Hershey's rich Old Fashioned fudge// Like grandma made! 

What a treasure.

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I like the marshmallow cream, chocolate chips, sugar, evaporated milk, butter that you cook on the stove top. I add vanilla and chopped nuts. My fudge isn’t throw together and I like it better than what grandma used to make because I think the kind she made is grainy and I like smooth and creamy. So to each his own.

@@patsmith5947 I think if I had grown up eating the smoother, marshmallow-type fudge, that would be my preference. I probably like the firmer, sugar-grainy kind more because that's what Momma made. But, I'll definitely eat and enjoy the o/softer kind if someone gives it to me. Chocolate forever!

I always run my sink about half full of cold water,& set the cooked , hot pan of fudge in it to cool, before I begin to stir it.

This made my heart warm What a precious memory ❤️

Woulda you believe we mailed cornbread and peanut butter to my brother as he asked for it Not candy or fudge. My husband's mother mailed him chocolate cake. It was scrambled when he got it. He said the guys loved it. They have both passed now. Such good young men served in Vietnam as well as other wars. God bless them for their service.

❤️ Such a bittersweet story. My heart breaks that you lost your beloved mom at such a young age, yet it’s very sweet that you have these precious memories. Enjoy the fudge and your lovely memories! Edit: corrected one word.

This is the sweetest story, at 64 I remember the trips to post office to mail goodies to 1 cousin and family friends in Vietnam. I am sorry your time with your Mother was short but grateful for the beautiful memories you have. 🙏

Bless your Mommy ❤️

Xoxoxo

I understand how you feel. Every year at Christmas, my mother made a spice cookie that she rolled and cut out into holiday shapes. Us kids were allowed to decorate them with icing. She passed away over 30 years ago but I did have a recipe card on which she had written out that recipe. About a decade ago, we were renovating our kitchen and the box with that recipe went missing. Every year at Christmas, I think about how I miss the smell of that cookie and what it reminded me of.

@@JimLambier awwww

Oh ..what kind of dumplings ? You really should put her chicken and dumpling recipes..

​@@WhippoorwillHollerDo you ever put marshmallows in your fudge?

My grandpa sold Watkins in the 50-60's !!

Awe, sweet memories, God Bless you and grandma, xoxoxo

Oh bless your soul.

Awe, bless you sweetie. Your Gran is in you. 💌🕊️💜

Don’t put your thermometer in until you get your ingredients mixed together! Also take a pat of butter and rub around the top inch of your pan that way n sugar crystals will stick to the sides and ruin your fudge, just a few tips.

I made at least 6 batches last year bc I love that grainy texture! My nana would make a batch just for me and the others got the right version!

We’re the same age. My mom and grandma used the same recipe. The Hershey’s recipe for chocolate cake and frosting were the best. Food and flavor are the library of our memories. Thanks. Can I lick the spoon? Please

I make fudge with sugar free chips and keto chow. So good!

I’m wondering if we could use allulose sugar substitute, or a good blend of sugar substitutes…. Hmmm

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Oh Lori my Mom and all of my aunties made that old fashioned fudge, I’ve made it a few times, but also make the fantasy fudge. We also make a lot of Toffee, and that maybe edging out the fudge. Last year when I made toffee for my daughter, I toasted slivered almonds and put them on top of the chocolate on the toffee, it was so beautiful! Now I’m craving chocolate, I might have to go drink some chocolate syrup (😂) or eat some chocolate chips!

I started making this recipe when I was 8 years old ok and I am 73 years young now ok

@@sharontaylor2626 “8 years OLD” “73 years YOUNG” ???

@@calisongbird is Sharon's comment really that difficult to comprehend? 🤔🤭

@@calisongbird I too am "73 years young". 😉

We use to make this every year for the holidays. Thank you for bringing back a lot if memories from the past.

