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Easiest Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
"This tastes like the old-fashioned, watched over fudge but takes no more than 5 minutes to make....you will love it!! You can also leave out the cocoa and it makes delicious peanut butter fudge."
photo by alenafoodphoto
- Ready In:
- 6mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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40 pieces
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1⁄2 cup pecans (optional)
directions
- Mix sugar, cocoa and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a rapid boil and boil for exactly one minute. Pour over peanut butter and vanilla and nuts in a bowl and beat until thick -- this only takes about a minute. Immediately pour onto a buttered platter and allow to cool. Cut into squares.
- Tip: Have your peanut butter and vanilla already in a bowl before boiling the mixture as you need to pour it over the peanut butter immediately.
Questions & Replies
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can i quadruple this recipe? -
Yes I'm making my mother's homemade peanut butter fudge with peanut butter cocoa sugar and milk only how much I think it's two cups of sugar and one cup of milk is that right true or is it one cup of milk two cups of milk and one cup of sugar) -
What about substituting cream cheese for the peanut butter? We have a peanut allergy to deal with and I'd love a quick and easy chocolate fudge that doesn't include pb.
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Can you use granular sugar substitute in this recipe successfully? -
How long does it take to set? Does it ever turn into a hard fudge? Scraping the bowl, the consistency was very granular. Maybe I did something wrong?
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Reviews
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Perfect!! I was skeptical that only cooking for 1 minute it would set up, but it did and it was creamy and delicious. I did wait to start timing it until it was a rolling boil that couldn't be stirred down. So easy. Recommend it to anyone who loves fudge. (Hint: to keep it from getting grainy, don't scrape the sides while stirring. Old trick in making any kind of candy.)
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After looking over MANY "easy" fudge recipes, I decided on this one. My fudge never sets up so I was wary of any recipe, but wanted to make some to surprise my Mom. <br/><br/>This is it. This is the keeper. The fudge set up perfectly. It's delicious with the perfect fudge texture I like. IT WAS SO EASY.<br/><br/>I did make one change: I used a 1/2 cup plus about 1 T of evaporated milk. Came out amazing. I did need to butter the dish a little bit better (my fault) and next time, will make 2 batches for one 7x11 baking dish (it's a not as thick as I want, but I worked with what I had). Thank you so much for sharing this amazingly simple and delicious "cannot mess it up" fudge recipe. -
I couldn't wait to come here and review this recipe! It was a huge hit at our Thanksgiving. When fifty people love something so much, it has to be great. I had someone tell me it tastes just like his grandmothers who has been gone for decades now. There's proof it has a great, classic, old fashioned taste. It was so easy to make. I doubled the recipe for each batch I made. One doubled recipe fit nicely into a 9x13 pan. I wasn't sure when exactly to stop mixing and beating the fudge, so I remembered my own grandmothers advice of beating the fudge until it loses its shine, and then it will begin setting up well.<br/> I would give this ten stars if I could! -
I LOVE this recipe! It's so fast and sets up great, you almost wouldn't know it only takes 5 mins to make. I threw some peanuts on top to add some crunch, but you could add candy. I think I'd like to try it with other nuts, maybe almond butter. THANKS for this one!! -
Fudge has always been a problem for me, but this recipe has saved me. I left out the cocoa and it made a delicious peanut butter fudge. Thanks for posting.
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Tweaks
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I added half a teaspoon of salt to my second batch and it took it to the next level -
Used walnuts instead of pecans, because I have alot on hand. This is the best fudge I have ever eaten. It would have been the best with pecans too, just used what I already had. Thank you so much for this incredible recipe. Chad Collier -
Use eggnog as a substitute for the milke around christmas and comes out creamier and is a big hit
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Don't leave it alone!!!!ever when it's boiling stir it so it doesn't burn!!! -
3/4 cup milk/half and half/cream Added 1TBSP butter to cocoa mixture
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