Oh Fudge

Fudge is one of my favorite treats any time of year. I’ve always thought that making fudge required some sort of special magic and have held fudge-makers in high esteem. My fear of double-boilers and lumpy, gritty fudge has kept me from ever attempting a batch.

Then I saw Joey’s recipe for Fool-Proof Fudge. There’s only five simple ingredients and no double-boiler required. This recipe is amazing! I made it in a snap and it came out perfect.

I brought the fudge to work because we really don’t need any more sweets at our house. Okay, that’s not entirely true. The truth is that I want the fudge to disappear because I want to make another batch.

I want to experiment with flavors a little bit. If I leave out the nuts and replace the vanilla extract with peppermint extract, I wonder if the end result will be anything like a Frango mint. My MIL buys boxes of the mints every year but unfortunately they are chocked full of trans fat and I throw them out when no one is looking. Hopefully, my experiment will make a slightly healthier substitute for the Frango mints.

Anyone who has eaten my cooking knows that I can’t leave a recipe alone. I always have to tweak it. Or as my guys call it… “Erica-ize” it. Well, you know that instructions are just someone else’s opinion, right? Normally, I wouldn’t mess with a baking recipe because I know that baking is really chemistry and changing one item could throw the whole thing off. But since I’m simply exchanging the extract flavor, then the chemistry should still work, right? Let’s hope that Joey’s Fool-Proof Fudge is also Erica-Proof.