Valentine's Day Recipes
Sweetheart Cherry Nut Fudge
Ingredients
- 3 (6 ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Lightly grease a 9 inch heart shaped cake pan or an 8 or 9 inch square pan; line with wax paper. Set aside.
- In heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk. Remove from heat; stir in nuts, cherries and extract. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Chill for 2 hours or until firm.
- Remove from pan; peel off wax paper. Garnish as desired. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
- To form heart shape without pan, draw 9-inch heart shapes on wax paper; spread mixture to edge.