Chocolate Fudge

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups powdered milk or 2 cups non-dairy milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter (plus a little extra for greasing) or 5 tablespoons non-hydrogenated margarine (plus a little extra for greasing)
• 3/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 grease a pan or dish to pour the fudge into to set.
• 2 sift together the cocoa and milk powder.
• 3 place the sugar and water together in a saucepan and bring to boil.
• 4 stir continuously till the sugar syrup has reached one string consistency (to test this, lift a small amount of syrup up and let it drip back into the pan; if it falls in a 'string' then it's done).
• 5 turn off the heat without removing the saucepan off the stove and add the butter to the sugar syrup- the butter should melt in the heat of the pan but if it doesn't, have the stove on at the lowest temperature.
• 6 add the sifted cocoa and milk powder to the butter and syrup and mix together until the mixture is smooth.
• 7 if you want harder fudge then keep stirring for longer, having the heat on low but if you want it softer, then stop stirring and take it off the stove.
• 8 pour the fudge into the pre-greased pan, scraping off any of the mixture that will not pour.
• 9 making sure your hands are clean, grease the fleshy part of your hands and press the mixture down evenly and smoothly.
• 10 while still unset, cut it small pieces.
• 11 place the fudge in the refrigerator and wait for it to set.
• 12 when it's done, enjoy!