Making good use of all the annotated intelligence in those crumpled pages my latest batch worked like a dream. My girls were so excited when I told them fudge making was back on the agenda. So much so that last Christmas I resorted to a quick and easy fool-proof recipe on the back of a condensed milk tin to create Chocolate Fudge Christmas Trees.īrowsing through that annotated wad of old-fashioned fudge recipes brought back many happy memories of that half forgotten holiday. I discovered by first-hand experience that there’s a fine line between smooth, creamy and delectable, and a grainy, unholy mess. It took a number of attempts and many hours to recreate a fudge on par with The Remarkables Sweet Shop offerings. What can I say? The road to perfect fudge, whilst lusciously achievable, is also fraught with peril and danger. Needless to say we developed an insatiable addiction, and once safely ensconced back hone I was eventually coerced by my children’s endless pleading to try my hand at fudge making. Rich, creamy and meltingly delicious, hands down the most delectable fudge we have ever tasted. Home to a stunning array of old-fashioned home-made fudge. One of the highlights of that trip was stumbling upon the fabulous Remarkables Sweet Shop in picturesque and quaint Arrowtown. Those recipes transported me back to a family ski holiday to New Zealand when my children were younger. No cheating allowed with cans of condensed milk, corn syrup, icing sugar or a favourite of our American counterparts, marshmallow fluff. Made the traditional way with a saucepan and a sturdy wooden spoon with all natural ingredients. Fresh pouring cream, sugar, butter, vanilla and chocolate. In amongst the baking of Vanilla Magic Custard Squares and Passionfruit and Coconut Impossible Pie, I discovered a wad of annotated recipes for old fashioned fudge. Earmarked as keepers and haphazardly tossed into an overflowing plastic folder. Some crawled on scraps of paper, others ripped from the pages of newspapers and magazines. Lately I have been delving deep into my kitchen drawer and resurrecting recipes for old fashioned treats.
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