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Christmas Fudge Recipes

Old-Time Christmas Fudge Recipes Make The Best Tasting Fudge


Grandma's old-time Christmas fudge recipes will help bring enjoyment to the whole family.

Just imagine a plateful of soft, creamy chocolate fudge sitting on the coffee table just waiting to be nibbled on while playing your favorite board game or watching a Christmas special on television.

When I was a small boy growing up on the farm, we didn't have a television, but during the Holiday Season we all gathered around the old GE radio and listened to Christmas programs and music as Mom passed the homemade fudge.

I can still recall laughing at Fibber McGee when he mistakenly painted the pine tree in the front yard white instead of Molly's Christmas tree. Those were the days. The delicious taste of homemade fudge still brings back fond memories; it seemed extra special on those fun occasions.

This Christmas, make some homemade chocolate fudge and create your own fond memories of the Holidays. Take a journey back in time and listen to the Amos 'n' Andy Christmas show first broadcast on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1941. (13:43 min.)

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Christmas Fudge Recipe

This vintage chocolate fudge recipe is taken from Mom's old recipe scrapbooks, circa 1929.

Perhaps the favorite Christmas candy of all is fudge, when it is soft and creamy, and sometimes made very interesting with fruit and nuts. The secret in getting a good texture is to allow the candy to cool before you beat it and add the extras -- so many people think it should be beaten as soon as it is removed from the fire.

2 cups sugar, 2/3 cup rich milk, 2 squares chocolate, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Grate the chocolate. Put the sugar and milk in an enameled saucepan and stir until dissolved; then cook without stirring until a little syrup dropped into cold water will form a soft ball (cook until thermometer shows 238°F, if you have one). Add the grated chocolate and the butter, stir enough to mix, and let the candy cool.

When cool, pour it out onto a marble slab or a clean porcelain tabletop or a big platter, and let it become quite cold. Then work it with a spatula, backward and forward, or you can use a small butter paddle or other convenient tool. When creamy and stiff, spread out at once and cut into squares with a sharp knife.

You can use any kind of chopped nuts in the above recipe -- about 1/2 cupful to this quantity of candy; or 1/3 cup raisins may be added; or 3/4 cup chopped dates; or 1/3 cup shredded coconut.

Or, you can leave out the chocolate and make a delicate white cream candy, adding coconut to it if you like, or some candied cherries, or tiny bits of cranberry, or preserved ginger; and of course you can tint the white candy any colour you like, if you have some pure vegetable food colouring.


Chocolate Walnut Fudge Recipe

This old-time chocolate fudge recipe is taken from the "Second Edition of The Neighborhood Cookbook" published by the Council of Jewish Women, Portland, in 1914.

Two cups granulated sugar, one cup cream, two ounces unsweetened chocolate. Cook until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Take from fire and add piece of butter as large as two walnuts, beat until nearly cold, then pour in buttered dish, and when cold cut in squares.

Chopped walnuts, dates or marshmallows may be added before beating. This candy must be stirred constantly while cooking to obtain best results.



Christmas fudge recipes cookbook and a rose Use these old-time Christmas fudge recipes to make some homemade fudge this Christmas. Enjoy some old-fashioned candy with your family and friends. Actually, this queen of candy treats can be enjoyed year-round.

Love homemade candy for Christmas? Be sure to check out the other old-fashioned candy recipes on this website.

Grandma's Chocolate Fudge Recipes




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