Then microwave for 2 minutes. Stir.
Microwave 3 minutes. Stir.
Microwave on High 2 1/2 more minutes.
Stir in vanilla. Then add marshmallow whip and chips. (If you're adding nuts put them in now, after chips) Stir till blended.
Pour into buttered (or no-stick spray) pans.*** Allow to cool. (In this house that's about 25 seconds!) Makes approx. 3lbs.
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* "Sticks" means sticks! Real (stick) margarine is okay, if you must. But none of that soft whip/buttery spread stuff.
** Don't limit yourself to just semi-sweet. ANY baking chips will work: milk chocolate, butterscotch, white chocolate, peanut butter, etc. Some of the best fudge I ever made was 1/2 bag milk chocolate + 1/2 bag peanut butter.
*** Pans 8x8 or 9x9 = thick-as-your-thumb-is-long fudge. Sheet cake pans = more fudge pieces but a lot thinner. Me? I use the 9x11 "brownie" pan.
Fluff is unhealthy? No more so than having a household with two daddies...
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Gonna try some this weekend, along with roasting the last of the winter butternut squash. The house is going to smell great.