TODAY IN NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

[rmd]

TODAY, IN NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

I failed at Never-Fail Fudge.

I now have a batch of fudge with a slightly weird texture and some small sugar candy chunks in it.

Hopefully they won't throw me out of Somerville at the next "What the Fluff" festival.

note to self: yes, the evaporated milk goes in with the initial batch of ingredients

Comments

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Apart from everything else, here's a couple of things to think about.

1. All sugar is not created equal. Stuff labeled "Sugar" is okay for stirring into your iced tea, but never ever use anything but 100% cane sugar for baking or confectionery. Otherwise, it may (likely will) contain beet sugar, which has different characteristics, and it just won't work right.

2. All chocolate chips are not created equal, and many of them should only be called "chocolate" by courtesy. Furthermore, all chocolate chips contain stabilizers that keep them in chip form, and that effs with their meltability. If you can't be reasonably assured that your chips are more chocolate than stabilizer, consider using real chocolate, broken up.

I have another recipe, not involving fluff or chocolate chips, if you want it. It's very good and quite easy and has worked every time for me.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Yep, and yep. I always use cane sugar for baking. Also, I don't care if cook's illustrated claims the fake stuff is just as good for baking, I use real vanilla extract. And chocolate is good but "chocolate flavored" things, well, not so much.

Sure, hook me up with the recipe.

Thanks!