Essential Fudge

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate and milk together in saucepan, stirring continually until smooth.
• 2 add vanilla and stir to combine.
• 3 spread in foil-lined 8x8 pan and chill until firm; turn out, peel foil away, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• 4 for peanut butter fudge: drop peanut butter by tablespoons all over chocolate once spread in pan, and swirl with knife.
• 5 for mint fudge: replace vanilla with peppermint extract and stir in 1 cup chopped peppermint candy before spreading in pan.
• 6 for nut fudge: stir in 1 cup chopped nuts before spreading in pan.
• 7 for rocky road fudge: stir in 1/2 cup chopped nuts and 1/2 cup mini marshmallows before spreading in pan.