Dark Chocolate Fudge

Name: Dark Chocolate Fudge
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps About butter or margarine; 59 milliliters light corn syrup; 355 milliliters half-and-half (light cream); 1 teaspoons salt; 227 grams bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped; 828 milliliters sugar; 113 grams unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 355 milliliters walnuts or pecans

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Dark Chocolate Fudge a try. This recipe makes 9 servings with 742 calories, 7g of protein, and 36g of fat each. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. If you have chocolate, vanilla, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Smoothly line an 8- or 9-inch square pan with foil. Lightly butter foil.

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Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

In a 3- to 4-quart pan, mix half-and-half, sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Stir occasionally over high heat until simmering, about 3 minutes. With a brush dipped in water, frequently wipe off beads of syrup that form on the sides of the pan.

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Corn Syrup

Sugar

Syrup

Water

Salt

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Frying Pan

Reduce heat to medium.

Add bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate; gently stir until chocolate melts and mixture begins to simmer, 3 to 6 minutes.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Chocolate

Insert a candy thermometer into mixture. Boil, occasionally stirring and washing sides of pan with wet brush, until mixture reaches 235 (or a drop of candy spooned into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water), 30 to 40 minutes longer.

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Candy

Water

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Candy Thermometer

Frying Pan

Immediately pour fudge mixture into a 10- by 15-inch rimmed pan. Dot with 2 tablespoons butter and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Fudge

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Frying Pan

Let stand undisturbed until a thermometer inserted in center of candy registers 115 (pan is warm to touch), 20 to 30 minutes. With a wide metal spatula, scrape mixture back and forth in pan until it becomes smooth and glossy and starts to thicken and mound but is still soft and malleable, 4 to 10 minutes.

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Candy

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Kitchen Thermometer