(Dairy Free) Fudge for a fiver

Stumped for xmas presents? then why not make some fudge, is quick, inexpensive and more personal than a tie.

You will need:

  • 900g of Icing Sugar
  • 125g Cocoa Powder
  • 225g Margarine
  • 120ml Milk

Optionally:

  • 2 tbsp Vanilla Essence, Nuts, Raisins

Non-Optinally:

  • Microwave
  • Bread Tin (Or similar) – Greased
  • Microwaveable Bowl
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Sieve

First sieve out the Icing Sugar, yes there is a lot. Also don’t worry if it looks like it won’t all fit, it does shrink. Next add in the Cocoa Powder and Margarine. Finally add ½ the milk. NO NOT MIX!

Now put it in the microwave, on 800 for about 4mins, keep watching it and stop as soon as the Margarine has melted.

Next take it out and mix it all together, put in the optional stuff, I suggest walnuts and vanilla. The mix should be just about mixable. Put in very small amounts of milk until it is, or put in more sugar if it is not! If its taking too long put it back in the microwave for 10 seconds and continue.

Now put it in the Bread Tin and shove it in the freezer for 2 or 3 hours. Then it should be done! See the pictures…

Also it can be made Dairy Free! Use Soya milk and Sunflower / Soya Margarine :D

The mess I made:

Fudge Mess

After freezing (just out of the freezer so you can see reflections in the ice)

Fully Froozen

Recipe based largly on the one from http://www.transbay.net/~zahl/fudge.htm, but mine has pictures - and tastes better :p

Posted in: Food December 2007 No Comments Martyn

btw, erm – Sparkfun!

Sparkfun LogoThought I might give a quick shout out to the good people at Sparkfun! (As they do seem to leech a fair amount of my student loan…).

Anyhow, if you are looking for development boards, PIC Programmers, even GPS or GPRS modules this is the place to go. Even when taking into account the cost of UK delivery they beat the pants off what little competition they have.

They also have a great PCB pool service called BatchPCB, it may be slow but the quality makes up for this. That and some active forums and you have what should be a great recipe!

Keep it up Nathan.

Posted in: Randomness December 2007 No Comments Martyn