1
Make Chocolate Base
Put the first four ingredients in a metal bowl.
| 6 ounces170 g | bittersweet chocolatechopped |
| .5 cup | marshmallow fluff |
| 1 ounce28 g | unsweetened chocolatechopped |
| 1 teaspoon4.2 g | vanilla |
Black Forest Fudge
Black, foresty, fudgy.
- Active
- ~20 min
- Heat
- medium heat / 230 degrees F, medium high heat
- Stations
- stovetop + refrigerator
Ingredients
Spices + seasoning
- 1 teaspoon4.2 g vanilla
Dry goods
- 6 ounces170 g bittersweet chocolate chopped
- 1 ounce28 g unsweetened chocolate chopped
- 1.25 cups250 g sugar
Liquids + fats
- 0.5 cup120 g condensed milk
- 0.5 cup120 g whipping cream
- 1/3 cup80 g water
- 0.25 cup57 g butter
Other
- .5 cup marshmallow fluff
- 0.5 cup cherry preserves
- 2/3 cup dried tart cherries
Mix/assemble
Cook/bake
Wait/finish
2
Dissolve Syrup
Mix the sugar, condensed milk, cherry preserves, whipping cream, water, and butter in a heavy saucepan. Stir over medium heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
| 1.25 cups250 g | sugar |
| 0.5 cup120 g | condensed milk |
| 0.5 cup | cherry preserves |
| 0.5 cup120 g | whipping cream |
| 1/3 cup80 g | water |
| 0.25 cup57 g | butter |
3
Boil Syrup
Add the dried cherries. Attach a candy thermometer, increase the heat to medium high, and boil until the mixture reaches 230 degrees F, stirring constantly but slowly.
| dissolved sugar syrup | |
| 2/3 cup | dried tart cherries |
4
Melt Chocolate
Pour the hot syrup immediately over the chocolate mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate melts and the mixture thickens a little.
| hot cherry syrup | |
| chocolate base |
5
Pan Fudge
Line a loaf pan with foil, pour the fudge mixture into the prepared pan, and smooth the top.
| fudge mixture |
6
Chill
Chill until firm, about half an hour.
| smoothed fudge in pan |
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Original recipe text
Ingredients
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- .5 cup marshmallow fluff
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1.25 cups sugar
- 0.5 cup condensed milk
- 0.5 cup cherry preserves
- 0.5 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup water
- 0.25 cup butter
- 2/3 cup dried, tart cherries
Instructions
Line a loaf pan with foil. Put the first four ingredients in a metal bowl. Mix the sugar, condensed milk, cherry preserves, whipping cream, water, and butter in a heavy saucepan. Stir over medium heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Add the dried cherries. Attach a candy thermometer to the side of the pan, increase the heat to medium high, and boil the mixture untl it reaches 230 degrees F, stirring constantly but slowly (about 17 minutes).
Pour the hot syrup immediately over the chocolate mixture in the metal bowl. Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate melts and the mixture thickens a little, about 3 minutes. Pour into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and chill until firm, about half an hour.