Chocolate Fudge

Name: Chocolate Fudge
Yield: Makes about 3 pounds
Ingredients: 3 cups packed (21 ounces), light brown sugar; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces; 2/3 cup, evaporated milk; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 12 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 5 ounces large, marshmallows (about 3 cups); 1 1/2 cups, walnuts, toasted and chopped coarse (optional)

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Brownies & Bars

SERVESMakes about 3 pounds

TIME45 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling and 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We were after a creamy, rich, ultrachocolaty fudge that didn't take hours or an arm workout to put together. Cooking a brown sugar syrup to a temperature between 234 and 238 degrees (what candymakers call “softball stage”) assured fudge tha...