Kooky key lime fudge
Kooky key lime fudge recipe in the fudge category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk, or small 5 ounces can
- 10 to 12 ounces white chips
- 6 or 7 ounces Marshmallow creme or Marshmallow fluff, may substitute 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1/3 cup Key lime juice
- 1/2 cup almonds or macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon rum extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Recipe method:
- Line a 9 inch square pan with aluminum foil and set aside.
- Place white chips, extracts and nuts into Pyrex glass dish, or a 3 quart saucepan, and set aside.
- Set butter aside to warm.
- Heat milk at medium setting until warm then add sugar.
- Bring to a rolling boil, medium-high, while stirring constantly with a hand mixer, or wooden spoon.
- Add Marshmallow creme and butter and mix until creamy.
- And Key lime juice.
- Bring back to a boil for 5 full minutes, start timing once the boil resumes.
- The mixture will start to turn a little brown during the boil.
- If you get brown flakes in the mixture, then turn down the heat a little and continue to stir.
- Remove from heat and pour hot mixture over chips without scraping the sides of the hot saucepan.
- Mix until chips are melted then mix in nuts.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Cool at room temperature.
- Remove from pan and remove foil.
- Cut into squares.
- Key Lime juice is acidic and will cause the milk to curl. While uncosmetic, it should not affect the fudge ability to set.
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