Fantasy Fudge for your Valentine

Now, the last thing I ever intended to do here was post recipes, but it is, after all, Fantasy Fudge. And I’m all about fantasy! This appeared on the Gather networking site, submitted by Mandy Sedinger of Chicago. By the looks of her profile, she’s much more artsy and gastronomically gifted than I. But if this recipe produced a meltingly creamy, velvety-textured fudge for me, think how well it will work for you. (Oh, I do love to cook. It’s just that my skills run more to breakfast, cookies, quick breads, and entrees. The art of candy making utterly escapes me…until now.) So here goes:

Fantasy Fudge

3 cups sugar

3/4 cup butter

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1 12-oz. pkg. semisweet chocolate pieces

1 7-oz. jar marshmallow crème

1 cup chopped nuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine sugar, margarine and milk in heavy saucepan; bring to full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly to prevent scorching.

Remove from heat; stir in chocolate until melted. Add marshmallow crème, nuts and vanilla; beat until well blended.

Pour into greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Cool at room temperature; cut into squares.
Makes 3 pounds.

Obviously, this is not for the diabetic. Come to think of it, Fantasy Fudge could just as easily be an empty pan. No, that would be Phantom Phudge, better suited for a Sci-Fi blog. Whatever. Seriously – try it. You’ll love it. And so will your Sweetie!

Yes! We can finally get our hands on this:

Remember when I first blogged about my New Zealand author friend, Glenis Thomas? Well, take a look again! Click n' Drool Ah-h-h-h…every vivid, scrumptious picture guaranteed to keep you salivating for a week! I’ve been fantasizing about it for a year…even before blueberries were officially listed as a superfood. And it’s FINALLY available for order. http://www.blueberryrecipes.biz/

Each recipe is illustrated in all it’s gourmet glory. More importantly, it’s spiral bound so the book stays open without the toaster sitting on it. AND the covers are laminated for easy cleaning. Very important when working with blueberries! The blurb from the site:

Blueberry Recipes is a spiral-bound book with laminated covers. The 196 pages are full of colourful inspiration with 150 illustrated bluelicious recipes and ideas for using blueberries. There is information on history, health, storage, and also cooking tips and hints. The 21 recipe categories cover "every season and any reason to make your day bluelicious!"

Yes, that’s right: "Colourful." The measurements are in metric. BUT there are conversion tables in the back. I simply plan to pen in the American equivalents as I go. See? No prob. And anyway, most measuring cups these days have metric markers as well.

So again, here’s the site: http://www.blueberryrecipes.biz/ I’m going with PayPal for ease of currency conversion. Oh, I can’t believe I’m finally going to get my hands on this blueberry book! Happiness strikes!