With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, I thought I would be creative, and crafty and try my hand at making Pumpkin Fudge. Sounds good/different right?
I had this grand idea that I would make this unique fudge, package it in these cute autumn leave boxes, kind of like Chinese food boxes, that I saw at Hallmark, and send them with the kids to give to their teachers tomorrow, on their last day of school before Thanksgiving.
On Sunday, the kids and I ran to the store to get all the ingredients...it had pumpkin in it, pumpkin pie spice, sugar, whipped marshmallow, white chocolate chips...sounds like a winner huh? Hailey had fun stirring and pouring and measuring. I even made candied walnuts to place on top of each piece...so it wasn't until I was waiting for the fudge to cool that I noticed a problem...the problem was the fudge never really set, it was the mushiest fudge I had ever seen! So I put in the fridge overnight and it seemed better this morning,I was able to cut a few squares, but as it started hitting room temp, it was turning soft again. I made 2 pans of this!!! What was I thinking??? I don't bake, in fact I can't bake...except for my signature chocolate bars I only make at Christmas, I have that one down, but other than that I bake from a box, and a can of frosting...that is my idea of baking.
So, I called my mom over, to get her opinion, to see if they were as bad as I thought, and yeah, she confirmed, I suck at baking...she tried rolling it in a ball...to see if we could turn in into a truffle or something, and rolled it in the walnuts crushed...no good...except for a good laugh between the two of us...all that work and I tossed 2 pans of Pumpkin Fudge in the garbage.
When Paul came home and saw fall candles wrapped in cellophane with sparkly leaf ornaments, he wanted to know what they were for, and I told him they were replacing the fudge that I had made for the teachers, and my husband, who has a HUGE sweet tooth, said "yeah, it was kinda mushy fudge!" That was all the confirmation I needed...I am so happy I dumped it.
Next time I think about being a baker, I will find this post, and remind myself to stick to cooking...I love to cook...and "buy" the baked goods instead!
3 comments:
Can you cut the ingredients in half and cut some of the moisture out? Just tweat a litle until you get it right?
Though I don't know much about baking either ;)
I *think* my problem was not getting the temperature right when boiling the mixture...the recipe specified a certain temp, but I don't have a candy thermometer.
I don't have the patience to try...I will buy fudge next time I want to give it! :)
You boil fudge?? I had no idea. and yes that was probably the problem.
Buying it is easier and you get quick satisfaction! :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
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