Semi-Instant Gratification Fudge

I was spinning around the web, trying to find a decent, fast snack for the chocolate monster.  The chocolate chip cookies had gone to my students and classmates, and I only kept 5 for myself, which became Fridays breakfast on the go.  But, since it's almost break, my fridge is running low and so is my pantry.  I had a problem.  I wanted chocolate, I wanted it bad, and I wanted it without corn syrup.

I found a couple of recipes that looked promising, but none of them agreed with each other. I decided I'd have to mix them all up and see what happened.

You need:

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp. flavouring
1/2 chopped nuts (I used sliced almonds leftover from the previous batch of cookies)


Line your favorite fudge dish, mine is a square dollar store deal, with some aluminum foil, shiny side up.  This does 2 things-makes it easy to get the fudge out of the pan AND makes you not have to wash the pan. Ooooo ingenuity (I didn't end up in grad school for nothing).

Your powdered sugar should be a sifted 3 1/2 cups, but who the heck sifts when they're in a hurry?  Instead, using a spoon, spoon the sugar into your half cup and measure it out. Trust me, it works.

Mix together the cocoa and sugar, gently, so you don't end up looking like something the Scooby gang is going to catch in Fred's traps.

Next, cut your nice cold butter into a few slices and toss on top.  Pour the milk over it, and DO NOT STIR IT. Resist the urge. You'll ruin it if you don't.

Microwave on high 2-3 minutes (until butter melts) uncovered.  After heating, stir just enough to combine ingredients and get huge lumps out.  Add vanilla and your nuts, stir them in, pour it in your pan and refrigerate for at LEAST 1 hour.  I know, that's NOT a hurry, except you just spent 2 minutes making what's normally an hour long endeavor of nightmarish proportions.

Things to consider...

Got other extracts in the house?  Then screw the vanilla and go for the orange, or raspberry or whatever awesome nonsense you have.

Don't like nuts, fine leave it out, or add something sick like marshmallows if that's your thing.