Happy Holidays

@@WhippoorwillHoller IDK if you believe in spirits or "ghosts" at all BUT I feel I need to point out something in your video at the 54-55 second mark. An orb enters from the lower left side of the screen, goes up and makes the slightest of bend and disappears just to the left of the dolls right hand. What this means of course I don't know but I can share with you what I feel it is. Since you're speaking of your grandma's recipe and how much you like it over the more modern versions I feel this may well be her or another female relative that was involved in making the so called old fashioned fudge. If this is something that offends you I'm truly sorry as that absolutely is not my intention. Believe me or not but I've always been very sensitive to spirits and also am a part of a group who strive to help lost souls find the light. If you're interested to know more I would be more than happy to share with you or answer any questions you may have. I wish you all the best and hope you're enjoying your day. God bless 🕊💛🕯🙏

@@babygrandma8654 I noticed that as well...and thought pretty much the same thing! Gramma was pleased her recipe was being passed on to a new generation!

@@impunitythebagpuss Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only 1 who noticed. Merry Christmas! I hope you're enjoying this holiday season. God bless 🙏.

Merry Christmas.

Wonderful!

My Mom did this too during Winter months here in Canada. Always had some for the holidays! Beautiful fudge and how fudge should be.

I could cry this is the very same recipe my parents made when I was growing up. We never had a candy thermometer. The best smell and taste in the whole world is this fudge cooking as if fills the whole house! Thank you so much for this video

Yes! Us too we’d wait until it was cold enough outside to set it out to cool!

Lol that was my mom to. She said the weather had a lot to do with it setting up. But spoon fudge was delicious to.

Weather does has syomething to do with it

I just finished a batch of what I think is gonna be "spoon candy" lol😂😢

@@mlaff28 it makes great ice cream topping when it stays soft.

Are you from Washington state? My first grade teachers name was Mrs. Poole.

Thank you

That marshmallow stuff like swallowing a sweet loogy .

@@charlottekearn5185 No, Worthington, Ohio. She was probably about my present age, then (or younger).😄 She was a wonderful teacher. I remember these little clear plastic Christmas trees she would put on each table at the beginning of December, and she'd stick multicolored gumdrops on each branch tip. She'd let us all have one at the end of the day. (Smart - sugar them up, and send them home!)

You could probably poke around and find it. Old cook books old folk etc

So sorry for your loss, Lisa. Your comment touched me deeply. Hold tight to those wonderful memories and pass those traditions on. May God bless you and comfort you as you find your way through this loss. ❤

@@Gigi-ty2jy thank you

I am so sorry to hear that you lost your dad in the last week! This is a very hard time to be losing a loved one. I will be praying for you. Make sure you let yourself grieve enough. This is very important. I work with hospice patients and their families so I do know what I’m talking about. It’s OK to cry and it’s OK to feel sad. If you do this the right way you can enjoy the good wonderful memories more. isn’t it amazing how this recipe happened to pop up on RU-vid right now just for you? Ah yes! enjoy every little bite when you make it.

@@pamwasham2152 thank you and right! Was thinking about it the evening before and woke up went to RU-vid just for some background noise and happen upon this video first thing.🙏🏻

Oh Lisa, I am so sorry for your loss. My dad passed 4 years ago this week. It is hard to lose a loved one during the holidays, but at the same time, there is blessing in it. There are a lot of family gatherings that bring you together during the first while that might not otherwise happen. I’m saying a prayer for you and your family. May God comfort you and hold you close during this time 💙

Hershey's cocoa cake is the best chocolate cake in the world

I have made that cake more times than I can count it was always gone I use the cooked chocolate frosting.

We would add coffee to this cake and frosting.. to us it was award winning.

I remember this fudge so well! SO GOOD. My mouth is watering!

that's the first fudge I made when I was growing up mom showed me and after that I made it and still do. although I do make the fantasy fudge which I love also.

I made it for years, and sometimes it was perfect, and then there were times we ate it with a spoon. My husband always said it didn’t matter, and he’d grab himself a spoon out of the drawer. It always seemed to disappear quicker when he ate it with a spoon, however. I think it was because you didn’t really know how much you was actually eating because it wasn’t in pieces.

