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HERSHEY'S COCOA FUDGE

2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
3 cups sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups milk
4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Thoroughly combine dry ingredients in a heavy 4 quart saucepan; stir in milk. Bring to a bubbly boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring to 234°F (soft ball stage). Bulb of candy thermometer should not rest on bottom of saucepan.

Remove from heat, then add butter and vanilla. Do not stir. To prevent a "grainy" or "sugary" texture, do not scrape down sides of pan.

Cool at room temperature to 110°F. Beat until fudge thickens and loses some of its gloss. Quickly spread in a lightly buttered 8 or 9 inch square pan. Cool.

TIPS:

• After the mixture boils gently for about 20 minutes, the bubbles should shrink and there will be less liquid in the pan. At this point, continue cooking but begin to test for soft ball stage.

• For a creamier fudge, you can substitute 3/4 cup evaporated milk plus 3/4 cup whole milk in place of the 1 1/2 cups of whole milk.

• If you find your fudge wasn't cooked enough, add a tablespoon of water, reheat and begin again.

Cooks Note: Use of a candy thermometer is recommended.

Makes 3 dozen squares.

Submitted by: CM

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· Dec 8 · #115657

Diane Prince (Montana) says:

Everyone is right on with their comments. This is the ONLY fudge I will eat. All the boutique fudges do not measure up. My mother made this in the 50's and up. We would sneak in the fridge and take a piece when we could. Love, love, it!

· Nov 30 · #115060

Missy (Illinois) says:

Recipe has been passed down from my mom! The best and only fudge I'll ever eat! The trick is to make sure you do not stir it once it starts to boil! If you do, that's when you'll get they grainy sugar! Also make sure you boil it to the soft ball stage! Drop a teaspoon of the fudge into a cold class of water and when you can make a squishy ball it ready to be removed from the heat! After it's cooled to about room temp then beat the butter and vanilla in until it looses it's shine! Be quick! It gets rock hard really fast!! Delicious!!!!!

· Nov 30 · #115050

Lisa Hinnenkamp (Minnesota) says:

I love this recipe so much, I have made it 100 times and it has turned out perfect creamy twice. I love it hard, with a spoon, out of the kettle...who cares what it looks like...you just can't go wrong with the flavor. Yes, I have many memories of my mother, my aunts, my grandmas, my sisters...making this fudge....it was wonderful reading all the memories.....

· Nov 4 · #112616

Julie (California) says:

My mom was born 1918. As long as I can remember she made this fudge the first rainy day of the year! What a treat to look forward to. Cynthia of Florida, the humidity didn't seem to be any problem. It's fun to spend a couple hours on a beautiful memory as well as the best fudge ever!

· Oct 29 · #112266

Meg (Pennsylvania) says:

After reading all these reviews, I have decided to not bother with this recipe. Why? 1. It is storming out. I want something that we can enjoy; not a massive mess to clean up and that's it. 2. No one in my family ever made it, so I don't know what it should look like. 3. This actually sounds like a HUGE undertaking. Besides, I am from the NJ shore - which is being washed away as I type this - and love creamy fudge. They do it well in some of the NJ fudge shops. I don't feel like making anything that will get overly grainy or need to be broken apart with a hammer. On with the search!

· Oct 28 · #112123

Ruth Huff (Illinois) says:

My mom was a single parent of 7 children. Money was tight. Our treat was HERSHEY'S cocoa fudge. My mom would also make popcorn. We had the sweet and the salty. I am 53 years old now and whenever I make this fudge I still make popcorn. The cocoa is also good to make the home-made cocoa cake. You ever eat this cake you will never eat a boxed one again.

· Sep 5 · #108440

Dale Showalter (Indiana) says:

I am shocked Hershey cocoa does not have this recipe on the cocoa box any longer!

· Jul 7 · #104444

Donna W. says:

This recipe is definitely all about memories. I am 55 years old and grew up watching my mother make this fudge in an old heavy pot that was once a pressure cooker. She kept an old empty tin of cocoa that still had the recipe on the back. I inherited the pot and the empty cocoa tin when she passed away. I am now signing off to go whip up a batch. Wish me luck!

· May 21 · #101110

MikeO (California) says:

I read these comments and tried it with 1 cup evaporated milk and 1/2 cup whole milk. It changed the taste too much for me. No longer had the "classic" Hershey's fudge taste I was looking for. From now on I will stick to the recipe completely.

· Mar 31 · #97701

Lee Crofts (Tennessee) says:

I am a grandmotherh of 5 and my mother made this fudge for me and my sisters as little girls. But she loved beanut butter and during the after cooking stiring stage she added beanut butter and walnuts. I cannot begin to tell you how delicious it was. Just add about 3 heaping spoons of beanut butter. You can hardly taste the peanut butter at all but it adds dimention.

· Feb 24 · #94958

Linda (Pennsylvania) says:

Well, was so excited to make the fudge and it actually turned out well consistency wise. But my stove must not be as hot at medium as needed. It took a long time to reach the 234°F stage. I make hard candy and that usually takes 7 minutes to get to the hard crack stage, so I knew something was wrong. It tastes burned. But as I said the consistency was perfect. I will try again and put the heat up a little bit to cook it a bit faster. Sound like a good idea you fudge veterans? :)

· Feb 25 · #95017

Linda Stanhope (Pennsylvania) replies:

OK, made the fudge again, used a little higher temp and it worked out fine. Yummy good!

· Feb 19 · #94553

Steve Smith (Georgia) says:

This is the recipe my grandmother always used. She would follow this fudge recipe, and then ice her big yellow cake with it. To this day, all of her grandkids still talk about that cake!

· Jan 28 · #92577

Otto (North Carolina) says:

This is the only fudge for me. I hate creamy fudge which is all you can buy anywhere, I think because the real stuff is too easy to screw up. I've had to throw out pans because it turned into a rock that couldn't be removed with a srewdriver and hammer. Other times it's made excellent ice cream syrup. Finally I am starting to get it right regularly and it's been worth the trouble. It is stiff to the touch but melts in your mouth--there's nothing better--if only it were easier.

· Jan 27 · #92477

Kate (New Zealand) says:

Do you think that this work if we substitute Hershey's cocoa for Cadbury's? We don't have any Hershey's cocoa where I live.

· Jan 22 · #92041

Russ Mounts (Florida) says:

My mom made this fudge all the time. She would substitute peanut butter for 1/2 of the butter.

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