Fudge Nougats

These are not real fudge, more of a square, but they are chewy and yummy and, above all, chocolate.  If you use a small pan (8'' x 8") it makes these quite thick, so best to cut them into 1/2-inch bits.  And then eat more :-) 

Mom sent me the recipes, though I had them on my list anyway. The orange zest is new, but yummy.  Peppermint extract has been known to find its way into these too, specially when I was on a peppermint kick a while ago. 

(Mom writes: "How many hundreds of these have I made?"  Many, Mom, many!)

Ingredients

• 1 cup  sugar
• ¾ cup  flour
• ½ cup  butter
• 1 can 15 oz sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup (6 oz ) semi-sweet chocolate pieces
• Zest of one orange
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• ¾ cup chopped pecans (originally walnuts, which are known as "Death to Barbs"
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup miniature marshmallows

Instructions

 

In saucepan, combine sugar, flour, butter and condensed milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute.

Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients except marshmallows; mix well. Fold in marshmallows. Spread in buttered 12 x 8 inch pan. Cool.

Peanut Butter Nougats

Substitute 1 cup chopped peanuts for the pecans or walnuts.  Add ¼ cup peanut butter with the chocolate pieces.