Place evap milk, sugar, and margarine in a large saucepan. Heat and bring to a boil. Let it boil EXACTLY 5 minutes. Put all other ingredients into a large bowl. Pour the hot mixture over and mix until everything has melted. Pour the fudge into 1 or 2 buttered 9×13 pans and place in a […]
Candies
Merri-mint Truffles
Melt chocolate chips with cream and butter in heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally. Pour into pie pan. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until mixture is fudgy, but soft. Shape about 1 tablespoonful of mixture into 1 1/4-inch ball. Repeat with remaining mixture. Roll balls in your palms to form uniform round shapes; place […]
Walnut Candy
To toast walnuts, spread in a single layer in a 9″ glass pie plate. Stirring every 2 minutes, e on high 6 minutes or until toasted. Place butter in a 2 quart glass measure. Microwave on high 1 minute. Blend in brown sugar and condensed milk. Stirring every 2 minutes, microwave on high 8 to […]
Skillet Chocolate Fudge
In a large, heavy bottomed frying pan, mix sugar and half-and-half. Bring to boil over low heat, then add corn syrup and stir gently a few times. Insert candy thermometer and cook, without stirring, until it registers between 236 and 238 degrees. (On humid or rainy days, or if your kitchen is humid, cook to […]
Milk Chocolate Fudge
-SWEETENED CONENSED MILK- 1/3 c Water 3/4 c Sugar 1 1/3 c Instant skim milk 4 tb Butter Place chocolate in microsafe dish or measuring cup. e, uncovered, at MEDIUM to MEDIUM HIGH power until chocolate appears soft, approx. 3 minutes. Stir every minute. Do not overheat. (Or chocolate can be melted in top of […]
Chocolate Nougatines
Combine sugar, sirup, honey, and water. Stir occasionally. Boil to hard ball stage (265 – 270 F). Add salt to eggs. Beat until stiff. Gradually pour on half of the sirup, beating constantly with the egg beater or a spoon. Boil remaining sirup to hard crack stage (285 – 290 F). Pour gradually onto egg […]
Chocolate-covered Almonds
Mix almonds, sugar, water in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat for about 5 minutes until mixture has a sandy texture and coats the almonds. (While stirring, push mixture up the sides to make sugar crystalize.) Spread almonds on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and freeze. Warm chocolate until just melted (about […]
Chocolate Fruit Balls
Combine apricots, raisins, sultanas, rind and grated dark chocolate in a small bowl. Roll teaspoons of mixture into balls, refrigerate overnight. Break extra chocolate into pieces, place in top of a double saucepan with butter over simmering water. Stir until smooth or e on HIGH for 2 minutes. Dip each fruit ball in chocolate until […]
Pretzel Candies
Break pretzels into thirds, add nuts. Melt chocolate according to package directions. Pour chocolate over pretzels and nuts, stirring to cover all. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper on cookie sheet. Refrig about 10 minutes.
Micro-wave Peanut Brittle
Stir together peanuts, sugar, syrup, salt. Cook 4 minutes on high. Stirring well, cook another 4 minutes. Add butter and vanilla to peanut mixture stirring to blend. Return and cook 2 minutes. (Peanuts will be slightly browned and syrup hot). Add baking soda and gently stir till foamy. Pour onto aluminum foil. Let cool, break […]