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Easy and sinful perfectly describes this rich creamy fudge . You can use regular chocolate chips, but fudge deserves good chocolate so do indulge if finances will allow.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Tablespoon butter for greasing pan
• 1 cup pecan or walnut pieces
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 7 ounces milk chocolate chips, chopped
• 11 ounces semisweet chocolate chips or good-quality semisweet chocolate such as Lindt, Tobler, or Hershey’s Special Dark
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

PREPARATION:

Line the bottom and sides of an 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan with foil and grease well with butter.

Spread nuts on a medium baking sheet and roast until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. While the nuts are hot, stir in 1 tablespoon butter and sprinkle with salt.

Combine the condensed milk and all the chocolate in a large glass bowl or 4-cup measuring cup and melt in the microwave at 50 percent power about 3 minutes, stirring frequently (see Note). As soon as the chocolate is melted, remove from the microwave and stir in vanilla and roasted nuts.

Pour into the prepared pan. Refrigerate to cool and set. Remove from pan, peel off foil, and cut into squares.

Note: To make on the stovetop, simply heat chocolate and condensed milk over low to medium heat in a heavy saucepan, stirring constantly, until the chocolate melts. Then proceed as directed.

Yield: about thirty 1-1/2-inch squares

You can omit the nuts if you wish, I usually do. I also add whatever other goodies I feel like at the moment, such as mini marshmallows, maraschino cherries, dried cherries, coconut, and so on – your taste buds can decide.

Not very good video but you get the general idea. Just use some canned pumpkin pie filling, whipping cream, half n half and a bit of syrup of some kind. Mix it up and pour it into the ice cream maker.

It’s delicious