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December 17, 2005
Mystery Solved
It was the candy thermometer. Or, more specifically, my reading of the candy thermometer, that produced the chocolate goo. I tried again with a different recipe tonight and things went much more smoothly. When the chocolate mixture is heating up it takes quite a while to reach 238. I mistook 225 for 250 last night. Tonight's batch solidified pretty quickly and is much more giftable. I'm thinking of throwing batch #1 on the stove again for another go (this may be disastrous, but the alternative is that I slowly eat all of the chocolate goo myself, which is bound to happen if it sits in the fridge any longer).
Update: Saving Batch #1 did not go well. The candy cane crumble on top somehow turned everything into toffee when I heated it up again. It is now officially Failed Fudge, and even I don't want to eat it.
Posted by csageday at December 17, 2005 11:18 PM