Candy Recipes
Frosted Coffee Fudge
Yield: about 3 dozen pieces
Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup light cream
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (6 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Have ready a buttered 8 inch square pan.
- Combine first six ingredients in a heavy 3 quart buttered saucepan. Bring mixture to boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Cook, without stirring over low heat until candy reaches soft ball stage (236 degrees F).
- Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla extract, but do not stir.
- Cool without stirring, until outside of saucepan feels lukewarm.
- Beat until candy begins to thicken.
- Pour into the prepared pan.
- Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler over hot but not boiling water.
- Spread evenly over cooled fudge.
- Sprinkle with nuts.