CHRISTMAS RECIPES > FUDGE RECIPES

Special Fudge

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Butter or Margarine (1/2 stick)
2 1/2 cup Sugar
2/3 cup Evaporated Milk (or Small 5 oz can)
10-12 oz Milk Chocolate Chips
2-3 oz Neufchatel Cheese or Cream Cheese
5 oz Marshmallow Crème (more than half but not all the jar)
1 cup Pecans or Almonds (chopped)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Butter Flavor (imitation)

Method:

Line a 9" x 9" pan with aluminum foil and set aside. Let the cream cheese come to room temperature.

Heat milk at Medium setting until warm then add sugar. Bring to a rolling boil (Med-High) while stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Add the marshmallow crème and butter. Bring back to a rolling boil for [5] minutes by the clock (start timing once the rolling boil resumes). Add the cream cheese to the boiling mixture about 1 minute before the end of the boil. Cut into small sections to allow easy melting.

If you get brown flakes in the mixture then turn down the heat a little.

Remove from heat and add vanilla chips and nuts. Stir until creamy and all chips are melted. Now stir in vanilla extract and butter flavor. Mix thoroughly and pour into prepared pan. Cool. Remove from pan, remove foil, cut into squares. Stand back.

Neufchatel Cheese (sold by Philadelphia Brand as "1/3 Less Fat") contains less fat than cream cheese but doesn't lack any of the flavor. It can be substituted 1-for-1 cream cheese.