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If you’re looking for a quick, last minute favor idea, I have the recipe for you! I tried my friend’s mother’s peanut butter and chocolate fudge last week, and it was so great I begged for the recipe right then and there! Lucky for me, it’s so easy you can remember it. It’s quick to make, and the only requirement is that you have a bit of patience and some upper body strength. I went to a 4th of July cookout and forgot to make something - luckily we had all the ingredients in the house, because I was feeling a bit too lazy to go to the store right before the holiday.
Start by melting your butter and peanut butter in your pot. Yes, it looks gross. No, there is no way to justify this as a diet treat.
Then add your sifted cocoa powder and vanilla extract.
Next, sift your confectioner’s sugar into the pot a bit at a time, mixing it completely each time. This is where your upper body strength and patience comes in handy.
Mix it ALLLLL together and stick it into a 9×13 pan. Place paper towels on top and weight with light objects (I used two boxes of crackers). Replace your paper towels every so often once they’re full of oil. I did it about 3 times. Let the fudge sit for 2 hours before cutting it up.
OM NOM NOM.
Here is the tiny version:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Melt butter and peanut butter in a heavy saucepan, stirring often. Turn off heat and add cocoa and vanilla. Stir in sifted powdered sugar a little at a time. The mixture will become thick. Stir until very well blended. Pour into 9X13 pan, smoothing out top. Layer several layers of paper towels on top of fudge to absorb oil, changing as needed. Let set about 2 hours before cutting into squares. If you wait too long, it won’t cut as easily.
Since we’re considering Mrs. Kitten’s lavender bud throw project it looks like we’re going to have an serious excess of glassine bags, which would be perfect for these fudgey favors or OOT treats!
Have you pondered making your own favors?
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Um, yes I am. That’s my “homework” for the week — I’m crossing my fingers it all works out like I’m imagining!
You should not be allowed to post that on a site where people are clearly trying to fit into white dresses and have already confessed their lack of will power (namely I am talking to myself since that looks SO GOOD!).
And yes, ‘we’ are making our own favors and by ‘we’ I mean my mom :). Thank goodness for DISEing.
YES! I’m making my own favors!
-pecan/caramel/milk chocolate heart-shaped turtles
-cashew/caramel/white chocolate heart-shaped turtles!
i’m so excited to make them!
I LOVE cooking & baking!
a) Fudge. Yum. I would love to get this as a favor!
b) I will be SO happy if you do the lavender throw project! That way I can live vicariously through you and see all my dreams of zigzag stitching and cute labels come to life! 
We are self labeling, but the beer had to be umm.. “outsourced” to a professional. Oh well, that was one thing I was more than willing to give up control over.
@Mrs. Kitten: We’re considering a lavender toss as well…but with slightly tweaked containers a bit more in line with our “theme.” Hopefully more to come!
I’m currently sitting at work eating my lunch… and OMG does this look better then my salad I’m munching on… :-/
I’m with miss gloss, that was not nice to do to those of us on diets who know we have all of the ingredients in our pantry right now!! I think I just drooled on my desk..
i am. i make a killer fudge thanks to a friend’s recipe but as i make those fairly often i don’t feel like making it as a favor. but at the moment i’ve got my eye on making whoopie pies.
I bookedmarked this just so I can make it in two weeks. DELISH!
My mouth is watering at 9am. I’m craving fudge now. Thanks, Miss D! 
OMG! that’s how fudge is made?? I’m never eating it again!
we are doing food favors too… this way we can omitt the cookie table but still have late night treats for everyone.
Nummy! Fudge is a great idea! I am making cookies for our OOT bags and was racking my brain for another treat since FI nixed me *buying* any additional goodies for the bag.
That sounds almost EXACTLY like the fudge my mom makes every year for Christmas. It’s soooo good.
Four sticks of butter???!!!! OOOOHHHH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks sooooo good!
Mm, that looks delicious. *drools* I love peanut butter and chocolate together…but we can’t have this at our wedding ’cause my fiance’s allergic. =(
Oh well. =D I always think it’s slightly ironic that I discovered my love for this tasty combination AFTER I started dating someone who was allergic. >.<
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Mrs. D'orsay, Baltimore/Lancaster UK
Age and Occupation: 24, Stay at home fiance (formerly in nonprofit communications)
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Web site developer and designer; co-owner of men's skincare shop
Engagement Date: August 10, 2008
Wedding Date: August, 2009
Venue: Oakland Manor
About Me: I'm a Maryland raised environmental policy wonk/activist/organizer and communications aficionado. In the past year I've lived in Baltimore, MD, Tucson, AZ, Miami, FL and Lancaster, England. In my not so spare time I enjoy planning trips with Mr. D' Orsay, visiting friends and family and crafting like a mo-fo. I also enjoy modern dance classes, rugby and soccer but have been banned by my mother, MOHs, and Mr. D' Orsay from playing till after the wedding. I have an unnatural addiction to cheese and shoes, but love Mr. D' Orsay more than either and can't wait to become Mrs. D' Orsay!
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