Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge

Name: Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge
Yield: Makes 4 pounds
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 12 ounces (340 grams), unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped; 4 1/2 cups, granulated sugar (31 1/2 ounces/893 grams); 1 1/2 cups, light brown sugar (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams); 1 teaspoon, table salt; 3 tablespoons, chocolate syrup; 2 1/4 cups, whole milk; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Make Ahead
Candy

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2007

Our test cook made 1,000 pounds of fudge during his four months of recipe testing.

SERVES Makes 4 pounds

TIME 2 hours, plus 4 hours cooling

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