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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Best of All Meltdowns!

My absolutely favorite kind of Meltdown is the edible kind!  And since we've been talking all about the Meltdowns in our lives,, I just knew the discussion wouldn't be complete until I shared with you a little secret...

Chocolate must melt in order to take a new form.
                  ~ excerpt from This is Not the Life I Ordered.
  
It is the truth!  Sometimes Meltdowns can be Scumptiously Delicious!  As in our Super-Easy, Crazy-Good, Fabulous Fudge...

We go from this:

 
to this:
 
 
with just a little work...and a lot of heat (meltdown magic)!
 
And because we've reached (and passed!) the halfway mark in our 31 Day Challenge, I thought it was the most appropriate time to take another Grace Break...with chocolate!
 
So, here is my Grace-Gift to you...our "secret" family recipe for the Best, Most-Requested, Absolutely-Easiest Fudge you will ever make!  I do not lie...you must, must try it :-)
 
Start with 3 simple ingredients:
 
 
1 bag Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
 
Line an 8 x 8 pan with aluminum foil:
 
 
Pour sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips into medium saucepan:
 
 
Yummy pile of chocolate just waiting for the meltdown to begin...
 
 
Gently heat over medium-low heat, stirring constantly:
 
 
Do NOT bring to a boil.  Just stir and melt, stir and melt...
About 5 minutes (give or take, there is no exact science to a meltdown)
When chocolate and sweetened milk are mixed together well,
chocolate will be somewhat shiny and nice and melty!
 
Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract and stir, stir, stir:
 
 
Then quickly pour into prepared pan:
 
 
Cool pan of fudge for at least 4 hours in refrigerator:
 
 
Meltdown achieved!
 
After fudge has cooled, remove from pan and peel off foil,
then cut fudge into Delectable, Delicious Squares of Melt-in-your-Mouth Marvelousness!
 
 
Store in a covered container in the refrigerator (if there's any left to store!)
 
Finally, clean up the Meltdown Mess...
I suggest a spoon and a glass of milk.
As every cook knows, licking the spoon is the best part!
 
 
 
Bon Appetit!

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