Category Archives: Confections

Fudge

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Fudge
 
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Ingredients
  • 12 oz. Carnation milk
  • 4½ c. sugar
  • ½ stick real butter
  • 24 oz. chocolate chips
  • 16 oz. Hershey's candy bars
  • 1 large glass jar marshmallow creme
  • Nuts (your choice, optional)
Instructions
  1. Break the Hershey's candy bars into small pieces. Put all ingredients into a very large mixing bowl.
  2. Bring to a boil the sugar, milk, & butter & boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  3. Pour hot mixture over chocolate, Hershey's, & marshmallow mixture; stir until melted.
  4. Put part of the fudge in an 8" square buttered glass dish & add nuts of your choice to the remainder.
  5. Put the remainder in a 9"x13" buttered glass dish.

Photo Courtesy of theilr on Flickr

Rocky Road Bars

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Rocky Road Bars
 
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Bars
  • 1 c. butter or margarine
  • 1 c. water
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • ½ c. buttermilk or sour milk
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 c. flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • Dash of salt
Topping
  • 2-3 c. mini marshmallows
  • ¾ c. chopped walnuts
Frosting
  • ½ c. butter or margarine
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 7½ tbsp milk
  • 6½ c. powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Combine butter, water, & cocoa & bring to a boil. Mix all ingredients, except topping & frosting ingredients, well (batter will be thin).
  2. Bake at 350°F in a greased 11"x16" pan for 20 minutes. Cover with the topping ingredients.
  3. Bring to a boil the butter & milk from the frosting ingredients.
  4. Add additional frosting ingredients & beat until smooth. Frost bars.

Photo Courtesy of Cory Denton on Flickr

Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies

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Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies
 
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Brownies
  • 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate
  • 1 c. butter or margarine
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1 c. flour
Frosting
  • 3 c. powdered sugar
  • 1 c. peanut butter
  • ½ c. butter or margarine
  • 4-6 tbsp milk
  • chocolate syrup
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan, melt chocolate & butter over low heat; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs & sugar until light & pale colored.
  2. Add flour & melted chocolate; still well. Pour into a greased 13"x9" baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
  3. For frosting, beat powdered sugar, peanut butter, & butter in a mixing bowl. Stir in milk until mixture reaches desired spreading consistency.
  4. Spread over cooled brownies; cover & chill until firm.
  5. If desired, drizzle chocolate syrup over brownies. Store in the refrigerator.

Photo Courtesy of An Mai on Flickr

Pumpkin Pie Pudding

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Pumpkin Pudding by libsciterp on FlickrSubmitted by Trish
Serves 6-8

Ingredients

15 oz. solid pumpkin pack 12 oz. evaporated milk
¾ c. sugar ½ c. Biscuit/Baking mix
2 eggs, beaten 2 tbs. butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 2 tsp vanilla extract
whipped topping

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except the whipped topping.  Transfer to a slow cooker coated with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Cover & cook on low for 6-7 hours or until a thermometer inserted reads 160°F. 
  3. Serve in bowls with whipped topping if desired.

Nana’s Gooey Brownies

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Bloomin' Gorgeous Brownies by Lai Jessy on FlickrSubmitted by Michelle Fawver

Ingredients

1 lb. caramels, unwrapped 5 oz. evaporated milk (1 can)
1 German Chocolate cake mix ¾ c. butter or margarine, melted
1 c. walnuts, chopped 6 oz. chocolate chips (1 pkg)

Directions

  1. Melt caramels & 1/3 c. evaporated milk, stirring constantly.
  2. Mix by hand cake mix with melted butter & 1/3 c. evaporated milk; add nuts to mix.
  3. Place approximately 2/3 of cake mixture into an ungreased 9″ x 13″ pan.  Press evenly into bottom of pan.
  4. Bake for 8 minutes at 350°F.  Sprinkle with chocolate chips while hot & pour melted caramels evenly over top, being careful not to get caramel close to the sides of the pan.
  5. Crumble remainder of cake mixture over top.  Bake 18 minutes at 350°F.  Do not overbake.