This is an old fashioned recipe, very different from modern ones, but you can't beat the texture and flavor of a stovetop fudge recipe. This one has peanut butter and marshmallows, so you know you're in for a ride.
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Vintage dessert recipe
This past week was quite busy in the vintage kitchen. A friend celebrated his birthday last Friday night and asked me if I could help him with the food.
This was part of the dessert and they became an instant hit! I was going to make the easy fudge with condensed milk we all love, but I decided on this old-school beauty at the last moment. It was a good call.
This fudge is so old-fashioned it's made on the stovetop with a candy thermometer, and requires a bit of attention while it's cooking. But wow, it's so worth it.
The creaminess is unsurpassed. And the addition of peanut butter is genius. I can't get over how good peanut butter and chocolate are together.
For easier fudge recipes without a thermometer, you can try the peanut butter fudge, my favorite buckeye fudge and the chocolate peanut fudge.
About this recipe
This is old-fashioned stovetop fudge, the way past generations used to make it. A labor of love we might say.
- Stovetop: it doesn't take much time, but there are several ingredients and a candy thermometer is highly recommended if you want the right consistency.
- Salt: I love to add some sea salt on top sometimes (Maldon smoked sea salt is my favorite)
- Extras: you can decrease the amount of marshmallows and throw in some pecans, peanuts or walnut pieces.
The vintage recipe I chose for today proved to be everything I love about old-fashioned recipes, trustworthy and superb both in flavor and texture.
I had wanted to make fudge for a long time, but most include marshmallow fluff which I can't find here, and have a grainy extra sweet feeling that doesn't agree with my idea of candy.
But hello! I have homemade vanilla marshmallows now. Yeah, the recipe makes a lot, and I have a lot, still. Some in a tin, others in a plastic bag. And they're still just as good as a few weeks back. They're like cockroaches, they survive everything.
Marshmallows in fudge?
I think I went a little overboard with the number of marshmallows because the recipe said ten, and well, who knew what size marshmallows were sold in the 40's right? I simply guessed an amount and went with that.
They are a nice and soft surprise or stumbles as we say here, which explains it very well.
Storing
The good thing is that it lasts for a week. Just keep it in a tin, separated by wax paper so they don't stick together.
You can also refrigerate them, well wrapped, and keep them for a few weeks.
Related recipes you might like:
Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge (vintage recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup peanut butter, creamy
- ¾ cup mini marshmallows, or large ones cut into bites
Instructions
- Line an 8-inch (20cm) square pan with parchmente paper or aluminum foil.
- In a heavy medium saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, ¾ cup milk and 2 tablespoons corn syrup.
- Add 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Attach a candy thermometer and let it boil slowly, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 236ºF/113°C, or soft ball stage.
- Remove from the heat, add 3 tablespoons unsalted butter on top, but don't stir. Let cool to lukewarm (110ºF/43°C), like warm tap water.
- Add pinch salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ⅓ cup peanut butter and mix well. Add ¾ cup mini marshmallows and pour into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
- Put in the fridge until cold. Cut into squares and serve.
- Keep refrigerated, well wrapped.
Julieta says
Great party food!!! Those mini muffins, and the prunes!!! 🙂
I don´t know how you did it, to survive ´till 5am! I cannot think doing that now, I think I´m also getting old :S
You´re making many great recipes! I don´t know how I´ll do to try your recipes and the recipes I want to do for my blog :S I guess I need to sign up for the gym
Kisses!!!
Marissa | Pinch and Swirl says
Salt! Marshmallows! Chocolate! I'm in...I bet you were the life of the party..:)
Lora CakeDuchess says
I want to go read those blogs you shared...you are wonderful to share them with us. But this fudge is incredible. So lovely for the party and even lovelier for me;)
Liz : strayed from the table says
That fudge looks so glossy & rich and I don't think you can put too many marshmallows in.
e / dig in says
another recipe that sounds perfect for gift giving. then again, i would want to keep this fudge all to myself! fabulous, paula.
and i love the pretty tin, too.
Anne ~ Uni Homemaker says
Oh my! These are sinfully delicious! Love the flavor combinations here in this fudge. YUM!