Christmas Fudge (recipe)

 

 

“When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,
We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago.
      And etched on vacant places,
      Are half forgotten faces
Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know...”
(Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

 

Hello, my lovely friends!  

 

    You know how sometimes you see something on TV and think, "Okay, maybe just this once"? Well, years and years ago, I was totally glued to Food Network, Rachael Ray, I think, and she was whipping up this ridiculously simple fudge. You know me, I'm not exactly a baker (it's just not my jam!), but this recipe looked so easy, I figured, why not? 

 

And you won't believe it: it was a massive hit that first Christmas! Seriously, people couldn't get enough. Every time someone asked how I made it, I'd just laugh and tell them how genuinely simple it was.

 

It’s turned into my little Christmas tradition. Every year when I make it, it gets the same amazing praise, and inevitably, someone leans in and asks for the recipe. It makes my heart so happy!

 

 Festive Fudge
·    12 oz. sugar-free chocolate chips
·    1/2 cup of butterscotch chips
·    1 cup chopped Pecans or Walnuts
·    1 cup dried currants, cranberries or raisins
·    1 tsp. vanilla
·    1 can of sweetened condensed milk

Directions
1.    Get yourself a microwave safe bowl and put the vanilla, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate and butterscotch chips in, start at three minutes and stir it. Add a minute until it's smooth. 

2.    Pour in your nuts, currants and mix them together. 

3.    I used a pyrex dish and buttered it. Pour it into the dish and place and let it sit for up to an hour. 

4.    I will then cut them into bit size pieces and if it's still warm will place it into the fridge for about 20 minutes. I put the fudge into a plastic container lined with wax paper and you have line it in sections because you don't want it to stick together.

 

 So glad you stopped by! Wishing you the coziest morning/afternoon/evening ahead. Can't wait for our paths to cross again!