So, I grabbed a can of chocolate fudge frosting and a bag of chocolate chunks. My youngest son has a bunch of food allergies, but both of these items are safe for him. I have a habit of calling all food items that are free of his allergens "Henry Friendly." His name is Henry if you hadn't gathered. ;)
I melted the chocolate chunks in the microwave and stirred in the frosting. Then, plopped it into my sprayed pan and attempted to spread.
Hmm. This didn't seem quite right. I expected a more spreadable consistency. Instead, it seemed to be this blob that I had to push into place.
I imagine this might have had something to do with the fact that I had my kids help. Yes, it is a very easy recipe, but... they are not the fastest mixers. I think that in the time it took them to mix it up adequately (which never actually happened as I had to take over) the mixture began to harden.
Even so, I managed to manipulate it enough in the pan (squish, squish) that it reached all edges and seemed fairly even. I felt like I had wasted a fair amount because it would stick to my spatula and there was no way for me to get it all off. But no matter. I was going for taste, not looks. And the kids were proud of it.
So, we stuck it in the fridge and 30 minutes later we had this:
Not too bad. Cutting was easy enough. Trying to get it out of the pan, not so easy. I had several break on me, and it had a tendency to stick to the bottom of the pan even though I had sprayed it. But, the kids thought it was great which was the important part.
I decided to try again. This time, it was not Henry Friendly. It was Me Friendly.
Instead of spraying the pan, I lined it with parchment paper.
Melted the chips in a bowl and stirred in the frosting, just like before but sans kids. I tried to be very quick about the mixing, but I still felt like it wasn't a good spreadable consistency. So, I popped the bowl in the microwave for 15 seconds.
Much better.
I threw in about 8 crushed Oreo cookies, which turned this into a three ingredient fudge.
This time, the mixture was poured into the pan, and spreading it around was much easier. I'm using a 9x13 inch pan, and I was worried that it might be too thin but it ended up being just the right size for nibbling. I might try the 8x8 or 9x9 next time and cut into smaller squares, but this was great for using cookie cutters.
Also, the parchment paper was excellent. I just lifted it out of the pan and the fudge slid right off onto my cutting board.
Here's the final product:
So there you have it. Two (or three) ingredient fudge. I'll be trying orange/vanilla and peanut butter/marshmallow varieties at some point. Fun, creative, easy and very yummy - what could be better?
Hmm. This didn't seem quite right. I expected a more spreadable consistency. Instead, it seemed to be this blob that I had to push into place.I imagine this might have had something to do with the fact that I had my kids help. Yes, it is a very easy recipe, but... they are not the fastest mixers. I think that in the time it took them to mix it up adequately (which never actually happened as I had to take over) the mixture began to harden.
Even so, I managed to manipulate it enough in the pan (squish, squish) that it reached all edges and seemed fairly even. I felt like I had wasted a fair amount because it would stick to my spatula and there was no way for me to get it all off. But no matter. I was going for taste, not looks. And the kids were proud of it.
So, we stuck it in the fridge and 30 minutes later we had this:
Not too bad. Cutting was easy enough. Trying to get it out of the pan, not so easy. I had several break on me, and it had a tendency to stick to the bottom of the pan even though I had sprayed it. But, the kids thought it was great which was the important part.
I decided to try again. This time, it was not Henry Friendly. It was Me Friendly.
Instead of spraying the pan, I lined it with parchment paper.
Melted the chips in a bowl and stirred in the frosting, just like before but sans kids. I tried to be very quick about the mixing, but I still felt like it wasn't a good spreadable consistency. So, I popped the bowl in the microwave for 15 seconds.
Much better.
This time, the mixture was poured into the pan, and spreading it around was much easier. I'm using a 9x13 inch pan, and I was worried that it might be too thin but it ended up being just the right size for nibbling. I might try the 8x8 or 9x9 next time and cut into smaller squares, but this was great for using cookie cutters.
Also, the parchment paper was excellent. I just lifted it out of the pan and the fudge slid right off onto my cutting board.
Here's the final product:
So there you have it. Two (or three) ingredient fudge. I'll be trying orange/vanilla and peanut butter/marshmallow varieties at some point. Fun, creative, easy and very yummy - what could be better?
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I saw the original recipe on the other website, too and thought with all the sticking, parchment paper would be a good idea for the pans. Glad to see it worked!
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