Easy Microwave Fudge

My, my, my!!  It's been so long since I've posted anything, I'm not sure I'm even doing it right!  I guess we'll find out!

BUT.... what better to add than....  

                                    C H O C O L A T E    ! ! !  

I found this recipe on Facebook a while back.  It's so easy, I'm having a hard time calling it a recipe and the stuff is really, really good!!!  The hardest part of this is waiting for it to cool and set up.  But I suppose we could always just eat it in its soft, warm condition, just stirred up after coming out of the microwave!!  Tee hee! Oh yeah, I'm bad!

I made it a couple of weeks ago and it was awesome!!  ...and honestly, it's the easiest thing imaginable!   I actually used a 6x10" baking dish (it was the closest one to grab!) in place of the 8x8" called for in the recipe.  In addition to the sweetened condensed milk, I used equal amounts of semi-sweet, milk chocolate, white chips plus a cup of chopped pecans.  Yummy!  What's not to like... chocolate and nuts!  WOW!  

I just made another batch, using 2 cups of semi-sweet chips, one of butterscotch chips and a cup of chopped pecans, of course.  OMGosh!  It is awesome, too!  I don't think you can go wrong with this sinful little treat!  With the holidays coming up, I bet this recipe gets used a lot!  Enjoy!

Easy Microwave Fudge

1 - 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk

3   cups chocolate chips
1   cup chopped nuts (opt.)

1. Line 8x8 dish with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.

2. Pour milk into bowl.  Add chocolate chips and stir until they 
          are well coated.

3. Microwave on high for 1 min.

4. Stir until fully combined and smooth.  (After stirring, I heated 

          for another 10 seconds before adding my chopped nuts.)

          Stir in any other ingredients you desire at this point.

5. Pour into foil-lined dish.

6. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.

7. Remove from dish with foil edges and turn upside down. 

          Remove foil and cut into pieces.

8. Enjoy!

Peanut Planks

Hello!!  Whew!  It's been a while...

My hubby's been thinkin' about a candy from his childhood:  Peanut Planks.  So I went online to find out if they still make these things and if we could buy them... No such luck!  They are no longer manufactured, but I was able to find a recipe for them. (This site has several interesting peanut recipes.) We made them just a few minutes ago and they are yummy, sugar-coated peanuts.  It doesn't taste like peanut brittle... not buttery or airy like some brittles... just caramelized sugar-coated peanuts.

We used just a cheap brand of roasted, salted peanuts from the dollar store and sugar... that's all!  It took a while to melt the sugar, but then it went quickly.  We cooked it until it was all liquidy and brown, no taking its temperature.

The recipe does not say anything about using Pam on the foil-covered cookie sheet or the rolling pin, but I did it anyway.... Personally, I would rather err on the side of NO STICK, thank you very much!  The stuff handled very easily in that there was no sticking to the foil or the rolling pin.  It sets up pretty fast, so work quickly.

Hope you love this, too... maybe it's even a blast from your past!! 

Peanut Planks

2 cups granulated sugar

2 cups coarsely chopped peanuts

1.   Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

cook sugar over medium heat, in a 10" cast iron skillet or similar heavy pan.

2.  Stir constantly until sugar is caramelized (turns brown).

3.  Removed skillet from heat and stir in peanuts.

4.  Immediately pour sugar-peanut mixture onto baking sheet.

5.  Using a rolling pin, quickly roll candy to a very thin sheet. (about the depth of the peanuts)

6.  Mark candy in squares with a knife or pizza cutter.

7.  Allow to cool, then break into squares.

8.  Store in an airtight container.

Yields about 1 1/2 pounds.

Enjoy!!