Snowman Fudge

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I have a confession. I have never used a candy thermometer. My dad gave me one, but I don’t use it for candy. I will go out of my way to find recipes that don’t use one. This recipe is perfect!

Mom found this recipe in a newspaper article 55 years ago and has been making it since. I can’t even imagine how many pounds of fudge she’s made. She only makes it at Christmastime now, but she used to make it any old time — whenever there was a rich chocolate craving. You can use whatever type of chips you’d like, for whatever flavor of fudge you’d like. My favorite is layering chocolate and peanut butter. Or they have the milk chocolate/peanut butter chips now!

I have another confession. This is the first time I’ve made this fudge recipe. Mom makes it for all of us at Christmas, so I leave her to her recipe, I don’t overstep. BUT I did this time! We had a craft fair this past Saturday and I was helping her out. She made chocolate, butterscotch, and peanut butter. I thought these snowmen would be so cute made with the premier white chips! They would have been — had I not skipped an important step in the recipe — grease the pan you’re going to mold them in! But let’s pretend I did.

Combine 2 sticks margarine, 1 can evaporated milk, and 5 cups sugar together.

Over medium heat, heat together until a rolling (cannot stir down) boil. Boil for 12 minutes.

While it’s boiling, get your pans ready. And don’t forget to GREASE them! Butter any pans you will be using, even those non-stick ones. If you’re using silicone molds, you can skip this step. But please don’t skip this step for anything metal or glass. I would love to say “Lesson Learned!”, but I’ve done it before with my own fudge recipe, with the same results, so I will probably do it again

Mix in 3 cups chips and 10 ounces mini-marshmallows and stir like crazy until they’re all melted.

Pour into pans.

This recipe makes 5 pounds of fudge. It makes a bunch! I thought it would fill my snowman pans.

Then I grabbed out my silicone mini-cake pan. Then my mini-muffin pan.

Let sit until cooled and hardened, maybe an hour. Tip out and wrap. Or if you’re like me, put the pans in the freezer to try to get them out. When that doesn’t work, put a couple inches of hot water in the sink and set the pan in. And cry when the details don’t come out.

Accept that only the mini-cakes are going to the craft fair and the family will be getting the snowmen for Christmas.

Tie a rope candy around the neck for a scarf. The rope licorice would work here great, but I couldn’t find them. I found some sort of “wheels” that I pulled apart for a rope.

Put in a cello bag with a tag to gift!

Happy Candy Making!

Here's the full recipe and printable!

Recipe: Mom's Fudge

Prep Time: 5 minutes  |  Cook Time: 15 minutes  |  Yield: 5 pounds

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Ingredients

• • 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 3 cups (1 1/2 – 12 ounce – bags) chips — chocolate, peanut butter, butterscotch, vanilla
  • 1 (10 1/2 ounce) bag mini marshmallows

Preparation Instructions

• 1. Combine margarine, milk, and sugar together.
  2. Over medium heat, heat together until a rolling (cannot stir down) boil. Boil for 12 minutes.
  3. While it’s boiling, grease pans with butter or butter flavored spray. This recipe will fit into 2 (10×15) cookie sheets with sides. You can use whatever type of pans you’d like, depending on how thick of fudge you’d like.
  4. Mix in chips and marshmallows and stir like crazy until they’re all melted.
  5. Pour into pans. Let sit until cooled and hardened, maybe an hour.

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