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Questions tagged [fudge]

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Making Fudge or Candy While it is Raining or Snowing

I've heard and old wives tales that when you try to make fudge or candy when it's raining or snowing outside that the fudge or candy will not set. What is the truth behind this tale? If it is true, how do you make fudge or candy on days that it is…
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Reduce Sweetness in Fudge

I am currently living in an Asian culture where taste buds are apparently more delicate. Many first-time tasters of fudge almost gag due to the overwhelming sweetness of fudge. I have searched in vain for recipes that reduce the richness of fudge in…
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Fudge as a cake layer?

I have seen countless recipes for cakes that involve a fudge frosting, a soft, gooey layer of fudge that goes between layers of sponge. I have yet to find any cake/sweet recipes where traditional fudge, the type you make or buy in blocks, is used as…
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How hard is it to make fudge?

Fudge is arguably the most delicious substance known to man. With its rich, creamy taste and seemingly endless variety of flavours, I can't be the only person who really likes this stuff. Oddly enough though, it's very difficult to find anybody who…
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Making Fudge - temperature/humidity calculation?

About 15 years ago as a student I used to work at a fudge making store. I remember it was not quite as straight forward as boil, cool, sell. There was a certain calculation to determine the correct temperature to stop boiling the fudge mixture. I…
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My Fudge Is Crunchy! Where Did I Go Wrong?

This is the recipe I'm trying to follow, but from what I've seen it's a fairly standard fudge recipe. I watched a few videos online and I felt like I had the general idea of what to do. The fudge came out pretty good except there are a few very…
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I always burn my fudge. Why?

I'm trying to learn how to make fudge. Usually, I have no problems following recipes, but this one seems to be particularly difficult: 1 can of condensed milk (397 g) 115 grams of butter 450 grams of sugar 1,5 deciliter of milk The process is as…
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Vanilla fudge won't set

My clotted cream vanilla fudge just won't set. I am using a sugar thermometer. I'm melting my ingredients then bringing the mix to a temp of 115C and cooking at that temp for 20mins before increasing the heat. I've tried taking it to 121C and even…
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Butter Tablet Eruption

I was following a simple butter tablet recipe. After 20 minutes of stirring and boiling the condensed milk, sugar, butter and milk mixture, I removed the pot from the heat, and started to beat. This was looking good, and getting sticky, and a darker…
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How can I make failed fudge (hard and crumbly)?

Growing up my mother would make my brother and I fudge that was hard and crumbly and we loved it. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized that was failed fudge. I was always disappointed when I got fudge elsewhere that was soft. I'd like to…
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Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?

Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk? I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk.
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How do you add ingredients to fudge without stiring it?

There have been a couple of questions recently about making fudge, and a comment which came up twice in answers has got me wondering about something. (I'll admit, both answers are by Sobachatina, but I think my question could be answered by…
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Why does my fudge always set up like a rock?

I've followed the recipe for an opera fudge (and several others) as close as I can, yet my fudge always turns out grainy and crumbly. The best results I've gotten have come from not washing down the sides of the pan, but transferring the mixture to…
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Flavourless Chocolate/Chocolate Alternative in Fudge

I've just recently gotten into making fudge and have found a recipe that works amazing for almost every flavour I want to make. I use Cocoa Powder or White Chocolate Squares depending on the desired outcome. But I'm running into a problem when it…
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Ingredients vs. Temperature Control in Chocolate Fudge

In reading through a LOT of different approaches to making fudge, I am wondering about how the non-sugar ingredients affect the issue of temperature control (both heating AND cooling) and, therefore, the results in the recipes. First of all, a…
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