Chocolate-Peanut Butter Fudge

Rob Loethen
Course Dessert
Servings 36 pieces
Calories 126 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ cups sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp light corn syrup
  • ½ cup butter or margarine divided
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Combine first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Add 2 tablespoons butter; stir until butter melts. Cover and boil mixture 3 minutes.
  • Remove cover, and continue to cook, without stirring, until mixture reaches soft ball stage (234°). Remove from heat, and without stirring, add remain¬ing butter, pecans, peanut butter, and vanilla. Cool 10 minutes.
  • Beat mixture until well blended, and pour immediately into a buttered 9-inch square pan. Cool and cut fudge into 1 1/2-inch squares.

Nutrition

Calories: 126kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 42mgPotassium: 53mgSugar: 15gVitamin A: 90IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.2mg