From SC. My Momma used to make this fudge for us, there were 6 of us, and we sucked the oranges too. Good to have these memories but I sure do miss momma and daddy like you do yours.

Oranges were many people's Christmas presents. I'm so happy to hear your parents kept them in the house. Tradition. 🥰

You brought sweet memories back to me saying that about the orange! My granddaddy would roll the orange for us and then cut a hole into the top for us to suck the juice out!! So precious!!

If we messed up and it didn't firm up we put it on ice cream.

Can I get an “Amen!” Nothing like it, never will be!!

You are so welcome!

this is exactly what my dad and aunt did, They many many, many batches to send to the boys in Viet Nam

@@justagramma Back then it’s because we cared and showed respect for them, and still do today. Thank You for your kind words.

My mama did the same thing. It was absolutely delicious.

My mom used to pour it over ice cream…fudgie goodness!

What's not to like?

Ohh, a new way to frost a cake, thanks for sharing.

Please share your recipe for hot milk cake. My greatgrandmother used to make (back in the 50s) a layer cake with hard fudge icing and it was like no otherr. i think your cake may be the one I've been looking for for over 60 years. I' m now 70 and for the first time ever Miss Lori has finally shown me how to make the hersheys fudge that I have always tried to make but never turned out. Believe it or not, I think my error has always been not having a heavy pan and needing to use a wooden spoon and a good candy thermometer. Just seeing her go through all the steps has taught me so much! Thanks in advance for sharing the cake recipe and Happy New Year to everyone! 💕💖💕

What a great memory of your Grandma crying remembering her mother while making this. What a nice multi generational memory, along with all your others.

We used reg milk

TYFS, amazing story!

I learned to make peanut brittle with my Dad and Divinity fudge with his mother, my Grandma. She always put butternuts in her Divinity and I have to have it that way. I always buttered the side my my saucepan when cooking fudge and never stir what boils up there up into the fudge if you want it creamy with no crystals in it.

@@kimsargeant8126 Thank you for that great tip!

Lol

I'd forgotten, but yes, "the livin' daylights" were always getting stirred or beat out of something when I was growing up in the 60s-70s.

Or "Stir to beat the band!" "Livin' daylights" is your life! These expressions are from the generation born in the late 1800s!!!

I’m from New Orleans, too, and my mother’s fudge my favorite memory. Her fudge pot was one of the things I kept for years. At her funeral, my cousin even mentioned memories of Aunt Marion’s fudge. It was from the Hershey’s can. I’ve made it many times throughout the years!

Thanks for sharing. And your story. I miss my grandmother so much. And all my Aunts

That would make alot of fudge!!

Glad you enjoyed it

After years of candy failures, (you know the ones where you ate the 'flop' anyway because the ingredients were too expensive to throw out....) I discovered that I need to test my candy thermometer EVERY time before I use it!! It registers 12° different than what it says! Since I've tested it every time I'm making allowances for that difference & have not had a failure. Maybe that would help you too? God bless & good luck!

@@merryanneadair4451 thanks! I will try that

@@merryanneadair4451 How do you test your candy thermometer? Maybe that’s why my candy isn’t doing right. Thanks in advance for your help.

@@Ptpau1970 I hold it in boiling water. Boiling water is 212°. If my thermometer reads above or below that, I just figure that into the recipe temp. i.e. if my thermometer registers 220° in boiling water i know it is registering 8° above what it should. So if the recipe calls for 250° I need to heat my mixture to 258° to account for the difference. If it registers below 212° you need to subtract that difference. Hope this helps, it really did me!!

@@merryanneadair4451 Thank you for explaining. I’ve never thought about testing my candy thermometer but I will definitely check it bc that could be part of the problem. I use Taylor’s Candy Thermometer. Not sure if there’s another better brand. With that said, I’ve always tested my oven temp with a oven thermometer to make sure it’s working up to par, so it makes sense that we should test our candy thermometer’s for accuracy as well. ;) Again, thanks!♥️

I completely agree! That’s how fudge is supposed to be!