Mamaw’s Old-Timey Fudge - Old Fashioned Recipe - Twelve Days of Christmas - Day #6

Comments · 1K

• TE

  @TeReSa-T53 · 2 years ago

  My mama never used a wooden . She used a regular spoon. No thermometer, just the water thing. The fudge was poured on a big serving platter to cool. It was the best grainy fudge I ever had. That pot and spoon never had a chance with me. Lol

  39

• RA

  @ramonagatewood2019 · 2 years ago

  Mom didn't have a candy thermometer for years, but she always made lots of candy for the holidays.   She always used the soft ball stage method, dribbling a little of the chocolate mixture in some cool water to form a small soft ball

  151

• MA

  @maddogbec6432 · 2 years ago

  Yes this recipe was on the can of cocoa from when I was a child. My mom always poured it on a buttered platter as well. &nbsp;<br>My mom made it every Friday night with popcorn. <br>What memories 😃 thank you 🙏

  61

• SA

  @SamtheMan0508 · 2 years ago

  I love homemade fudge! My only problem is I love it too much!

  21

• 19

  @1968Cadillac · 2 years ago

  Nowadays, there are no recipes that say “stirring constantly”. Nobody has the time. Thanks for the memories.

  22

• JU

  @JUDYMATHEW-pw3fl · 2 years ago

  LOVE TOM&apos;S STORIES. &nbsp;LOVE THAT HE OFFERS MELISSA THE FIRST BITE &nbsp; SUCH A LOVING COUPLE

  46

• SH

  @SheJay_1 · 2 years ago

  This fudge holds up better than the new fudge recipes!

  34

• 19

  @1954evelyn · 2 years ago

  Yes, the recipe was on the can of cocoa, my brother-in-law made this for us. &nbsp;60 years ago. He used a metal spoon we didn&apos;t know about wooden spoons then. LOL He didn&apos;t use a candy thermometer. He dropped little drops in cold water and tested it till it came to a softball stage. Oh and he used a large cast iron skillet that was all we had. Brings back memories of when we lived back in Kentucky.

  22

• MA

  @marijohoffmann1906 · 2 years ago

  We didn&apos;t have candy thermometers. We used a cup of ice water. Drop in about a 1/2 tsp of the fudge mixture and use your fingers to form into a soft ball if it has cooked enough. Still do it that way.

  5

• LI

  @lindaoneill6323 · 2 years ago

  Yes l remember those old Hershey&apos;s boxes<br> GOOD memories.

  22

• JE

  @jeannettethorsby7085 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I agree you definitely can mail this type of fudge. My husband was on Navy Wes Pac, which means their gone for 6 months or longer. He was gone for Christmas. &nbsp;I decided since he wasn&apos;t with us. I&apos;d send Christmas to him. I baked all the cookies and candies I normally did every Christmas. I put all of the candies and cookies in ziploc bags and then into sealable containers. He got it all about a month later. He said everything was fresh tasting and yummy. The guys on the ship found out what he got in the mail, and to this day, I laugh. My husband traded those treats for guard duty shifts and chores! He told me he missed us, but what I sent him helped him get through not being with my sons and I for Christmas. &nbsp;Wanna laugh? Toilet paper was a hot commodity on ships. The ship always ran out. I sent him a 24 pack of TP, and he guarded that toilet paper big time! 🙂🦋

  37

• TO

  @tommieopell1009 · 2 years ago

  I agree about the wooden spoon. &nbsp;I don&apos;t make divinity unless the sun has been shining for a couple of days.

  44