Hi Chocolate lovers...here is a great chocolate fudge recipe that has come down through my family for generations...

Nana’s Special Chocolate Fudge Recipe

½	Cup full cream milk

2      Cups Sugar

25	Grams (just over 1 oz) Butter

1	Tablespoon of Baking Cocoa

¼	Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Put milk, sugar, butter and Cocoa into a large heavy saucepan. (sugar rises as it boils.) Make sure all sugar is fully dissolved on low heat, prior to boiling, otherwise the finished product will be grainy. Bring to boil, stirring only occasionally, until soft ball stage (to test, drop a blob into cold water, soft ball means that it can be flattened out on removal from the water) Cool 5 minutes, add Vanilla essence then beat until mixture thickens and loses its gloss. Pour immediately into buttered dish. Mark, and then cut into squares when set.

Now sit down with a cup of coffee and enjoy the results of your yummy chocolate fudge recipe!

As a bonus here’s a short history of chocolate’s arrival in the USA The earliest beginnings of commercially manufactured chocolate was around 1765. A Dr James Baker (a Harvard man) and a Mr John Hannan of Irish extraction set up a factory next to the Neponset River in Dorchester MA. Despite the fact that these were hard times for the population as a whole, chocolate was extremely popular. And so Baker Chocolates became an instant success story, and developed into the huge industry that it is today.

Cher Manor Just loves making delectable chocolate desserts and confectionery. She have given several TV and Radio appearances and is passionate about the subject and would like to help others become chocolate connoisseurs! http://chocolatefudgerecipe.blogspot.com

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