Marshmallow Creme Fudge

When I married my ex-husband, one of the first recipes his mom gave me was this Marshmallow crème fudge recipe.

So even though I divorced her son, I still got to keep the recipe. And it’s still as good as it always was.

So for today’s Christmas song please click here . I’m not even gonna try to explain this one. It just seemed a fitting video for a dysfunctional family such as ours. . .

but all in good fun! It made me smile anyway.

So . . . the fudge . . .

This fudge is soooo creamy and amazing. It’s hard to imagine it’s this easy to make!

It starts with 3 Tbsp butter, 3/4 cup evaporated milk, 1 3/4 cups sugar. and 1/2 tsp salt.

Mix them together in a saucepan . . .

Bring to a boil and cook for 4 – 5 minutes. I never know why there has to be ranges like this. So I always just always shoot for the middle ground 4 1/2 minutes.

While that’s cooking, and in between stirring, I line an 8×8 inch baking dish with foil . . .

and measure out 2 cups marshmallows, 1 1/4 cups semi sweet chocolate chips, and have the vanilla handy because once the 4 1/2 minutes is up, everything moves very quickly. Or you can be all organized and have that done before you even start . . . I don’t usually think that far ahead.

As soon as the cooking time is up, remove the pan from the heat and add the marshmallows, chocolate chips, and 1 tsp vanilla.

Then quickly stir till it’s all melted and gooey.

Then pour it into the foil lined dish and let it cool completely. At this point, I must disclose that the original recipe says to add 1/2 cup nuts. I stopped adding nuts just because my family prefers to have it without. I like it either way but I aim to please.

I usually set it out in my enclosed breezeway to cool, which I close off in the wintertime because it isn’t heated out there.

Once it’s in the dish . . . there’s the spoon . . . and the spoon must be dealt with, and it belongs to me! My reward for creating such incredible lusciousness!

By the time the fudge has cooled, I have usually recovered from my sugar coma . . .

Then the foil gets peeled off and I it cut into squares.

and tuck it away for safe keeping till Christmas!

Marshmallow Crème Fudge:

3 Tbsp butter

3/4 cup evaporated milk

1 3/4 cups white sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups miniature marshmallows

1 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 tsp vanilla

Place butter, milk, sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook 4-5 minutes (no longer).

Remove from heat and stir in marshmallows, chocolate chips, and vanilla.

Stir till it’s all melted together. Pour into a foil lined 8×8 baked dish.

Let it cool completely and cut into squares.
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