'Tis the season to make fudge and bake cookies!
I did some holiday candy making this week, in preparation for my Christmas goodies giveaway trays that I make every year. This year I made some Chocolate Fudge, Peanut Butter Fudge (OMG Love it!) Dreamsicle Fudge, Peppermint "Ice" (its a kopykat from Fannie Maes, I made it up myself.) Gooey Butter Coffecake Squares, Chewy Noels nut bars, White chocolate dipped pretzel rings, & White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookies. Keeping the boys and the hubby out of it is beginning to be a problem! haha! Guess that means I haven't lost my touch. I absolutely LOVE to bake especially at Christmas.
I still have all my cooky press cookies, and rolled sugar cookies to bake and decorate. My neighbors church has a cookie bake sale every year to raise money, and I usually donate a bunch of my cookies for it. So my next day off of work thats what I will be doing.
I have some requests from my friends to post my recipe for Dreamsicle Fudge. It's not actually my recipe, I got if off the internet somewhere a couple of years ago, and it's been a hit ever since.
Dreamsicle Fudge
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
2/3 cup cream
7 oz. marshmallow crème
1 pkg. (12 oz.) vanilla chips
3 tsp. orange flavoring
12 drops yellow food color
9 drops red food color
(or if you have orange food coloring thats ok-color as desired)
Mix sugar, cream and butter into heavy pan and boil until it reaches the soft ball stage on candy thermometer, about 5 minutes or 235-240 degrees F. Remove from heat. Add marshmallow crème and chips. Mix well. Remove 1 cup of mixture and set aside. Add orange flavoring and food colors to mixture in pot. Stir well and pour into greased 11 x 13 or 9 inch dish. Stir in white mixture and pour on top, then swirl with knife. Chill to cool. Cut into squares to serve.
Enjoy!
