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How To Make Fudge

Making Fudge In 3 Easy Steps, Plus An "Educated Liberty Fudge" Recipe

Learning how to make fudge the way Grandma made it is fun for the whole family. Not every batch of candy will turn out perfect, but you'll find that even your mistakes taste delicious. Unless you seriously scorch the sugar mixture, nothing goes to waste. And as your fudge making ability improves, you'll find the demand for your fudge will increase. Everybody loves fudge!

Ever since fudge was invented in America in the late 1890s, it has been the perennial favourite among lovers of homemade candy. Some call it the Queen of Candies because it tastes so good. Candy lovers enjoy its smooth, creamy, melt-in-your-mouth taste, and if you are careful to follow the 3 easy tips given below, you will always be able to make the best fudge imaginable.

How To Make Fudge In 3 Easy Steps

1. Cook the chocolate with the milk or cream, and stir constantly until the mixture is creamy smooth to prevent curdling.

2. Add the sugar and keep stirring the mixture until it boils to keep the mixture perfectly smooth.

3. Once the candy is cooked, cool it to lukewarm before beating, to prevent graininess, then beat it well to add air to the mixture and make it creamy smooth.

Here's another important tip:

During the cooking stage, always test the mixture in cold water. You should remove the candy mixture from the fire immediately after it reaches the stage mentioned in the recipe; for example, soft ball, firm ball, and so on. Then, immediately pour the cooked fudge into a shallow pan to cool and remember to score the fudge with a knife while it is still warm, so it can be easily cut later.

Educated Liberty Fudge Candy Recipe

After World War I and throughout the 1920s, fudge making parties had become the weekend highlight for children of all ages. Cookery experts published the latest and best fudge recipes in all the popular newspapers and family magazines.

Kids learned how to make fudge candy as a normal part of growing up, and sometimes fudge squares were decorated for special occasions and to add greater appeal.

For practice in making fudge, here is a rare, old-time fashioned fudge candy recipe taken from Mom's old recipe scrapbook for making what was called Educated Liberty Fudge:

Ingredients: 3 squares candy-making chocolate, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed, dash of salt, 2 tbsp butter, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 cup broken walnuts.

Add chocolate to water and milk and place over low heat, cook and stir until blended; add sugar, salt, stir till it boils; continue boiling without stirring till soft ball stage; remove, add butter; cool, add vanilla, then beat till it thickens; add nuts and continue beating till it loses its gloss; turn into greased 8 x 4-inch pan, cut in squares.

Add 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar to 1/2 egg white, then beat, then use for decorating; pipe a letter of the alphabet on each square of fudge.

During the first half of the 20th century, a family picnic or an evening's game of cards never seemed complete unless there was a plate of warm, freshly made fudge available to munch on. Fudge became a familiar part of everyone’s life. Now, by learning how to make fudge the old time way, you can enjoy this acknowledged Queen of Candies.

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